I wrote a series of 10 of these “Green Xmas” articles in preparation for the season, to be featured on the Exquisite Writing business newsletter.
They have handy tips and plenty of ideas for how to simply spend less at Christmas as well as saving the environment, or whatever that means on a population-wide scale. Most folks just don’t want to look too garish, I figure. Whatever…don’t waste just to be jolly.
One of the best things about writing, for me, is getting a chance to reserach and write about things that I would otherwise probably not get into. I am an avid non-fiction reader and the daughter of a man who reads the encyclopedia for fun, so this is all gravy for me.
Of course, doing keyword content work, sometimes one often has to write rather awkward sentences, though I really do try to work around that — sometimes there’s little that can be done. I mean, some of the keyword phrases are already gramatically incorrect, and adding additional punctuation to make it more readable is strictly verboten. For example, there’s no way to write a delicate or correct sentence with the phrase “womens butt rashes.”
No matter. I like to take a peek now and again and find out where some of my articles have landed. First, there’s the site on skin infections that I wrote over the course of a couple of days a few weeks ago. Having had a run-in with a skin-infection (that I won’t bore you with the details of) late last year, I was actually rather interested in the topic.
or, reality as we know it, anyhow.
I’ve been lucky enough to have written several articles recently on topics of science and para-science (ones that, sadly, I cannot share with you just yet — soon) that are of particular interest to me. A recent one that is a bit more of the mainstream science varity, though I cosndier the topics related, is about Quantum Computing.
Now - on to my rant:
It turns out that some people who identify themselves as “clever,” seem to believe in quite a few seemingly silly things — but are they? Take “The Secret,” for example. I’ve had reason to study this “movement” lately, and they claim to use certain aspects of Quantum Mechanics as a potential explanation for some theories that don’t entirely make sense when you sit down and do the most rudimentary mental math. Well, most physicists don’t care for the association much, but you’ve always got some wing-nuts who are more than happy to be interviewed for a film.
I still think anything that associates itself with a multi-level marketing venture is a bit shady, to say the least. However, I believe some of the people associated are actually sincere in their own way about it. If Wikipedia is to be believed, (Read on …)
and more to the point, why it’s not in the current interest of the current U.S. Executive administration to support the science that’s mounting on Organics. It reminds me to a little controversy that people used to have about climate change.
In my new role as science blogger @ News ETA, I wrote another article, this time on a health related topic. It ended up a bit longer than I’d have liked, but my knowledge of organic ag and the science behind it is, frankly, pretty comprehensive (as it should be after 5 years of college); so I tend to be a bit long-winded, despite my best efforts.
I’ve been picked up as a paid journalist for a new, rated, citizen news site called News ETA. I’ll be in charge of 
contributing some high end content for the science and technology section of the website. My first article is on a space theme, discussing the controversy surrounding the spectrographic discovery of water vapour aruond an extrasolar planet in the Pegasus system, sometimes called Osiris.
I know, nerds have a warped sense of humour.
The site isn’t exactly live yet, but you can take a look at this article and rate it, in the meanwhile. Aside from two typos, I’m pleased with it as a first effort. Let me know what you think.
I wrote a piece that started out as a letter to my congresspeople, urging them to take action on a recent fees ruling by the Library of Congress that internet radio stations will be required to pay incredible fees that are sure to put them all out of business — fees that broadcast stations do NOT have to pay. Wow!
I urge anyone who lives in the US and enjoys internet radio (including iTunes stations) to contact their representative and let them know what you think about this. It was turned back last time and public outcry is still effective.
Please do what you can. And, if you like what I wrote, I give you permission to copy and paste at will — this is for the public good.
Good luck, citizen!
Nothing breeds success like success, eh? It looks as if I’ll be doing a June show of my 
photography and writing at the Roots Organic Brewery that I recently reviewed for wCities.
Not only am I excited about this as a photographer but also, because I’m looking forward to doing some writing on the virtues of organic wine, beer and distillates. As is my custom, my show will focus on the writing as well as photography in an interactive manner. I really look forward to it.
What’s even cooler is that I got the gig because of the review I wrote as well as having a wordpress blog that I can link to with my media. I cannot say how very happy I am that tools such as word press exist!
Well, I’m about 30 posts into it now, so I might as well tell you about my big news: I’ve gotten a gig as the blogger of a website about NASA’s Constellation Program.
Briefly, it is the successor to the Space Shuttle program (and pretty much everything else), thanks to a 2004 speach by GW. The stated goals NASA came up with in the next few months is a 200-point mission that extends out to at least 2024 and includes International Space Station service, orital tests, a manned mission to the moon, construction of a moon base and then manned missions to Mars. No timetable exists for the last item, perhaps because the first phase of moonbase construction isn’t due to be complete for 14 years.
I’ll be updating it 2-3x a day for the entire month of February. (Read on …)
One of my photos has been selected to illustrate today’s vocabulary building world, mite, on a social networking site called Word Mingle.
An exerpt form my writeup of this photo:
Varroa mites have had a major impact on North American hives. Apiculturists have kept the tiny pest just at bay for nearly 20 years now, but (Read on …)
