Here is my song Good Intentions circa … Read the rest of this entry »

This demo was recorded in 2006 by Jon Duenas in St. Louis, MO. This is where it started. Read the rest of this entry »

I have a lot of trouble finding make-up that’s the right color for my skin. Most light make-up has a pink base or sometimes yellow. My skin is pale and golden.

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I go through phases. In general. Take a look at my Pinterest account. I don’t use something for days, weeks, months and then I go on binging sprees. Sites that have a recommended feature are particularly dangerous. They lead to to a vicious cycle. This is particularly true with music. A while back, I went on an iTunes binge. Read the rest of this entry »

Greg Graffin, lead singer of seminal punk band, Bad Religion, also has a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology. As a young wannabe-punk and young science-nerd, I found a lot of solace in the likes of Graffin, Milo Auckerman, and Dexter Holland. Graffin’s recent book, Anarchy Evolution has some great quotes on evolution. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve begun a Christmas Challenge in our family: buy everyone and the dogs a gift for $3 or less. Make it useful. Make it personal. Last year, I went all etsy on it. My cousin went to pawn shops. My husband (i.e. me) checked out ModCloth and UnCommon Goods.

In my second list (here is the first), I use sets of stuff to get to the under $3 mark. Read the rest of this entry »

I was sitting around, thinking about the out of nowhere greatness that was the Dollhouse Season 1 finale and wondering if that may possibly be the best episode of any Joss Whedon show ever. I, then, because I have no life, spent the next hour painstakingly ranking what I felt were the best episodes of Joss Whedon’s four TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and Firefly. If you ever intend to watch any of these shows, don’t read ahead. Also, why on earth would you be reading this if that were the case? Here is that list. Read the rest of this entry »

I love me some Sarah Vowell and her most recent book (i.e. from Spring 2011), Unfamiliar Fishes was no dissapointment. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve begun a Christmas Challenge in our family: buy everyone and the dogs a gift for $3 or less. Make it useful. Make it personal. Last year, I went all etsy on it. My cousin went to pawn shops. My husband (i.e. me) checked out ModCloth and UnCommon Goods.

This year, I’ve started making idea boards using etsy’s treasure lists. Here is my first stab: Read the rest of this entry »

“…it is almost impossible to discuss the inheritance of acquired skills, including such skills as language abilities or intelligence, as purely genetic issues. Nature determines the limits of what nurture can accomplish. That is an absolute. But at the same time nurture determines not only what nature can do, but the way in which nature develops in order to do it. In so doing, nurture determines what we measure as nature. It is not because it was good politics that the Head Start program was the most successful aspect of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. It was because it was good science.” – Harold L. Klawans, from Why Michael Couldn’t Hit