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Sara

Viva La Resistance!

About Me


Punch & Pie, click here for my online journal

My Interests

albert einstein, amnesty international, ancient history, ancient rome, animal rights, animals, antique books, antiques, archeology, archery, architecture, art, astronomy, atheism, baby snakes, being childfree, bellydance, bondage, bookbinding, books, bookstores, bristol renaissance faire, buddhism, cats, chai, charles darwin, chicago, civil rights, cognitive science, compassion, computers, conservation biology, conversation, cuddling, dancing, dennis kucinich, depression, dogs, dragons, earth, eclectic people, eddie izzard, embroidery, environment, evolution, foreign policy, forests, free thinkers, freedom from religion, gardens, german, global climate change, gothic, herb, human progress, information science, intelligence, jararvellir, jon stewert, juicing, knitting, laughter, learning, letting go, librarians, libraries, life, linguistics, living over the rainbow, love, madison, meditation, mental illness, mercy, milwaukee, monty python, mother fools, movies, museums, music, national public radio, northshield, obama, old computer games, orbital, original star wars, pain, passion, peace, photography, pitbulls, pixar, politics, prochoice, renewable energy, robot chicken, ropework, sarcasm, sca, sex, simpsons, social commentary, social justice, society for creative anachronism, solar power, south park, spalding gray, star trek:tng, stephen colbert, submission, tattoos, the orb, the universe, this american life, total out freakage, trailer park boys, travel, trees, tribal bellydance, trogdor, truth, understanding, unitarian universalism, vegan cooking, vegetarianism, vintage clothing, wild things, wildness, wiretap, wit, world history, world music, xkcd, you.... and lots of other stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Bibliophiles, scadians, dancers, night walkers, vegans/vegetarians, compassionate people, energetic fun people, people who care about the world and what goes on it, gardeners, free-thinkers, artists, musicians, writers, Unitarian Universalists, you -> most likely.

Music:

Aphex Twin, Cocteau Twins, Coldplay, Covenant, Frank Zappa, Kraftwerk, New Order, Orbital, Oukast, Peter Gabriel, Peter Murphy, Eminem, Enya, Joy Division, Sting, The Police, The Orb, William Orbit, BT, Wolfsheim, VNV Nation, Underworld, Tori Amos, They Might Be Giants, The Vast, The Who, The Grateful Dead, The Shamen, U2, The Fixx, The Doors, The Cure, The Cranberries, The Beatles, Tenacious D, Starseeds, Sisters of Mercy, Snoop Dawg, Smashing Pumpkins, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Skinny Puppy, Radiohead, Psykosonik, Pink Floyd, Peter Schilling, Phish, Opus III, Nirvana, My Scarlet Life, Oh My God, Mozart, Bach, Moby, Ministry, Messiah, Melotron, Jeffrey Lewis, The KLF, uh huh uh, uh huh, uh huh, KMFDM, Icon of Coil, In Strict Confidence, Howard Jones, Goo Goo Dolls, Future Sounds of London, Eurythmics, Enigma, Einsturzende Neubauten, Duran Duran, Garbage, Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, Deep Forest, Depeche Mode, Dead Can Dance, Culture Kultur, Coyote Oldman, Cat Stevens, Celebrate The Nun, Brian Eno, Chopin, Bigod 20, Beborn Beton, Bela Fleck, Adiemus, A-Ha, Alice Deejay, Alphaville, And One, Apoptygma Berzerk, Rose Polenzani, The Wrong TrousersAnd a whole hell of a lot more.

Movies:

'The Present Threat of the Religious Right to Our Modern Freedoms' by Edward Tabash



Watch this, the whole damn thing. Scary as F*#&ck.Edward Tabash gave this speech to members of the Center For Inquiry during a recent cruise in the Galapagos.

Television:

The Trailer Park Boys, The Simpsons, Futurama, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Monk, Robot Chicken, ATHF, Cartoon Network, Mythbusters, The National Geographic Channel, The History Channel, Documentaries in generalThough, I do try limit my TV consumption, I'm more of an WPR, NPR sorta girl.

Books:

If it's legible and in English, that said:Mark Twain,, Charles Darwin, Christopher Moore, David Sedaris, Oscar Wilde, Douglas Adams, Douglas Hofstadter, Dr. Seuss, Graham Hancock, Henry Rollins, J.K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, James Loewen, Lindsey Davis, Neil Gaiman, Noam Chomsky, Paul Rusesabagina, Roald Dahl, Shakespeare, Spalding Gray, Aldous Huxley, Wilbur Smith, Ursula Leguin, Umberto Eco, Kafka, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feyman, Ray Bradbury, Norton Juster, Mary Stewart, Mark Danielewski, Mario Puzo, Maurice Sendak, Madeleine L'engle, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Kurt Vonnegut, Jean Auel, Janet Evanovich, Issac Asimov, Howard Zinn, Hunter S Thompson, George Orwell, Gary Jennings, Dave Eggers, Edgar Allan Poe, Carl Sagan,And a whole hell of a lot more.

My Blog

Livejournal

My "real" online journal is here:http://lostvirtue.livejournal.com/profile
Posted by Sara on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:45:00 PST

UW - Madison (and tiny Book Review)

Stop talking about what you want to do in life and do it..... I'm finally trying.I'm taking a class this semester in the Masters Program for Library Science.... I'm not accepted into the Masters Progr...
Posted by Sara on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:01:00 PST

Photos Photos Photos

I put up oodles of photos from our recent cross country train trip, our visit to Portland, our little camping trip, and the wedding we attended.For more photos than you can shake a stick at (and some ...
Posted by Sara on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:53:00 PST

For the few people that dont already know....

Jason and I are buying a house together... and we are moving in this weekend.  We're planning on having a house warming party towards the end of June, so I'll annouce that when we have the date a...
Posted by Sara on Fri, 23 May 2008 10:02:00 PST

Book Review - The Seat of the Soul

Don't bother reading this book, I only made it about... a third of the way through it and I gave up - so I guess I'm reviewing it unfairly - but I couldn't stand anymore drivel.  I apologize in a...
Posted by Sara on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:58:00 PST

Veganism/Vegan Hatred/Vegan Related Thoughts

I am not a vegan, yet. Yeah, I've made the effort multiple times, but I can't seem to commit for any lengthy period of time. I still try and manage to eat about 95% vegan at home. I still make an effo...
Posted by Sara on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:07:00 PST

Book Review - The Stuff of Thought

This marvelous book on language would be of high interest to any human who uses language on a regular basis. This book is funny, highly readable, and it really DOES open a window onto human natur...
Posted by Sara on Tue, 06 May 2008 07:10:00 PST

Book Review - The Book Thief

The book in question is The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak.  This book is truly unique and probably made me feel more affection for a set of characters than any other book in recent memory.Even...
Posted by Sara on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:45:00 PST

Book Review - Krakatoa

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 - Simon Winchester This is the latest book I've consumed by author Simon Winchester. I've only got two left (maybe he'll write another in the mea...
Posted by Sara on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:35:00 PST