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I left the Chicago area a few years ago to take a job as a QC Lab Manager in TN. I miss lots of things, but not the winters (especially snow). My job is serious and analytical, and some of my interests are like that too, but sometimes I find myself drawn to the spontaneous, the artistic and even the completely silly. FNORD

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auto bailout Dec 10, 2008

I just emailed the following to my congressman:

I believe the "Big 3" auto manufacturers have mismanaged their companies and their funds and do not truly deserve the bailout that they have asked for. In the upcoming vote for the bailout, the only way I, as your …

What Have I Done? (meme) Dec 04, 2008

Bold what you've done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying …

bacon pt 2, not always mmmm... Nov 24, 2008

After seeing the turbaconducken I mentioned in the previous post and mentioning it to a coworker, I went looking for more bacon-inspired food items. Bacon is awesome, but I'm not sure it goes with everything...

Bacon-wrapped shrimp sounds really good...

I'm …

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The Rules

1. Don't trust people who say
"trust me".
2. Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to.
3. Be careful what you wish for (and how you wish for it).

Fave Blogs

Not Exactly Rocket Science
Pharyngula
The Margins of Error
Wil Wheaton
My Chemical Journey
Die Warzau
RealClimate
Amused Muse
Evolution Blog
thinkevolution.net
Molecule of the Day

Movies

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Clerks, Star Wars, 12 Monkeys, Groundhog Day, Back to the Future, Amadeus, The Matrix, Dogma, About Last Night, Eurotrip, The Princess Bride, Fifth Element, Rain Man, Die Hard, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Sixth Sense, Yellowbeard, The Fisher King, K-PAX, Ocean's 11, Real Genius, Forrest Gump, My Cousin Vinny, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Better Off Dead, Patch Adams, The Wedding Singer, Office Space, Quick Change, Scorchers, Strange Days, Enemy of the State, Bruce Almighty, Beverly Hills Cop, A Fish Called Wanda, Heathers, Roxanne, The Last Boy Scout, Dead Poets Society, Pump Up the Volume, Trading Places, Ice Pirates, Closer, Mars Attacks!

Music

Sister Machine Gun, NIN, Micronaut, Die Warzau, Depeche Mode, Gravity Kills, Gorillaz, Nitzer Ebb, Evanescence, They Might Be Giants, Gnarls Barkley, Morphine, New Order, Stabbing Westward, Presidents of the United States of America, Shakira, Beastie Boys, The Grid, Billy Idol, Barenaked Ladies, Delerium, Agoria, Maroon 5, Nickelback, Leama and Moor, INXS, Everplastic, Martinibomb, Ugress

Television

Firefly, Wipeout, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Lingo, Chain Reaction, That 70's Show, Numb3rs

Books & Authors

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, Robert Heinlein, Mark Leyner, God's Debris, Dr. Seuss, Semiotexte SF, Temporary Autonomous Zone, The Principia Discordia, The City of Truth, Gun with Occasional Music, Sacred Drift, A People's History of the United States, John L'Heureux, David Eddings, Vox, William Gibson, Alan Watts, Richard Bach, Foucault's Pendulum

Interests

Djarum Specials, Abita Turbodog, Domokun, Eris, Discordianism, chemistry, Lorem ipsum, French, Dilbert, Life in Hell, Calvin and Hobbes, Cyanide and Happiness, Abstruse Goose, We the Robots, Dali, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Pastafarians, New Orleans, caramel, imaginary numbers