Literature, music, travel, politics, and watching "Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong" on The Discovery Channel. Why bother with Botox? If you're feeling old, buy a motorcycle and ride it really, really fast. No one can see your wrinkles at 80 mph.
Music
Eva Cassidy, k. d. lang, Sarah Bettens, KT Tunstall, Texas, Diana Krall, Ellis, Dinah Washington, Bix Beiderbecke, The Smiths, and The Bangles. My tastes are eclectic. I co-host The Auntie Establishment and Brother Carl Show on Sundays from 2 to 4PM on 92.5 FM, KRFP, Radio Free Moscow. Want to listen to the show? We do Internet live-streaming.
Movies
Loose Change 2nd Edition Recut
Dylan Avery, Korey Rowe, and Jason Bermas bring you the most powerful 9/11 Documentary yet. Updated!!!!
Underworld, Bound, The Thin Man series, Fred and Ginger, and anything starring Rosalind Russell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Hara or Doris Day.
Television
Trailer Park Boys, Nighty Night, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, and Father Ted.
The Stolen Crate and The Lacquered Box by Helen Shacklady. Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson. Everything by Barbara Pym, Angela Thirkell, Carol Ann Duffy, and Marianne K. Martin. And, if I were stranded on a desert island, I'd want the whole of the Terry Pratchett Discworld oeuvre with me; that and perhaps a book by Euell Gibbons so I wouldn't starve to death.
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: Old English
Minor: Feminist Theory
Clubs: The All-But-Dissertation Club
1992 to 1993
The University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, SL
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English Literature
Minor: Scottish Literature
Clubs: ISEP: International Student Exchange Program
William G Enloe High
Raleigh, NC
Graduated: 1984
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Russian Club, Science Club, Geek Club (honorary)
About me:
I am a writer, an out lesbian, a political activist, a curmudgeon, a novelist, and a humorist. I am a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat. Except for Zell Miller and Joe Lieberman, I'll vote True Blue every time.
I have been happily married to Melynda Huskey for fourteen years, and we are the mothers of two very fine children, a daughter, aged eleven, and a son, aged seven. I love dogs. I have four ill-behaved but much adored canines: a border collie named Fergus, a Scottish terrier called Davey, Tilly, a black lab, and Jack, a mangy mutt.
We live way out in the country, where the deer and antelope (and the elk, the moose, the black bears, bobcats, mountain lions and porcupines) play. I like it here, except when it snows. Then, I want an apartment in mid-town Manhattan.
I am forever longing for a fresh salt bagel with lox and a shmear.
Oh, about that writing business -- I'm the author of two books, Idaho Code and From Hell to Breakfast, and I'm a regular columnist for Stonewall News Northwest, New West Magazine, the Community News, and many other newspapers and magazines.
Who I'd like to meet: Sarah Bettens. I loved K's Choice, and I love Bettens' solo album, Scream.
KT Tunstall. Sharleen Spiteri. Billy Connolly. Dylan Moran. Margaret Cho.
God. But only for dinner and a movie. I'm not interested in moving in with Her or anything.
Hey Joan
I got your book in the mail yesterday, and I just finished it. Loved it, seriously it was very entertaining and I plan on shareing it with my freinds.
Chris
I read an article you wrote and found you to be very funny. So I ordered one of your books from Wal-Mart.com and cant wait till it gets here. Many respects and One love!
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