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.

Afternoon Inquisition
A.real.girlNovember 15, 2012
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AI: What to do, what to do, what to do?

A few weeks back I asked y’all about Michael Vick, redemption, and forgiveness in a public sense. It was intriguing to see how many people understood their reactions/opinions were visceral and potentially irrational (which is perfectly okay, mind) and yet stood by their non-rational emotional response. I often feel like my emotional response isn’t “enough” and that I need to…
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Afternoon Inquisition
A.real.girlNovember 8, 2012
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AI: What now?

Last month was a hell of a busy month for me. A dead run from start to finish, working on two projects and three events all with October deadlines. I am not saying some of it wasn’t great fun, but still it was a lot. I know, I know, it’s surely a first world problem to have too much work…
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Afternoon Inquisition
A.real.girlOctober 11, 2012
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AI: Help me get into trouble?

Sometimes here at Skepchick, it’s pretty easy to see the good work we do. Take Elyse’s last AI as an example. Get people talking about voting, get folks doing something. And then sometimes, there’s me. I’m in Las Vegas through the weekend, for work (okay, full disclosure, it is fun work). I’ve been here since Monday and won’t head home…
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Afternoon Inquisition
A.real.girlOctober 4, 2012
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AI: The Michael Vick conundrum

Yes, I know Skepchick isn’t a super sporty place, and I know Michael Vick is the Philadelphia Eagle’s quarterback. Bear with me. If you didn’t know Vick plays for the Eagles, you very likely only know that in 2007 he plead guilty to crimes relating to funding a dog fighting operation he called the Bad Newz Kennels. He plead guilty,…
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Skepticism
A.real.girlSeptember 27, 2012
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AI: Me? A control freak? I prefer you think of me my way. Oh, yes. I see your point.

I’m a manager of things in my work. I have essentially two jobs (event planner and publisher) but when it comes down to it I manage things. I’m good at it too, which is why I do two diverse types of jobs; to me it’s all managing the moving pieces and making them work my way. A good manager gets…
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Skepticism
A.real.girlSeptember 21, 2012
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Comment of the Week!

I dig the COTW responsibilities most of the time. I get to catch up on my reading and delight in the spark and sass and smarts of my friends and ideological cohorts. And laugh. I get to laugh a lot. Lots of laughing at the honorable mention(s) for this week, from one of my own AI posts back in 2009. …
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Skepticism
A.real.girlSeptember 20, 2012
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AI: What do you want to be when you grow up?

A few days ago I had a “things I want to do/be when I grow up” with an eleven year old I know. She’s old enough that she no longer thinks it’s plausible to be a firewoman and a princess and an elevator operator all at once. In fact, all three of these once-cherished options have fallen out of favor. …
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Skepticism
A.real.girlSeptember 6, 2012
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AI: How do you “walk the talk”?

I was at Dragon*Con last week with some of my fellow Skepchick Network bloggers. It was really wonderful to meet some of the Mad Art Lab crew in person, and it was awesome to catch up with my fellow Skepchicks who were there too. Between you and me, hanging out with these guys was my favorite part of D*C, but…
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