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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

• How to Mortify Your Dog

  By Geek Goddess on July 7, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  Around here, we are big fans of the site Dogshaming. If you are one of the six people on the Internet who doesn’t know about Dog Shaming, it’s a place where owners submit photos of their pets who are being… Read More ›

• Sometimes, Work Comes First

  By Geek Goddess on June 30, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  When we started our blog over two years ago, our goal was to post around four times a week, with occasional posts of fun or unusual photos, or reblogging things we read elsewhere and thought worth promoting. We also ask… Read More ›

• Friday Flicks! Roman Ruins

  By Geek Goddess on June 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  I’m always a bit fascinated by Roman and Greek antiquities. I’ve heard that the British Museum has entire sections on things that happened after 400 AD, but I can’t drag myself away from the old stuff!  Here are a few… Read More ›

• Little Shop of Horrors or Modern Dentistry?

  By Geek Goddess on June 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I haven’t required any dental work for several years. Last week, I went in to have a crown replaced, and expected the usual (pardon my pun) drill of the crown being yanked off, some grinding on the remains of my… Read More ›

• A Morning in Bah Hahba, Maine

  By Geek Goddess on June 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

    Last month I took a week’s vacation on a trip (College of Curiosity field trips)  that visited some areas that, while not as glamorous as Istanbul or Paris, were places that I had never seen before. After spending a… Read More ›

• Memorial Day on the Boston Commons

  By Geek Goddess on June 6, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  I spent a week on the College of Curiosity field trip “European America” last week, and was in Boston on Memorial Day weekend. Our tour, led by fellow 2DG blogger Jeff Wagg, included a walk through the gorgeous Boston parks,… Read More ›

• Duck and Cover for GI Brats

  By Geek Goddess on May 26, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  When I was in my 30s, I got into a conversation with a woman, roughly my age, who brought up how terrified she had been throughout grade school, practicing “duck and cover”. I had never heard of this, so she explained… Read More ›

• How People Find our Blog Part 2: Naked Selfies

  By Geek Goddess on May 13, 2014 • ( 8 )

  A few weeks ago, Kitty wrote a blog post “Naked Selfies, Normal or Not?” about a friend of her husband’s who had recently re-entered the dating scene after many years of marriage, and who was nonplussed about receiving unsolicited graphic… Read More ›

• Famous Faces in NYC – Friday Fun Flick!

  By Geek Goddess on May 2, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Last week I had dinner and drinks at a great little places called Faces & Names, located in midtown Manhattan, near my hotel. We found it by accident (well, through TripAdvisor “close to me” search). Nice meal, good selection of… Read More ›

• Wherein I Try a New Barbeque Place

  By Geek Goddess on April 28, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Back home around midnight after a long weekend in New York City, I didn’t eat any dinner and was famished by lunch. My friend/boss/fellow foodie Eric popped by the office to let me know he was going out for a… Read More ›