Writer with a day job. Too smartass usually and confusingly hyper-femme as well! But balance is good.
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- What I would Change About the World: Fewer organizations. More people willing to buck the system.
- Current Project: manuscripts in process
- Influences/Heroes: Various dead poets, some live ones. Various scientists. Jane Goodall. Michelle Paver, JK Rowling, Al Gore, Yoko Ono, Chuck Close
- Organizations: Growing up Catholic has left me organization wary.
- Political Bent: Common sense with some wishful thinking.
- Favorite Bands: Propellarheads (still), Airborne Toxic Event, A3.
- Favorite Directors: Altman, Gilliam, Tarantino, Kieslowski, PT Anderson, Guillermo Del Torres.
- Favorite Movies: Recently love "The Lives of Others." Remember liking the original "Planet of the Apes" a lot...otherwise, brain-freeze. It's all one big film festival.
- Favorite TV Shows: Angels in America was genius. Battlestar Gallactica. Rome was pretty outrageous. I'm a suck for nature shows.
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- 24French voted up Scientists Discover Star 300 Times More Massive Than The Sun 2 years ago
Astronomers have identified the most massive stars known. These objects are millions of times brighter than our Sun and the largest of them all is a whoppin' 300 times the mass of our... more
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- 24French voted up Venomous Octopus discovered in the Antarctic 2 years ago
Scientists have discovered four new species of octopus in Antarctica with venom that works at sub-zero temperatures They hope to analyse the venom to see if it has medical uses. Experts have... more
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- 24French voted up CBS News, NPR Veteran Daniel Schorr Dies at 93 2 years ago
Veteran journalist Daniel Schorr, who worked with CBS News for two decades, died this morning after a short illness. He was 93. Since 1985 Schorr has been a senior news analyst for National... more
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- 24French voted up China: World Expo: Seed Cathedral 3 years ago
more awesome pics at link The UK's Seed Cathedral is the best pavilion at the 2010 Expo, hands down. After getting a chance to go inside, I've decided I want to not only worship but... more
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- 24French voted up Meet the Stray Dog that Attends Every Protest in Athens 3 years ago
A stray mutt that has appeared at "nearly every demonstration in Athens over the last two years." He's always on the side of the protesters. He barks at the police. Locals call him... more
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- 24French voted up infoMania's Conor Knighton Answers Your Burning Questions 3 years ago
You asked, and Conor answered... Here are infoMania host Conor Knighton's hilarious responses to your sometimes totally inappropriate questions. infoMania is a half-hour satirical news... more
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- 24French voted up Here’s Another Helping of Delicious Western Spaghetti! 3 years ago
“Western Spaghetti” is a classic, a tasty two-minute short film, with animation by PES and Javan Ivey. The film won awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, the 2009 Annecy Animation... more
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- 24French voted up What It Means To Live In A World Without Censorship 3 years ago
This week Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series, gracefully answered a question he's asked often (and I paraphrase): Why must he insist on offending people with books that... more
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- 24French voted up Is This The Frilliest Plastic Figure Ever? 3 years ago
It very well could be! Here's Clalaclan Philias from SEGA's Japanese action role-playing game Shining Wind in what may look like a doily, but actually is not! She's actually... more
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- 24French voted up Interactive Telecommunications Researchers Develop A Device For Plants To Send Text Messages 3 years ago
Interactive telecommunications researchers designed a soil-moisture sensor device that can allow a house plant to communicate with its owner. The device can send short messages to a mobile phone... more
