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About Me

Flying Handkerchief or African Swallowtail Papilio dardanus The females use Batesian mimicry, which involves a palatable, unprotected species (the mimic) that closely resembles an unpalatable or protected species (the model), to protect themselves from predators.Batesian Mimicry TemplateProfessional translator and language nerd living and working in Houston, TX. My working languages are Spanish, Portuguese, and French, with clients all over the world. I've loved languages my whole life, ever since I was given a children's encyclopedia that taught the numbers one through ten in twenty different languages. I learned Spanish as a child, studied Russian, Latin, and Spanish in high school, then French, Italian, Russian, Arabic and Portuguese while I got my BA in Spanish and Finance. I later attended the Bilingual Education Institute in Houston to continue language study in Portuguese, Russian, and French. My dream is to one day be a translator for the UN, and to learn a couple languages that are kind of useless commercially, like Icelandic or Basque. (No offense Bjork) Layout made by jonnabee17 ..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Kurt Vonnegut, someone with a cure for chronic insomnia, Jeanette Lee (the Black Widow), Knut and Flocke the famous German polar bears, Banksy, Madeleine Albright

My Blog

Threatened Bay Checkerspot Butterfly

Critical Habitat Designation Falls Short, Fails to Protect Unique, Threatened Bay Checkerspot Butterfly From Urban Sprawl, Climate Change SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:51:00 GMT

2-1, ME!

I'm keepin track, Jack!
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:46:00 GMT

My Grandpas a hardass with a big mouth

So today my Grandpa took my sister and cousin out to Lake Wareka to go fishing. Once they're out there the Game Warden stops by the boat and sees that they are fishing without a permit. Warden:&...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:31:00 GMT

Menu Item: "Chicken without a sexual life"

China Focus: Olympics Menu Translations a Matter of TasteThe Beijing Municipal Government's Foreign Affairs Office and the Beijing Tourism Administration have published more than 2,000 recommended nam...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:25:00 GMT

Happy Chinese New Year

Posted by on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:05:00 GMT

Kurt Vonnegut: Wars in Vietnam and Iraq

"That war only made billionaires out of millionaires. Today's war is making trillionaires out of billionaires. Now I call that progress." -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
Posted by on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:11:00 GMT

Yay Dixie Chicks!!!

Grammys Make Nice with Chicks
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:39:00 GMT

NYC is Weird 4

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Posted by on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:55:00 GMT

Molly Ivins

Morning Edition, February 1, 2007 · Conventional journalism didn't quite fit Molly Ivins, the liberal political columnist and author. Ivins, who died Wednesday of breast cancer at age 62, bedeviled p...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:45:00 GMT

3,000

A number that makes me want to cry.
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:22:00 GMT