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Join Nina on her continuing tour of the US in "America, You're Beautiful--Part 2: Louisville, Kentucky." Read about Louisville's coolest, funkiest part of town, where to shop, eat and meet people: http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 07/ america-youre-beauti fulpart-2. html

America, You're Beautiful! Follow Nina's drive across the Unites States and her eclectic observations of the central states and take the twister quiz here: http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 07/ america-youre-beauti ful. html

The colour green may not be the dominant colour (of photosynthesis) on other planets. Find out what and why from your very own Alien Next Door: http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 06/ what-color-is-your-a lien. html

The Phoenix lands on Mars! See pictures and join in on some lively conversation about space exploration: http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 05/ phoenix-landing-on-m ars_28. html

When I was first tantalized by the high-speed trailor for the 2005 Paramount motion picture, Aeon Flux, directed by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight), I was blissfully unaware of its history: that it was based on the darkly irreverant and raunchy 1995 MTV Liquid Television animated SF series created by Korean American animator, Peter Chung. Read the review here: http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 05/ aeon-flux-motion-pic ture-animation. html

Happy Mother's Day! Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face --George Eliot What is a mother? ... We are all mothers. Every woman is a mother, whether she gives birth to a child or a movement; whether she nurtures a family, a corporation or a nation. --Nina Munteanu - auther, scientist and mother http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 05/ happy-mothers-day. html

Getting lost in Paris...On my third day in Paris, I got lost. I didn’t mean to; it just happened... Paris unfolds like an impressionist canvas, to be interpreted through experience. It is an aria, both exquisite and haunting, like the lingering aftertaste in the back of my throat of a complex bitter-sweet Bordeaux. I lost myself willingly to its mystery. “Real travel,” says Mark Kingwell, “means we must surrender expectations and submit to chance, to challenge our desires, not merely satisfy existing ones…Leaving home ought to be, above all…that plunge into otherness…Getting lost to yourself might be the best way to find out who you are.” http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 05/ getting-lost-in-pari s. html

Climate change and your health...find out what the real cost is...http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 03/ climate-change-human -healthfriday. html

Happy Easter, everyone! Victor Frankl, survivor of the Holocaust, says: "success cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself..." http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 03/ victor-frankl-holoca ustfriday-feature. html

The Paradox of Africa: the Little Things. When I traveled to Africa with thoughts of magnificent wildlife, I was unprepared for its true magnificence: http: / / sfgirl-thealiennextd oor. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 03/ paradox-of-africa-li ttle-things. html