This is my first entry!

I swore I would never do this, that is launch myself into the blogosphere (I am not even sure if I spelled that correctly). Well, here I am adding to the hot air, so in case anyone cares.

I am a 45 year old over educated single woman, cute, if not a bit on the plump side, and pleasant most of the time to most people. I am a medical anthropologist by trade. I collect folk and international music, as well as some indie adult contemporaries like Dar Williams, Ben Harper, and Dan Bern. I have two crazy kitties (one who attacks my mother), and a beautiful pound puppy (2 years old, actually), who appears to be a border collie - golden retriever mix. The cats are named Kim and Hazel, and the dog is named Laika, after the first creature in space via the Soviet "muttnik" progragm

I teach, teach, teach all kinds of things. On my office wall is a Tibetan prayer flag, several Northwest Coast (e.g., Tlingit - I told you I was an anthropologist) renditions of Raven, and a sign that says "Proud member of the Order of Illuminati - Secretly Controlling Everything for Almost 250 years."

Okay, rambling on. Who or what are the Illuminati anyway? I don't think that they really exist; if they did, I'd like to go hang out with them I'm an anthropologist, you know? Really, I have been accused of being a member of the Illuminati. I wish I was,;I'm dying of curiosity! And is there really an international Jewish banking conspiracy? If so, I'd like to study it. I'd like to know how any group of human beings can keep any damn secret for more than 15 minutes! My goodness!

Oh, and I compulsively listen to NPR, watch PBS, and like NONAMERICAN beer.