| Melissa | ||
| Name: | Melissa | |
| Online Handle: | Melissa | |
| Date of Birth: | 2-17-1974 (Aquarius) | |
| Location: | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Favourite SGU Panelist: | I couldn't possibly choose | |
| Most disliked Pseudoscience: | Intelligent Design/Creationism | |
| Most disliked true-believer: | George W Bush or Tom Cruise...it's a toss-up | |
| Best SGU quote: | "I love the way the banana feels in my mouth" -thanks, Jay...I nearly crashed my car when I heard that one. | |
| Best Skeptical/Science Website: | SGU, SkeptikWiki | |
| Best Science News Website: | sciam.org | |
| Favourite Blog: | skepchick.org, the Onion (that counts, right?) |
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| Likes: | Anthropology, Neuropsychology, animal life, nature, pretty much any and all science-y stuff, irreverent humor in general. | |
| Dislikes: | The fact that we can't prevent the stupid from breeding. | |
| Favourite Food(s): | corned-beef &pastrami sandwich....but only in Manhattan! | |
| Favourite Book(s): | America the Book by Jon Stewart, The God Delusion, Finding Darwin's God |
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| Favourite TV Show(s): | The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, Home Movies, The Simpsons, Nova, Ken Burns "The War" PBS documentary...(seriously, words cannot describe how amazing that show was) | |
| Drink/Smoke: | I only have the urge to smoke when I drink, and I drink very little | |
| Other Podcasts you Listen to: | Real Time w/Bill Maher(cuz I can't afford HBO);NPR Fresh Air, Science Friday, Car Talk; ; the Ricky Gervais podcast (honestly, I'm listening to SGU about 95% of the time) | |
| Dumbest Thing you've ever heard: | ONE thing? impossible. |
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| What would you like to accomplish before you die: | To be a difference-maker *looks towards sky with purposeful expression* | |
| Anything Else: | I plan to trademark the phrase "Science-gasm" | |