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mantispid

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About Me


I'm just your average geneticist and forensic entomologist trying to make ends meet in the Big Easy.
I'm easy-going, and never seem to get ruffled. I'm probably the most even-tempered person you will ever meet.
I'm very affectionate, and am a decent cook. I do enjoy the outdoors and all sorts of photography.
I'm pretty normal... except that I do have a very strong geek side, and can go off on esoteric tangents from time to time.
Odds are you've never met anyone like me before. ;)

My Interests


Look at where my Friends are!
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I'd like to meet:

Anyone and everyone, really. As long as you're well-behaved. Well, most of the time, anyway. ;)

Movies:

The Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions.. The Lord of the Rings movies.. and Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2... and ANYTHING that has zombies in it!

Books:

Dune series, Tolkein's works, William Gibson's works, Ayn Rand's works

Heroes:

Well, my fictional idol would have to be Captain Malcolm Reynolds of the Firefly universe.

My Blog

Science & Religion

At the Plant and Animal Genome Conference I attended this weekend, the opening plenary speaker said something that I thought was rather interesting.He was talking about how when speaking to a group of...
Posted by mantispid on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:51:00 PST

Greed of Compassion

Greed of Compassion-mantispid People often associate the word 'greed' with a scrooge-like figure hoarding piles of riches at the expense of those around him.  Greed manifests itself when someone...
Posted by mantispid on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:15:00 PST

Another reason why the UK is a backwards place...

                    Baby sex selection 'to be banned'So, the UK is going to ban a procedure whereby sperm are pre-sorted usin...
Posted by mantispid on Mon, 07 May 2007 06:07:00 PST

Webcam Girls Just Won't Quit

Women on myspace often get tons of messages from various sleazy type males.  Men on myspace often get messages from webcam girl bots.  That's right, automated scripts that scour for male pro...
Posted by mantispid on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:31:00 PST

And so it is.

I'm 31 today.
Posted by mantispid on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:33:00 PST

Listen to the Light

Here are two versions of the same photo, entitled "Listen to the Light" (for obvious reasons).  They're from Karen's April 15th photoshoot.Which version do you think is better?...
Posted by mantispid on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:04:00 PST

What rotten luck...

So... I was heading out this evening to help a friend with computer network problems, when disaster struck.I was driving north along I-55.  It was night, and it was so dark that you couldn't see ...
Posted by mantispid on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:11:00 PST

Well... crikey.

Steve Irwin Killed by Stingray Barb to ChestI may not have agreed with all of his politics, but I liked having a guy around that was so gung-ho about nature. He made me feel like a kid again with his...
Posted by mantispid on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:29:00 PST

My Saturday of ultimate excitement!

Yes... I woke up, read blog posts, scanned some old photos, mowed the back lawn, and then played World of Warcraft! Exciting, I know.  Tomorrow... more of the same! (Except the World of Warcra...
Posted by mantispid on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:30:00 PST

Moved this survey from the 'About me Section'

Cleaning up my profile a bit.. trying to get it streamlined.  I've moved this info to this blog post for archival purposes:TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:Dr. Adam, MS PhDBirthday:Septem...
Posted by mantispid on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:41:00 PST