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About me

Gender Female
Industry Science
Occupation Medical Physicist
Location Atlanta, GA
Interests Reading, Science, One-of-a-kind Places, Retro, Blues, Cats, Spicy Food, Red Wine, Farscape, Get Fuzzy, Mutts, Curry, Geeky People, Firefly, Serenity, Buffy, Angel, Low-Brow Humor, National Parks, Science Fiction, Intelligent Conversations, Back Roads, Rocket Ships, Heroes, gardening, politics, photography
Favorite Movies Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Serenity, Office Space, The Princess Bride, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Kissing Jessica Stein, The Empire Strikes Back, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Austin Powers Movies, To Kill A Mockingbird, Casablanca, The English Patient, Practical Magic, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, Chasing Amy, Ed Wood, Dr. Strangelove, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, Clerks II, Stardust
Favorite Books Isaac Asimov, Vernor Vinge, Connie Willis, Sheri Tepper, Kage Baker, C.J. Cherryh, Alistair Reynolds, Dan Simmons, Richard Adams, Robert Silverberg, Piers Anthony (older novels), Charles Stross, David Brin, Alfred Bester, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Charles Wilson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fannie Flagg, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman

If mud is dirt plus water, what is clay?

Hydrous aluminum phyllosilicates minerals, baby. And southern dirt.