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The Golden Compass – Reading Selection
UPDATED Here’s an interesting headline I saw today: In adapting Philip Pullman’s novel, New Line is in a tight spot between the book’s true-believer following and those who find it anti-religious. I just started re-reading The Golden Compass (I read it a while back but didn’t remember more than the gist). Has anyone else gotten started? I was wondering what…
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Vote for Me!
Recently, I was recruited to run in MIT’s UMOC Contest put on by Alpha Phi Omega. Traditionally, this contest is known as the Ugliest Man On Campus Contest, but this year they decided to switch it up and call it the Unholiest huMan On Campus Contest. As president of the MIT Atheist, Agnostics, and Humanists Club (MITAAH), I was recruited…
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Ouch.
Yesterday I got creamed during a game of football and got to take my first ride in an ambulance. Now I’m scaring small children and a few grown men, and still two full days away from Halloween! Sexy!
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Apologies
Not sure if you’ve all noticed, but the blogging has slowed down of late. If you’re wondering where I am, you can check out this post over on the Talent Quest site. More content coming soon, promise!
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Thoughts on the
startend of my 27th yearNot very many, as it turns out . . . just another 580-odd million miles I’ve traveled around the sun. Another 200-or-so martinis, 350-ish blog posts, 30 books read. I’ve visited Alaska, BC, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maine, Connecticut, and New York. Not very many hours slept, and speaking of, the friend I’m Skyping is now yelling at…
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Thoughts on the start end of my 27th year
Not very many, as it turns out . . . just another 580-odd million miles I’ve traveled around the sun. Another 200-or-so martinis, 350-ish blog posts, 30 books read. I’ve visited Alaska, BC, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maine, Connecticut, and New York. Not very many hours slept, and speaking of, the friend I’m Skyping is now yelling at…
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New Tank Vodcast!
Happy Sunday morning, skeptikids! Who’s up for some video fun? Richard Saunders has produced a new video podcast, with a cross-continental face-to-face interview with yours truly. Click below to check it out!
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Even Nerdier…
Uh-oh… I am even nerdier than writerdd! I couldn’t resist taking this quiz when I saw the link. Okay, back to separating my plagioclase crystals now. *** Editor’s note: actually, you’re nerdier than Writerdd (who posted below) . . . and me. Here’s my score. -Rebecca Other Editor’s Note: Neener Neener. I Reign supreme!!! Of course, the fact they asked…
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