Jennyanydots

Let’s see . . . in order, a paleontologist (preschool), a writer AND a kindergarten teacher (elementary school), and a medical researcher (high school, college, and grad school). Instead I have been a chemistry […]

I’m going to make gingerbread cookies with chemistry-themed cookie cutters and give them nuclei and electrons made of M&Ms. :-)

I usually read on the bus on my way to and from work. I’ve been reading a lot of books about reigning queens, particularly British ones, but right now I’ve branched out to plain old famous queens with Marie […]

Speaking of places it’s hard to be a geek in: conservative evangelical churches. Anything with magic in it (except Tolkien and Lewis, of course, because they’re CHRISTIAN!) was verboten for me. My mom wouldn’t […]

Baby polar bears. They just have the sweetest faces.

I’ve been a huge Elder Scrolls fan since Morrowind and both Morrowind and Oblivion have major issues relating to female gamers. Morrowind allows you to play as either gender, but the opening cinematic text assumes […]

Be warned: there are enemies in Skyrim that “wake up” when you get close. They scare me all the frakking time and it makes me mad because I am playing Elder Scrolls and not Silent Hill, damn it! However, there is […]

I wanted to be a paleontologist, too! Because dinosaurs are AWESOME! I still like to watch those Walking with Dinosaurs documentaries on Netflix.

I’ve needed glasses since I was five. It took me a long time to overcome my squickiness at the idea of putting plastic THINGS in my eyes, but when I got contacts at sixteen, I loved them and I’ve barely worn my […]

I had church (Lutheran) four days in a row: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil on Saturday night, and Easter morning (best services of the year, so I’m not complaining!). I’m in our handbell choir and we […]

Thanks so much for the advice, ladies! I’ve posted some pointed but polite questions on the guy’s wall and I hope to have a discussion with The Boy tomorrow. I’ll see where things go from there.

Persephoneers, I need a little crowdsourced wisdom. A friend of my boyfriend posted an article on Facebook by a guy who basically supports what Rush Limbaugh said to and about Sandra Fluke. I don’t even want to […]

This is actually my very first V-day being in a relationship and I have to admit I’m pretty excited about that. We’re long distance, so we decided to call on Tuesday and watch Howl’s Moving Castle simultaneously. […]

Heh heh. I was very sheltered, too. I came across a montage of old children’s cartoon intros on Youtube a while back and realized that for over half of them, I could distinctly remember that I was not allowed to […]

I would like to present a few definitions to you all that might make discussion easier.

There is a spectrum of creationist belief with different terms to describe people along the spectrum. The type of […]

I have an awesome recipe for ginger twinkles. They taste spicy and sweet and have this wonderful chewy texture that I can’t get enough of. And they’re huge!