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I grew up in Portland, Oregon, attended Portland Community College to study graphic design and I have worked as a freelance graphic designer. I enjoy blogging and podcasting and I love searching for new, interesting music for my web radio shows.

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Style & Beauty > Fashion Trends & Styles Should underweight models be banned from participating in runway fashion shows?: 5 of 26
With the recent deaths of four young women in the high fashion industry due to complications from anorexia (Eliana and Luisel Ramos, Maiara Galvao and Ana Carolina Reston) it's about time that the modeling industry was forced to be sensitive about issues surrounding anorexia, bulimia, drug use and the young women they recruit... More..
Entertainment > Movie Analysis Movie analysis: The Golden Compass controversy: 6 of 31
There are many books and films that espouse ideas that are radically different from the Judeo-Christian worldview. Some do so insightfully and elegantly such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Others, such as the His Dark Materials trilogy descend into petulant polemic. Because of the anti-Christian themes in the books and the mo... More..
Entertainment > Entertainment (Other) America and its fascination with entertainment: 2 of 10
I think Americans are in denial when it comes to the influence violent video games, films and tv shows have on people, especially on kids. I'm no Tipper Gore. But it's time for people to get honest! I believe in personal liberty but I find it difficult to believe that people can be so blind to the emotional effects the kind o... More..
Business > Business (Other) What is the value of money?: 1 of 5
The value of money is a question of great importance at any time, but especially during times of economic prosperity. It does no one any good to talk about the value of money when times are bad if they paid no attention to its value when times were good. It's simply too late and the consequences of its over-emphasis will be f... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Reflections: Work and leisure: 1 of 5
When I look around at the society that I live in I see a deeply entrenched artifice that we're all stuck in. What do I mean? I mean that we have built a society based on artificial work instead of real work. Most of us don't know how to cook from scratch, build our own homes, fix a car, hunt and skin an animal, smoke meat, we... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends MTV: What happened to the "music" in music television?: 5 of 23
I am part of what was once called the MTV generation. "I want my MTV" and all of that. Way back when MTV actually did what it was meant to do - play music videos all day. These days you're lucky if you catch a partial video being played. I don't think they even play entire videos anymore, much less videos from artists outside... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Best sci-fi TV series: 9 of 40
Being a science fiction and fantasy fan I feel it is my duty to help introduce non-science-fiction TV viewers to good quality science fiction TV. Lord knows there's been a lot of terrible science fiction and the bad stuff seems to cast a pall on the good shows. Many people don't realize how science fiction has changed televis... More..
Food & Drink > Bread & Baking Recipes Recipes: Cakes: 24 of 103
I have a recipe for a traditional Italian cheesecake that I've made many times over the years. I developed a passion for cooking and baking as a preteen and I was looking for a good cheesecake recipe, which is hard to find. Cheesecake is my favorite dessert and there are a lot of cheesecake recipes out there but few produce r... More..
Sciences > Physics Wormholes and FTL travel: Is science fiction and science edging closer together?: 1 of 4
Since its beginning it has always seemed that science fiction led the way in technological thought and science itself has produced real results from those fantasies. No more is this evident than in how we travel, modern comforts like electricity and how we communicate. What was science fiction decades ago or even a century ag... More..
Entertainment > Movies (Other) DVD special feature pet peeves: 1 of 4
I love DVDs! They're the best things to come out since focaccia - (yes, folks, focaccia is far superior to sliced bread!) With all of this talk of digital downloads this and digital downloads that, I say everyone else can keep that! I'll take the DVD whether it's standard definition or High definition. DVDs are the best mediu... More..