ASLM Who's Who

	A guide to some of the regular contributors to aslm. For additions, updates, or corrections, please contact Felice. The old Links page is available here, until people have had a chance to submit Who's Who entries with their homepage links.
	Ali Bek Christine dev Grace Louise Loehr Gwendolyn Alden Dean Heather Rose Jones Heather, the Black Rose of Crofton Downs isabel/xinha kathleen kay Leela Lisa Cohen Marc Mary McCool milo	rachelle moore Randy Sarah B shiney Steph Tammy Tuatara the beautiful and witty (and talented) mods: felice lastoutlaw miriam arachne/mirjami lukki misfit sarah heather cardin shannon
	Name: felice heather landry (online, anyway) Location: New Zealand Date of Birth: 19 April 1975 Occupation: software engineer Interests: books, movies, science fiction, cats, aikido, overthrowing capitalism Partner: Thoroughly single, and not expecting that to change in the foreseeable future Animal companions: Tango (burmese and snuggly) & Vega (black, fluffy, and evil), Heather Blackrose (evil and snuggly) Web Site: TBA... eventually... maybe... Shoes: black, preferably without silly heels Name: sarah heather cardin Location: portland, oregon, usa Date of birth: 14 august, a long time ago Occupation: History grad student (no, you can't ask about my thesis), tech writer Interests: playing irish music on the fiddle, queer history, books, science fiction ... but first & foremost -- EVIL! Partner: what's a 'partner'? Animal companions: buca (kitty) and Jane Doe (special needs kitty) Web Site: www.crowgirl.org Shoes: boots Name: Grace Louise Loehr Location: Berkeley, California Date of Birth: 6-28-1957 Occupation: RN Interests: reading; movies; music; photography Animal companions: none Shoes: Merrells, Rockports, Borns, indestructable OR clogs Name: lastoutlaw Location: Savannah, GA, USA Date of Birth: 11 October 65 Occupation: Gov't slave, aslm bartender...soon to return Interests: Books, sports, traveling, good theater, animals Partner: Nope....sigh...I've given up Animal companions: The "aunt" to a very spoiled jack russell/beagle mix, "Bubba" Shoes: Faux birks, black leather boots (not for much longer), bartending boots Name: milo, also answers to mich, michal, idiot... Location: Dyke central, Melbourne (Northcote) DOB: 04/09/80 Occupation: the person that writes those apps when you phone up and get "To do such-and-such, press 1." Interests: books, food, books, flirting, music, books and flirting Partner: Meaghean, the other M in M&M (I swear she's Red :-) Owners (Animal companions): 2 Cats: GB (Grumble Bum), Tato (even thicker than she looks), 2 Rats: Blondie (Blind as a rat), and Abigail (if that btch bites me one more time...) I complain but I love 'em :-) We actually started out with two separate rats (who have since died), and then we got given two more. Our rats are lesbian rats - they don't reproduce, they recruit! Shoes: docs, winsdor smiths, sneakers, scuffy steel caps Name: Mary McCool Location: Wichita, Kansas, USA Date of Birth: 29 October 1953 Occupation: Accountant Interests: genealogy, tv, reading, movies, music, WNBA Partner: nope Animal companions: none Shoes: faux birks, sneakers, chucka boots, loafers Name: Heather Rose Jones (that's "Rose" as a middle name, not "Heather-Rose", not "Rose-Jones") Location: Oakland, Calif. Date of Birth: May 12, 1958 Occupation: eternal grad student (former biotechnologist, former editorial assistant, sometime song- and fiction-writer, only counting the remunerative occupations) Interests: (I never know where to stop ...) books, linguistics, Welsh stuff, history, archaeological textiles, gardening, travel, music, SCA Partner: hah! I wish! Pets (sorry, I don't do this "animal companions" thing): Angel (a siamese-colored alley cat) Shoes: on weekdays, comfortable generic walking shoes; on weekends, my pick of the Fun Historic Shoes in my closet Name: Heather, the Black Rose of the Rankin Browne Building Date of Birth: 16 October 1974 Occupation: singer/songwriter, PhD candidate (submitting December 2003), library assistant Interests: music, clothes, geek literature, deviant sex, overthrowing capitalism Animal companions: I share my companions with Felice Landry, who is pretty evil and snuggly herself Partner: jessikast Website: laputain Shoes: sandals, heels and Dyke Boots (tm) - all black Status: on Shoe Leave of Absence until this thesis is beaten into shape Name: Tuatara Location: Waitakere City, New Zealand Birthdate: Aries, 1951 Occupation: collector of fibres and fabrics, seller of pre-loved wares, columnist for various print magazines but all low-key due to health problems Interests: weaving, fondling and fiddling with fabrics, talking, chocolate Partner: none at this point Animal companions: no Shoes: black, just realised something.........I've got pair of stamping good black boots in closet for winter, ahhhhh winter is going soon I hope. Name: Gwendolyn Alden Dean Location: Ithaca, NY, USA Date of Birth: 23 September 1960 Occupation: Coordinator-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center, Cornell University Interests: Politics, reading, sewing, decorating, traveling, movies Partner: Yes. Animal companions: Nicholas the Dachshund, Pumpkin the Rat, and Beelzebub the Abomination Shoes: 72 pairs & counting Name: dev (that doesn't change much) Location: Santa Rosa, California Date of birth: January 30, 1965 Occupation: Mortgage Banking (yes, again) Interests: music (both listening and making it), books, certain tv shows, lounging at the lake... Partner: Yes, but not live-in. I'm not doing that* again for a long time! (someone remind me of that, will ya?) Animal companions: this part is definitely changing...at the moment, 3 cats and 3 dogs, but 2 cats and a dog will probably be moving out soon... Shoes: lots of 'em... Name: Lisa Cohen D.O.B. 3 August 1959 Occupation: financial administrator of the journals division of the Univ of Chicago Press Location: Chicago, IL Partner: Ayana Animal companion: Hannah, the hound dog Shoes: nike walking shoes Name: Ali Location: Melbourne Autralia Date of Birth: 1962 Occupation: Academic - I forgot to leave university Interests: writing, drawing, playing music, sculpting - all subject to lack of time Partner: Single Animal Companions: the dreaded Tigger (cat) still rules the house. An addition of Mr Muscle, the lab/newfoundland cross is there to provide some k9 balance and tail wagging charm Shoes: prefer bare foot, but have recently been reclaiming heels shrugs i don't understand it either! Name: shannon Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Date of Birth: 12-12-73 Occupation: stay-at-home mommy Interests: you mean I'm supposed to think? I'm going to have to leave this one blank for now. Partner: yes, but weirdly. Animal Companions: Conor O'Connor and Anathema Device, my kitties, Jacob Finn the monkey boy, and the wiggly worm without a name. Shoes: not today Name: misfit Location: n.c., u.s.a. Date of Birth: 12 february 1962 Occupation: lotus notes application developer Interests: working out, social justice issues, walking on the beach Kids: daughter (vintage 1989) and son (vintage 1992) Animal companions: molly the hyper brittany Shoes: just socks at the moment Name: miriam arachne/mirjami lukki Location: portland, oregon, usa Date of Birth: 7 december 1957 Occupation: nursing student/caregiver at adult foster care home for PLWHA Interests: weaving/spinning/dying, reading, spending time near/in water, espcially the ocean, contra dancing, political mischief, catching up on sleep Partner: but who has time anyway? Animal companions: emma, the super model of the cat world (if she wasn't so pretty she'd be dead by now) and Shasrara (shas), poor bottom of the pecking order in the cat scheme of things Shoes: nekked feet as much as possible, otherwise Dansko clogs as much as possible Name: Christine Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Date of Birth: May 13, 1974 Occupation: Umm, currently working on finding one. In the meantime, see below! Interests: Reading (fantasy, sci-fi); Russian language, culture, and poetry; Russian medieval costuming; the Society for Creative Anachronism (hi, HRJ!); tablet weaving; archery; singing; composing Partner: Meredith, of 6 1/2 years Animal companions: Norma the Monster (named after the last bottle of red wine Meredith and I shared before we left Burlington, Vermont) Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/chrstnj Photo gallery: http://photos.yahoo.com/chrstnj Shoes: tall boots, black 9 West loafers, Steve Madden, anything with a chunky heel Name: Bek, also answers to Ricky and a variety of other names Location: Melbourne, Australia Date of Birth: 3/2/75 Occupation: Umm, well, err, looks at the ceiling and whistles Interests: The Internet, reading, flirting with milo, flirting with anybody else who'll flirt back, flirting full stop, snuggling, simultaneously snuggling and flirting and then leaving the person hanging ... umm, where was I? Oh, writing non-fiction, disability and queer and transgender issues, trying to get back into school to do disability studies. Mate: Got a boy I'm life-partners to but we don't do those icky squishy friction-of-mucous-membranes thing in bed because I like doing that with girls. We look after each other though. I say he's my SO. Makes things easier, and he is Significant Other in the literal sense. Pets: Four fish, named after my carers: Dina, Trish, Julie and Diane. Web Site: http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ Shoes: Bare feet or tacky black sandshoes that used to be blue until I put liquid shoepolish on them. They make my feet black in the rain. Name: shiney Location: Canberra Australia Occupation: high school teacher moonlighting as a children's author D.O.B. 15th July 1959 Partner: nah - based on past experience, where each partner is crazier than her predecessor, the next one is likely to be an axe-murderer. I want to avoid that... quite happily single (but happy to accept cyber-hugs!) Kids: Yep, two teen human ones and two naughty feline ones. Pets: Spiders, lots of spiders, with whom I have a live and let live relationship coz I'm too chicken to kill them. Current spidey-friend is called Rosie. Hobbies: Spider-avoidance, writing, eating chili-flavoured stuff, reading, um, heaps of other stuff that doesn't involve an awful lot of physical activity Web Site: http:// Shoes: yes, preferably comfortable ones. I love my slippers. Name: Steph Location: Central Maine, USA Date of Birth: 26 January. I'm a child of the 70's Occupation: unemployed former social worker Interests: ice hockey, whitewater... water really, of any form Partner: Dating, perhaps soon to be living with Animal companions: Loaners in the house Gordie the golden; Scout, the dyke, hussie, aussie; Hank, Scout's cat; Louie, the frenchman who had every critter in the neighborhood before he was neutered; Mittens, the toothless old lesbian kitty who will lick you with her wet, wet tongue Web Site: someday, maybe Shoes: summer, stinky teva guide model; spring, fall, Fabiano hiking boots; winter, Bauer 5000 ice hockey skates Name: kathleen Location: near Yosemite Nat'l Park, CA, US Date of Birth:7/13/57 Occupation: retured/disabled (raises back of hand to forehead and sighs dramatically) "woe is me" (no, truly, I am so done with that) I used to be full of anger (why me?) then I realized that I have a really good life! Interests: Reading (fantasy, sci-fi); studying lgbt politics and history, collecting (and disbursing) lesbian books and movies, playing clasical piano, den mother to 3 new roomies (kids gone, gotta pay the bills...) Partner: nope, but I have faith that the goddess will smile upon me Animal companions: Donna, an adorable white cocker spaniel Shoes: whatever fits over my new ankle/foot brace, to wear outside, but mostly nekkid feet around the house Name: Tammy Location: Canberra, Australia Occupation: Former Paralegal, now Disabled Pensioner studying to be Certified TV/Video repairer (via correspondence course) D.O.B. 14th January 1971 Partner: I'm in a platonic relationship with a bisexual male, for convention's purposes (in other words, I'm "out" to everybody except for my homophobic Dad) sigh Kids: Once, but no more. My beautiful boy was born on Christmas day but Heaven called him back 10 weeks later. Pets: I'm owned by the 3 most beautiful felines in Australia. Muffin is approaching 7 years old, and the babies are both 1 year old. The babies are Bambi and Holly - who each have their own peculiarities ;). Hobbies: Nude sunbaking, playing darts, pistol shooting and nude swimming. I'm a naturist. Web Site: http://www.featherfoot.cjb.net/ Shoes: Dr Martens - the blackest shoes this side of Tuggeranong. They also add about 2 inches to my height! Name: kay Location: DC area Occupation: lotions and potions guru DOB: 24 september Kids: are fine when you can give them back Pets: Winkie, the cat who's been bounced around too much the past year - but she's sole cat in this house Hobbies: reading, avoiding housework, hanging with friends, being a "foodie" Shoes: many options, a significant percentage of which are docs, but there are 3 pr of RM Williams, and several pairs of pumps lurking about as well Name: Leela Location: Minneapolis Occupation: helpdesk geek and wannabe minister DOB: 5/5 Kids: no thanks Pets: nope Partner: no Hobbies: fiber art, woodworking, writing Shoes: Haflinger clogs, boots, or lace-up dress shoes Name: Randy Location: Eugene, Oregon Occupation: Living. (But in order to make some money to make that easier I work at a facility similar to a group home for adults with SPMI. I am the night manager.) DOB: December 16 Kids: none of my own Pets: Yes I am the pet of a feral cat Partner: no she does not like that word. she is just my sweetie Hobbies: (in no particular order) reading, woodcarving, dancing, painting, camping/hiking, cycling, shopping, writing, chatting with friends, sci-fi, weight lifting, lurking on email lists ( I am even shy online). Shoes: If I must (when the weather is not cold). Hikers, boots, sandals, clogs, sneakers, boat shoes, rockports, more sandals. Name: rachelle moore Location: portland west usa Date of Birth: 1 june nineteen fifty-something Occupation: independent multidisciplinary researcher Interests: history, technology, da blues guitar, and legal justice, persons and other invisible beings Partner: it could happen. meanwhile, breath goes on... Animal companions: memories of feline-friends past Web Site: i aspire to blogdom Shoes: fit the ground, the feet, and the moment Name: Sarah B (not to be confused under any circumstances with Sarah C) Location: Chicago, IL, USA (late of New Zealand) Date of Birth: 12 June 1974 Occupation: doctoral candidate in sociology/women's studies Interests: reading, computers, politics, hiking, mountain-biking, inline-skating Partner: Single and not really looking at the moment (tho if Ms. Right turned up...) Animal companions: Serendipity my cat Web Site: had one, but thats gone now, would love to do another one, but that would have to involve time... Shoes: summer - low-heeled slip-on sandals, or strappy thin-heeled sandals, winter - heeled low-calf boots, or heeled almost knee-high boots, year-round: cycling shoes, athletic shoes, hiking boots Name: Marc Location: Maryland... near DC Date of Birth: 07 August 1971 Occupation: Engineer Interests: Taking a break from work... and books, movies and motorcycling when time permits Partner: Yup Animal companions: All 4-legged, furry models have moved out...cat went with oldest kid and ex took the dog. (I got to keep the 2-legged one who looks a lot like me) Shoes: boots, boots... and boots Name: isabel/xinha Location: Lisboa, Portugal (in Portugal ladies do shave their armpits!!! Just in case you wonder ;) Date of Birth: 09 October 65 Occupation: executive assistant Interests: my job/work, music, books, sports, traveling, cinema/theatre,hanging out with friends for fun and quiet conversation moments especially when theres good background music, delicious foods along with wines ;), etc;. Partner: no partner Animal companions: I am zoophobic (childhood traumas, I am scared of animals, not that I don�t like them,I do) Shoes: All kinds os shoes according to the circuntances, thus I deslike wearing shoes. And for some stupid reason I take note on ones shoes... they can tell much about the person wearing them, I feel :)
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