Two Different Girls

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• 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 ›

• There is winter and then there is WINTER

  By Kitty Lapin Agile on December 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I grew up in the Washington DC area.  I remember rare snowfalls, perhaps one really good snow that stopped traffic and caused school cancellations, each year.  Winter was cold, but I never owned a pair of snow pants and my… 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 ›

• JREF forum cookbook fundraiser (and best cookie recipe ever!)

  By Kitty Lapin Agile on December 10, 2012 • ( 1 )

  For many years a small group of people at the JREF forum have been involved in raising money to send people to TAM (the Amazing Meeting).  We have no association with the JREF, and decide using a super secret method… 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 ›

• Holiday Trees, and how mine are downsizing!

  By Kitty Lapin Agile on December 3, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Holiday Tree Time!  First, this years tree, small enough for a bow window. But I didn’t always have a small tree. My parents when they were married argued.  Some of their worst fights were over the holiday tree.  They both… 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 ›

• Parisian cats!

  By Kitty Lapin Agile on November 28, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  I live with a beautiful cat named Moxie, a street cat that decided we would do as her family.  I miss her when I travel, and always have an eye out for cats where ever I go. Here are some… Read More ›

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