A.real.girl

A B Kovacs is the Director of Døøm at Empty Set Entertainment, a publishing company she co-founded with critical thinker and fiction author Scott Sigler. She considers herself a “Creative Adjacent” — helping creative people be more productive and prolific by managing the logistics of Making for the masses. She's a science nerd, a rabid movie geek, and an unrepentantly voracious reader. She doesn't like chocolate all that much.

Skepticism
A.real.girlAugust 31, 2012
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Comment of the Week!

I’m at Dragon*Con this weekend, which means I got to see a bunch of other Skepchicks last night and now I’m crazy plotting how we can all move to the same Skepchick Island and hang out together all the time. So I almost missed the COTW and that would have been a shame. First, as usual, the out-of-context, from the…
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A.real.girlAugust 17, 2012
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Comment of the Week!

Ooooh, I love me some clever rhymes, with extra points for a sassy, Seuss-y one! Catch this week’s winners after the jump!This week’s out-of-context Honorable Mention from the Archives goes to Gheiste: Does that mean the religions are right and sexual fantasies do lead people from God? [Note: No.] Our winner this week is siriuslunacy for this gem of an…
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A.real.girlAugust 16, 2012
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AI: What’s just outside your comfort zone?

Today I am wearing a gray dress. And it has a ruffle in the front. That’s me in the dress in the featured image, as proof. If you have met me more than once, you may or may not remember, but I was surely in something that was black and v-necked. I don’t do ruffles. I don’t do gray. Well,…
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A.real.girlAugust 10, 2012
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Comment of the Week!

I’m happy y’all are finally hopping back on the COTW bandwagon! Lots of nominations this week, so let’s get to the winners! The out-of-context, Honorable Mention from the Archives goes waaaaaaaay back, to 2008, when MasalaSkeptic said this: I would like to submit the entire RatBot-Cat-o-tron-MechaDogZilla comments thread for joint COTW. Awesome. Click the link to read the thread, sure,…
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A.real.girlAugust 9, 2012
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AI: What have you microwaved? (no, really! I’m asking!)

Yes, I know this is a ridiculous question. I know, because this question made the rounds all day yesterday in the Skepchick back channel. It’s really all Will’s fault.It started with a back channel email from Will about his exploding lunch which included the photo above, the subject “Microwave Safe My Ass” and this: Now the inside of the microwave…
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A.real.girlAugust 3, 2012
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Comment of the week!

Another week, another chock full o’ funny comments review; even in a week with some more serious posts. Nice work! The out-of-context, Honorable Mention from the Archives goes to our own Will: It’s not a monkey … +++ The COTW goes to frogmistress, for her unexpected response to Bug’s Unexpected Googles AI: During a discussion with my husband about how…
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A.real.girlAugust 2, 2012
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AI: For Mur, for you guys, and for me.

First, a heartfelt thank you for all your example and suggestion about how you just keep going from last week. I’m in the midst of one of those months where it all seems to be a lot, and your input made me feel not so alone. Another lifesaver in the water came from Mur Lafferty, writer of superheroine fiction that…
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A.real.girlJuly 27, 2012
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Comment of the Week!

Man Skepchick’s been a good place to read this week. I do enjoy my new COTW responsibilities, as it means I’m reading more closely than ever. You people are swell. The out-of-context, Honorable Mention from the Archives is shared this week by Discordian Stooge and Zapski: DS: This cannot be a coincidence. Oh, no … IT’S A TRAP! Z: What…
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