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• Skeptics in the Caribbean

  By Geek Goddess on October 4, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

  A couple years ago I took a fun trip with friends and new acquaintances to the Caribbean, with a “‘Skeptics of the Caribbean” theme, playing up on the pirate aspect. The trip was coordinated by my friend Jeff Wagg, who… Read More ›

• London with the Boys

  By Geek Goddess on October 3, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Part 4 of the Blood and Guts Tour I had booked in the Green Park Hilton in London because I had accumulated enough points for one of the three nights we were staying in the city. It is  in the… Read More ›

• Dr X – My Misogynist Engineering Professor

  By Geek Goddess on October 2, 2012 • ( 15 )

  

  Engineering: The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to… Read More ›

• House Rock, New Hampshire

  By Kitty Lapin Agile on October 1, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  I live in Antrim NH for part of the year (the warm part, which in NH usually means about 2 weeks). This year however we are having record heat, so that means I’m spending more time at the small lake… Read More ›

• Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Just Plain Weird: Information at the Library

  By LibraryLady on September 30, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Just Plain Weird: Information at the Library.[i] “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one.” ― Neil Gaiman In 2003, former Attorney General of the United States, Ed Meese,… Read More ›

• What are Your Books?

  By Geek Goddess on September 27, 2012 • ( 10 )

  Last weekend, I was updating my Collectorz software, adding two books that I  finished reading last week (The Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years by Philip Jenkins,… Read More ›

• Westover Postcards

  By Kitty Lapin Agile on September 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  My elder daughter (now graduate of MIT, DOCTOR daughter) attended a private high school. She was one of those children that from an early age teachers would say “She’s different.” This turned out to be the kind of different that… Read More ›

• Scenes outside of Juneau

  By Geek Goddess on September 25, 2012 • ( 7 )

  A few years ago, I had the opportunity to spend a few hours in and around Juneau, Alaska. (This was before most Americans had ever heard of Sarah Palin, by the way.) While many of my travel companions elected to… Read More ›

• Wool Weekend New Hampshire

  By Kitty Lapin Agile on September 24, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  It’s almost time for WOOL WEEKEND! The official name is the “Wool Arts Tour” but for the past 5 years I’ve just called it “wool weekend.” Locations in the general area of my lake cabin host vendors of wool, and… Read More ›

• Om Nom Nom! Ice Cream in Chinatown

  By kristine kochanski on September 24, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  I live in just outside of New York City and frequently go into the city for fun. I have lots of favorite places to go and places to eat. One of these is the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory  at 65… Read More ›

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