Check back in a few weeks or months and see how I'm doing with it!
In the meanwhile, here are a few things possibly worth knowing about me:
raging Macintosh thunder lizard evangelist (here's some more info about the superior Mac user interface)
Baltimore native and Baltimore Orioles fan
ardent feminist
liberal Democrat (should you be tempted to doubt my Democratic sympathies, check out this picture of me taken at a Clinton rally at the airport in Avoca, PA the Sunday before the 1992 Presidential election! -- or, perhaps better yet, this photo from Inauguration Day 1997, which actually got published in my hometown newspaper).
terrible housekeeper
swear too much
don't exercise enough (but I try)
don't drink much and never smoked but not smug about it
my drug of choice: caffeine
buyer of too many books, and bookcases to hold them
subscriber to too many magazines
recipient of too many catalogues
occasional writer of doggerel
killer of innocent plant life
aunt of the adorable Christina Renee Vardavas
hostess of annual New Year's Eve party
saw STAR WARS about 30 times (including the "Special Edition") -- however, my all-time favorite film is still ALL ABOUT EVE
founder of Former Fetuses for Choice
loyal friend and implacable enemy
favorite color: emerald green
favorite novels:
PERSONAL HISTORY, a memoir, by Katharine Graham
GHOST OF A CHANCE, a memoir, by Peter Duchin
SERIOUS PLEASURES, a biography of Stephen Tennant, by Philip Hoare
OSCAR WILDE, a biography by Richard Ellmann
GEORGE CUKOR: A Double Life, a biography by Patrick McGilligan
PALIMPSEST,
a memoir, by Gore Vidal
favorite charity: Friends of the Multnomah County Library
lover of shoes, except high heels
baker of damn good fudge brownies and chocolate chip cookies
borrowed Brooks Robinson's uniform for Halloween 1975
fan of Cole Porter, Elton John, the Beatles, Bonnie Raitt and her dad John Raitt
collector of sheep items and unusual lamps
Yale American Studies major
board member and co-chair of Technology Committee, Sports Lawyers Association
former Assistant Counsel, Major League Baseball
former Vice President of Legal & Business Affairs, ProServ, Inc. (now a subsidiary of SFX Sports)
currently "Just Doing It" at NIKE, Inc., where "It" is "Assistant General Counsel"
co-host, Business Conference, The WELL
co-host, Weird Conference, The WELL
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