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GG is a longtime skeptic and agnostic. She works as the VP of an energy company that specializes in natural gas processing technologies. She has also raised two good-looking skeptical sons. She blogs about nothing at www.twodifferentgirls.com

• An Afternoon in Arles

  By Geek Goddess on December 31, 2012 • ( 4 )

  My friends and I took a short walk around central Arles one afternoon. This beautiful town was founded on the Rhône River around 800 BCE and eventually conquered by the Roman in 123 BCE. The site was a popular vacation… Read More ›

• Les Baux de Provence, France

  By Geek Goddess on December 20, 2012 • ( 13 )

  Les Baux-de-Provence gets its name “baux” from a French word meaning cliff, and gives its name to bauxite, the aluminum ore that was discovered here in 1841. The lords of Les Baux ruled the Provence region during the Middle Ages,… Read More ›

• Photos: More Market Day in Uzes

  By Geek Goddess on December 18, 2012 • ( 3 )

  I always enjoy seeing the markets in cities, so today, I share more of the color. Alas, you can’t smell the wonderful foods, the beautiful flowers, the earnest discussions of which is the proper cheese to go with which hand-made… Read More ›

• Reading on a Theme – The Black Plague

  By Geek Goddess on December 13, 2012 • ( 8 )

  Probably like many people, I get on specific kicks in my reading. I read a book, and that leads me to be interested enough in the subject that I start reading more on the topic, and then before I know… Read More ›

• Adventure at the Buckhorn Bar & Grill

  By Geek Goddess on December 11, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

  I have to tell you about my trip to the Buck Horn in Goldsmith Texas. My first real job, after college, was working for a Very Large International Oil company which owned one of the many natural gas processing plants… Read More ›

• Fine Dining in..Cotton Country Cafe

  By Geek Goddess on December 9, 2012 • ( 9 )

  My company is negotiating with a potential business partner, which required me to make a trip to West Texas to look at the potential location for our project, a few miles outside of a very small cotton-farming community called Seagraves,… Read More ›

• Don’t Drive in Nimes! But the Arena is Great

  By Geek Goddess on December 5, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Nimes was founded by the Romans in 30 BCE, who named it after the river god Nemausus. Casaer Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE) built the city into a flourishing trade center, and establised the old wall, the gate of… Read More ›

• Chateauneuf du Pape (the place or the wine)

  By Geek Goddess on December 2, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  On my trip to Provence, we spent each day at a different location, driving out from our rented house in St. Quentin. One day we took in Chateauneuf du Pape. The Palais des Papes (Popes’ Palace) is a gigantic (over… Read More ›

• Getting it Wrong in the Movies

  By Geek Goddess on November 29, 2012 • ( 3 )

  This is something I feel strongly about. Sort of like Phil Plait aka the “Bad Astronomer”  must feel like when he sees science fiction movie scenes that violate the rules of physics and the conservation of momentum. You know in… Read More ›

• Market Day in Uzes, France

  By Geek Goddess on November 27, 2012 • ( 6 )

  When I was in Provence a few years back with some of my friends, we stayed in a little village that is outside the larger town of Uzes. It was about 10 minutes down the road, so we ended up… Read More ›