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  <name><![CDATA[Beth Fantaskey]]></name>
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About Me

   1. My favorite hobby is traveling the world - but my biggest fear is flying.
      Beth Fantaskey
      Me, trying to look “professional” at a faculty photo shoot.
   2. My second-biggest fear is public speaking… but I’m a college professor (who sometimes teaches public speaking!)
   3. I have two 5-year-old kids - who AREN’T twins.
   4. My weirdest work experience was helping to “tan” deer hides using cow brains. (I was actually writing a magazine story about it.)
   5. I’ve only been fired once, from a job as a bookstore clerk.
   6. My best educational experience was doing research in India on the Dalit (“untouchable”) struggle for human rights. (See maarpu.org)
   7. My worst experience, ever, was getting food poisoning while riding my bike from the Missouri River to the Mississippi. (My friend told me the chicken tasted strange…)
   8. Whenever I visit a new country, I try as many ketchups as I can. (Best: Poland, Worst: China)
   9. I am an uncommonly bad volleyball player… ask the team that ALMOST won a championship.
  10. I also suffer from mild “ichthyphobia,” or “fear or fish.” I don’t bother trying to overcome that one!
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  <title><![CDATA[Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.91</average_rating>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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        <book id="6377326">
  <title><![CDATA[Jekel Loves Hyde]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Beth Fantaskey]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>10</ratings_count>
  <published>2010</published>  
  
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