Harking back to Dr. Seuss's "My Book About Me",
this is "My Web Page About Me" a bow to the forces of monomania.

Now that we have XM Radio, we listen to that most of the time. The channels I frequent the most are: Real Jazz, Beyond Jazz, XM Public Radio, Blues, The System, and sometimes the 80s.

My favourite album of all time is Bob Mould's Workbook (1989 Virgin Records). That is followed closely by Crowded House (Crowded House), Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles, ,Under a Blood Red Sky and The Joshua Tree by U2, Southern Accents by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (okay, almost anything by Tom Petty). Also Áine Minogue, The Falling Run Bluegrass Band (New River Train), 63 Eyes, Ladysmith Black Mombazo...

What I'm reading right now can be found here.

I have been described as stubborn, kind, loud, "so liberal it hurts", the Goddess of Sarcasm, the seven-foot tall red-headed leather-clad woman*, and occasionally, nuts. I also have a sense of humor that is occasionally misunderstood (But only, of course, occasionally).

Things that are important to me include: family, friends, justice, beauty, and the eventual destruction of all stop lights (When the Revolution comes...)

Things that irritate me are: Urban Attack Vehicles, using cellular phones loudly and in public, acronyms, arrogant jerks, and people who do not recycle.

My hobbies include (but are not limited to): reading, sewing, refinishing furniture, reading, spending too much time with my computers, baking, collecting books to read, and sulking.

Given my druthers, I would spend more time reading, and with my friends. I would also have my friends live much closer than currently they do.

I was in the Master of Public Health program at WVU, but dropped out to spend more time with my grandmother after she moved in with us. I actaully love to learn, and took classes that interested me regardless of whether they counted towards a degree or not. The class I enjoyed the most was: The Faiths of Abraham taught by Professor Aaron Gale. If you happen to be at WVU and are looking for an interesting class by a fantastic professor, take something by him.

During the six years it took me to get my Bachelor's degree, I took classes in English, Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, French, Spanish, Chemistry**, Physics, Speech, Statistics, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Nutrition and Mythology.

In graduate school I took classes in: Public Health, Community Medicine, Gerontology, Women's Studies, Religion, Philosophy, English, and History. I know more about nothing than anyone else I know.

Some of my job titles have been: cashier, cook, research assistant, tutor, bug-picker, laboratory technician, sewer of netting for which to catch bugs, babysitter, and Information Technology Consultant (senior)***.

The work entailed by those jobs has included: cleaning, preparing food, yelling at waitresses, picking bugs, sewing bug netting, teaching, editing papers, running PCR**** experiments and using a gene sequencer, web site creation and maintenance, culturing cells, preparing cells and chromosomes for analysis, being a "go-fer", data entry, watching children, answering questions, teaching English, writing computer documentation, and stomping around in the woods collecting bugs.

If you are impressed by all this self-aggrandizement and would like to offer me a high paying job, please e-mail me.

If you want to know more about me, then you are probably too nosy for your own good.

*I no longer have red hair.
**My grades in Organic Chemistry weren't my fault, I swear! The teacher hated me!
***My current job. Trust me, it sounds a lot more grand than it is.
****Polymerase Chain Reaction. This takes a very small segment of DNA, adds some special reagents, and through many cycles of heating and cooling makes a whole bunch of DNA exactly like the small bit with which you started.

Some random thoughts and other writings.

Some pictures of my friends and family.

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Last updated: 10 Nov 2008