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About Me

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You Are Very Skeptical
Your personal motto is: "Prove it." While some ideas, like life after death, may seem nice... You aren't going to believe them simply because it feels good. You let science and facts be your guide... Even if it means you don't share the beliefs of those around you. How Skeptical Are You?
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Cassandra Wilson, Nando Parrado, Jodie Foster, Anthony Bourdain

Music:

Movies:

Too many to list, but here are a few: No Country for Old Men, To Kill A Mockingbird, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Apostle, Stealing Beauty, Lost In Translation, Dazed and Confused, At Play In the Fields of the Lord, The Matrix, Brokeback Mountain

Television:

House, No Reservations Old School: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly

Books:

Off the top of my head... Miracle In the Andes (I love a good survival story), Women Without Superstition, Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher to Atheist, The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle In the Dark, Living With Our Genes, Billions & Billions: Thoughts On Life and Death At the Brink of the Millenium, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Morality and Moral Controversies, many more

Heroes:

Carl Sagan, Margaret Sanger, Peter Knightes, Nancy Friday, Dr. Eunita Ochola, Wafa Sultan

My Blog

Population Growth: unnatural, unnecessary, unsustainable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znCdbq9ZE14Population growth is the expanding elephant in the living room of environmental and social decay. Today's biggest headlines, including climate change and oil ...
Posted by Skepchick on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:13:00 PST

The stork is the bird of war

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-0vnRmej0Q ...
Posted by Skepchick on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:11:00 PST

The rhino in the playpen

http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2008/02/nine-billion-li.html
Posted by Skepchick on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:53:00 PST

Shades of Iran-contra?

I can't believe--no, wait, maybe I can--that the U.S. media (corporate-owned, of course) haven't picked up this story. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/arti cle3137695.ece...
Posted by Skepchick on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:40:00 PST

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly,...
Posted by Skepchick on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:00:00 PST

House Resolution 888

This is disturbing to us students of American History: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/4/884/00472/895/430331 It's noted that a brief letter to your local congressional representative...
Posted by Skepchick on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:48:00 PST

I-26 crash

Most of you know by now about the car accident we wereinvolved in yesterday afternoon. Mac and I are okay,just very shaken up, and very lucky.Here are the details:At 4:24pm the driver of a black...
Posted by Skepchick on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:09:00 PST

Praxis exam

I passed! Yay, go me! A bit surprising considering that I didn't study AT ALL...just took it as a trial run. Either Ashley Ridge or Summerville high school will have a new scie...
Posted by Skepchick on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:51:00 PST

Winterbells game

Link from a friend>Too precious! Make sure your sound is on. http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm
Posted by Skepchick on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:49:00 PST

Dear God, please save me from your followers...

This gem from Mitt Romney today: http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2007/12/06/ romney_speech/index.html ...
Posted by Skepchick on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:11:00 PST