I use the blogger name “Athena’s Mom.” The name is a reference to the fact that in Greek Mythology, the goddess Athena did not have a mother–if you recall, she emerged fully grown from Zeus’s forehead. What a perfect name for a virtual persona, then.

More germane to my legal career, the outcome of Aeschylus’s The Eumenides hinged on a jury decision made by Athena.

I am a recovering academic geek.   I think I am morphing into a policy wonk, however.  I currently work in public interest law and enjoy what I do.

I enjoy blogging about things I find on the Internet, my love of liberal politics, and my various neuroses.

When I blog, I am primarily interested in amusing myself, and sharing my ‘insights’ with an undefined, mostly anonymous readership.