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Naomi is a longtime skeptic and agnostic. She works as the technical director 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

• Working with Idiots Can Kill You!

  By Geek Goddess on April 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Sometimes you don’t really need any commentary I was at a technical conference this week and had lunch with some former co-workers. I did bite my tongue when one of them referred to Darwin’s “so-called discoveries” using air quotes, but… Read More ›

• An American Teen at Versailles

  By Geek Goddess on April 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  More on the “Blood and Guts” tour: Another site that is high on the bucket list of Parisian must-see places is the Palace of Versailles. While visiting an enormous building filled with paintings and gilt furniture might not seem related… Read More ›

• Pho Tai and Chicken Fried Steak

  By Geek Goddess on April 12, 2012 • ( 7 )

  

  I’m sitting in a small restaurant, located in a strip shopping center at the edge of Conroe, Texas. It’s a family-owned place, clean but sparsely decorated. I’m not sure what the theme is supposed to be. There are paintings of… Read More ›

• The Blood and Guts Tour – Part 1: France

  By Geek Goddess on April 10, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  A few years ago, I decided to take my sons on an educational trip of Paris. Okay, I like Paris – the cafes, the food, the architecture – but I knew it was important to get them out of their… Read More ›

• Taquerias – Fine Dining in the Oil Field

  By Geek Goddess on April 5, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  In my quest to find the perfect authentic Mexican taco, I was directed to a small place located near my office, called Taqueria El Dorado. It’s in a crappy little strip, next to a pawn shop, a couple closed-up storefronts,… Read More ›

• Wings ‘n Things: A Passenger’s View to General Aviation Flying

  By Geek Goddess on April 1, 2012 • ( 65 )

  

  This is a story about planes. Private planes, small planes. I’m not a pilot. I’m not planning on becoming a pilot. At my core, I’m engineer and a science fangirl, and I love to constantly learn new things. I like… Read More ›

• My Grandfather, a First World War Vet

  By Geek Goddess on March 27, 2012 • ( 7 )

  

  My Papa served in World War I as a teenager. Oakley George Baker was born in Louisiana in 1899, son of poor farmers, left school in the third grade, joined the Army for a year, was married, raised a family,… Read More ›

• More Flying Pigs

  By Geek Goddess on March 21, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  How great is my friend Kitty? She’s THIS great: I found a padded envelope stuffed into my mail box this morning. I had not ordered anything recently (except these totally awesome shoes from Fluevog), but I squealed when I saw… Read More ›

• Loving County Part 1 – Crappy Places to Be From

  By Geek Goddess on March 19, 2012 • ( 11 )

  

  Loving County, Texas is the least populated county in the lower 48 states. Located in western Texas, near the point where the southeastern corner of New Mexico juts into the Lone Star State, it’s a vast, flat prairie of grasslands… Read More ›

• George Strait Doesn’t Eat Here: Fine Dining in the Oil Field

  By Geek Goddess on March 15, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  When I wrote about Goldsmith earlier, I said that there was only one restaurant left in town. I lied. There are two. I can be forgiven, since there is no sign on the place indicating a business, and unless you… Read More ›