About the Author

The author of this blog is:

- A recovering Objectivist
- A small-l libertarian
- Not half as bold and brassy as she thinks she is
- Short and sweet
- Tart and tangy
- A SF/fantasy fan who is dipping a toe into comics and graphic novels
- A lover of all furry creatures, but especially dogs, which turn her into a baby-talking ball of mush
- A voracious reader since the age of two
- A recent graduate of Harvard Law who hates Legally Blonde and wishes she had gone to UChicago
- Brunette
- Formerly of Little Rock, AR; Cambridge, MA; Washington, DC; Brooklyn, NY; Claremont, California; Rosslyn, Virginia; and Richmond, Texas
- A former clerk for Judge Morris Arnold on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Passionately in love with gummi bears
- Known to refer to herself in the third person
- Hopelessly inept at interior decoration, fashion, and dancing
- *Almost* entirely capable of repressing her Texas accent
- A former CATO intern
- Often heard swearing voluminously at inanimate objects
- Pro-choice
- Pro-gay marriage (although ideally government wouldn't be involved in marriage at all)
- A sex-positive equal treatment feminist
- Not interested in subscribing to your long distance service
- An atheist since a young age who once tried to explain evolution to the other kids at our Baptist summer camp (that didn't work)
- Someone who very seldom drinks because it makes her wild
- A non-smoker who nevertheless thinks cigarette holders are the height of vintage sex appeal
- Obsessed with the movie Rushmore
- Addicted to the internet
- A tightwad extraordinaire
- An alumna of Claremont McKenna College
- In the kitchen baking you a pie
- Secretly wishing she were a bad ass