Mary

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Location suburb in a bi-state area smack in the middle of the country, Midwest, United States
Introduction Gosh, the part I hate. Let's see what can be divulged...proud mom of two thoughtful teens, wife to a gregarious home improvement savant, co-dependent nurturer of a Brittany spaniel, colleague of some extraordinary college teachers, blogger, feminist and Boomer (tail end of the first wave of both), latent and only sometime community activist, lifelong grocery shopper, Emma Peel devotee. Had enough of labels? Then read one or all of my 3 blogs and make up your own; there's plenty of material to work with here.
Interests Language, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Academic Writing, Writing, Anthropology, Tennis, Gardening, Needlepoint, all things Mod and Pop, Princess Diana, the Kennedys, the Avengers
Favorite Movies I've seen Cabaret over 20 times. I just saw The King's Speech and highly recommend it. Junebug, Off the Map, Pieces of April, all John Sayles movies---every last one of them, Pleasantville, Enchantment, The Devil Loves Prada, The Deer Hunter, The Hours, Julie and Julia
Favorite Music Republic Tigers, Judy Collins, Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Tallis, Monteverdi, most Gregorian chant, Bill Evans, Chris Botti, City Light Orchestra, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Cole Porter, Michael Franks, Carly Simon, Mozart, Handel
Favorite Books Let's go with authors: Jane Austen, Walker Percy, Alec Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Jane Hamilton, Scott Spencer, Shakespeare, Ted Hughes, Toni Morrison, Samuel Becket, Sam Shepard, Eugene O'Neill, Michael Lewis, Virginia Woolf

Which is easier to make a model airplane out of and why: a banana peel or a wet sock?

Sure, I'll play. If you're higher than a kite on airplane glue, I don't think it matters.