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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
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Traveling in Israel: The Temple Mount
When you’re in Jerusalem, it’s not always easy to visit the Temple Mount. As a non-Muslim, you can’t go during the month of Ramadan. You can’t go during prayer times. Sometimes, they won’t let any non-Muslims in at all. We… Read More ›
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Traveling in Israel: Old Jerusalem
I am not going to write about the politics of Israel and the Middle East, about the Palestinians, about the violence or conflicts. I visited a very old city with a rich history. A place foreign to me, with new… Read More ›
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Nassau in the Morning -Libraries and Prisons
Not being the types to shop in the touristy markets that tend to cluster around cruise ship ports, in Nassau last week Kitty, justpaperskater and I went for a walk away from the main drag. I normally research a place… Read More ›
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Traveling Israel: Masada and the Dead Sea
I didn’t have any expectations of Israel, since I had never thought much about traveling there. The only books I had read about the area didn’t have anything to do about visiting (The Peace to End All Peace: The Fall… Read More ›
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Results are In! My Vacation this Week
I went on a little vacation this past. It was a full week, but I call it little only because I didn’t go to a new place or see a lot of things I’ve never seen before. But I had… Read More ›
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Two Different Girls & Friends Go to Sea
So, four of us – Kitty, justpaperskater, jeffwagg, and me – are headed on a five-day cruise to..some place. (“Hey, Jeff, where are we going again?” “GG, we are going to Nassau and Coco Cay.” “Thanks.”) Yesterday, Paperskater and Jeff… Read More ›
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Traveling Israel: Haifa and the Golan Heights
Last year, one of the stops on my vacation was Israel. Israel was lower on my bucket list, and the fact that our trip stopped there for a couple days wasn’t a big selling point to me. I was interested… Read More ›
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On Being “One of the Guys”
Shortly after I started my current position, our primary business partner set up a couple of bird-hunting trips on back-to-back weekends. I work in the energy business, and I’m one of VERY few women that do so, with an even… Read More ›
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Broken Coffee Pots and other Major Life Disasters
[pointless rant] Although I drink a bit of coffee every day, I only use my coffeemaker on weekends. My Saturday and Sunday mornings are usually making a pot of coffee, sitting at my desk and chatting with friends via IRC… Read More ›
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On My Grandmother
The following is an excerpt of the eulogy I gave at my grandmother’s funeral in 2004. She died from Alzheimer’s. Grandma lost her own mother when she was only 14. She told me stories about learning to cook on the… Read More ›
Two Different Girls 