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I am married, have a son and two cats, and I dig graves and mow lawns for dead people. I love my job, especially the history that always surrounds me at work. I am a genealogy buff. I am an artist, who recently got back into painting. I live in a tiny house in a great town where I grew up. I live near the Atlantic Ocean. I think anyone who lives too far from some large body of water goes a bit crazy. I'm not sure why that is.
I think most good music was made before 1989, with some few exceptions. I lead a boring life. I believe in the Chinese curse that says "may you live in interesting times".
I love politics and collect newspaper clippings for future reference, which I coyly collect in my son's scrapbook that I keep 'for him'. I am liberal and conservative, depending on the issue, so as a voter I am "unenrolled" which used to be Independent until some group grabbed the name in this state for their own party. They are now defunct. I am usually liberal on social issues but conservative on financial issues. I cross back and forth though because I try to look at each issue on it's own merits. Don't try to peg me as one or the other. I am vehemently pro-gay marriage, yet I am also vehemently pro second amendment rights (that is the right to keep and bear arms). I don't believe in being penny wise and pound foolish, nor do I believe that throwing money at a problem will usually solve it (Unless you are throwing really heavy bags of coins at a robber or something.. that might work.)
I am very anti-drug, yet I also think that anything on this planet that could help someone with a genuine medical problem should be usable, with the understanding of risks.
I listen to NPR whenever I am in my car. (I drive a Subaru Forrester which the Car Talk Guys on NPR list as the number 2 car of choice among lesbians, so I call my car the Lesbomobile.) I read (or scan) at least one newspaper a day, which I find is 2 days behind NPR on events.) I love to use brackets. (and I will leave you with that for now.)
Addendum:
As of about April of this year (2006) I have become paranoid about global warming and also global population, which is at heart the root of global warming. With the US hitting 300 million people this year (2006) an increase of one third of its population since the 1960's, and the world population expected to increase by 3 billion in the next 50 years, it seems clear to me that this planet cannot take the strain of so many humans. It terrifies me to think what the world will be like for my son and any of his future children as resources are quickly used up or destroyed by humanities own greed and stupidity. My mind is always thinking about waste, recycling, and saving energy. I boggle at the waste in this country, and I would like to see the gas prices stay high if only to keep pressure on people to think about energy in all forms.

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