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Karen

Conceived as a distraction, it immediately took on the distracted character of that from which it wa

About Me

Actor. Producer. Nerd.
"...a woman who was coming on like gangbusters and a big load of grief."

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it's a bird

Post-shuttle launch Friday.  This is the smoke from the solid rocket boosters.  Good stuffing...   Which has nothing to do with my other favourite picture today. ...
Posted by Karen on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:09:00 PST

Manhattanhenge

from Neil deGrasse Tyson: It's that time of year again....MANHATTANHENGE      What will future civilizations think of Manhattan Island when  they dig it up and find a car...
Posted by Karen on Mon, 28 May 2007 06:21:00 PST

best dog ever

Today marks one year since Sadie died.
Posted by Karen on Tue, 22 May 2007 07:28:00 PST

pretentious

Pretentious eh? Well, take this! :)
Posted by Karen on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:15:00 PST

crutches

I've sprained my ankle and am using crutches. Or more properly, using a crutch.  As I limp around NYC I've noticed an interesting phenomenon:  instead of getting the usual catcalls and obsce...
Posted by Karen on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:07:00 PST

crush

I've developed a minor obsession with Robbie Williams. That is all.
Posted by Karen on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:19:00 PST

my favourite anomaly

I like this very simple explanation of the Pioneer Anomaly (from the fine folk at Hayden): The Pioneer spacecrafts, two identical unmanned planetary probes, were launched in the 1970s on trajectories ...
Posted by Karen on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:24:00 PST

read

Neil deGrasse Tyson's essay The Perimeter of Ignorance is interesting.  Read it, if you will.  It made an outstanding lecture, I'll say that.  And by outstanding I mean I gave it a stan...
Posted by Karen on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:24:00 PST

pretty pretty princess

Yeah.  Hell yeah. Aurora Over Iowa Credit & Copyright: Stan Richards (NightSkyEvents.com) ...
Posted by Karen on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:23:00 PST

a haunting

I'm being haunted by a word.  It's been following me around for 8 weeks, which is a mighty long time. The word is PERSPECTIVE It's everywhere.  Books, conversations, ads, movies, articl...
Posted by Karen on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:43:00 PST