Boing Boing guest blogger: Maggie Koerth-Baker

Please welcome our new guest blogger, Maggie Koerth-Baker! She says:

I write about health and science for magazines and Web sites like MSN.com, LiveScience.com, Discover and Prevention. I used to be an assistant editor for mental_floss magazine. Now I just write for them a lot. In the line of journalistic duty, I have made 3:00 am international phone calls to talk about heavy metal; spent countless hours at my local public library; and bitten the head off a live fish.
I recently wrote a book with mental_floss called Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, Impress a Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion . It's a handy little guide to creating a more awesome version of yourself, via lessons from the great successes (and failures) of history, politics, science and art. I'm looking forward to sharing some of my favorite snippets from the book here on Boing Boing. Hell, I'm just excited to say, "here on Boing Boing." It won't all be book promotion, though. Promise. I research cool stuff for a living, have a big mouth and lack coworkers. There is plenty to share.
I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sadly, I have never taken a purifying dip in the waters of Lake Minnetonka. Or seen Prince. Direct all other questions/observations/over-sharing to my email (maggie.koerth@gmail.com).

Discussion

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#1 posted by grahamers, April 15, 2009 8:21 AM

Welcome!

#2 posted by RedShirt77, April 15, 2009 8:30 AM

Welcome Maggie. Good to see MPLS represented. We survived another winter! 70 on Friday!

IS this picture in a dark room or at the Saki Bar in uptown?

#3 posted by Maggie Koerth-Baker , April 15, 2009 8:46 AM

Thanks for the warm welcome!

REDSHIRT, neither. It's actually at a booth in Leaning Tower of Pizza, but taken with a red filter on the camera. The photographer is my best buddy (and Eden Prairie News jill-of-all-trades) Leah Shaffer.

#4 posted by Hank, April 15, 2009 8:58 AM

Ha! I lived in The Cities for several years and I once saw Prince at the airport. He's thiiiiis big.

#5 posted by RedShirt77, April 15, 2009 9:03 AM

"REDSHIRT, neither. It's actually at a booth in Leaning Tower of Pizza"

I play trivia there on tuesday nights. We will have to form a Boing-Boing trivia team one week.

#6 posted by alexx, April 15, 2009 9:20 AM

Yes! I love seeing a fellow Minnesota on boing boing!

#7 posted by cinemajay, April 15, 2009 9:22 AM

Finally, someone from the hood in the house. Welcome!

/captcha for this post?
//prison better

#8 posted by Maggie Koerth-Baker , April 15, 2009 9:51 AM

Hello, fellow Minnesotans. Your solidarity is much appreciated.