About

May 9th, 2006

OK, kids….  this will probably be more than enough information for you to decide if you’ll give this blog a degree of acceptance and approval or go running and shrieking out of this corner of the blogosphere never to return.

Ready? Onward we plunge…

I am:

53 years old as of this date (May 9th, 2006)
A resident of Minnesota
A mother of two children, current ages 18 and 16
Married
A US citizen of Norwegian and Swedish ancestry
A lapsed Lutheran
A lapsed Christian
Not an adherent of any organized religion whatsoever
Recipient of an Award of Special Merit, 1966 Twin Cities Latin Contest [for excellence in translation of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars commentary]
A graduate of Washburn High School, Minneapolis, 1969.
Recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, 1973. Major: Russian Language and Culture. Minor: English

Jobs I’ve had include:

Housekeeper at a local motel
Bookkeeper
Payroll
Accounts Receivable Manager
Cashier
Bookseller
Credit Analyst
Account Rep
Customer Service Rep
Bookseller [again]
Commissions Analyst
Anti-Fraud Recovery Services Analyst
Database Specialist
Provider Materials Analyst
Print Vendor Liaison
Reader for Books On Tape/Communications Services, State of Minnesota

Currently employed full time at one of the jobs listed above.

I’m a published author.  Doesn’t that sound quaint? That’s what we said back in the day, before the rise of the intertubes:  “I am a published author.”  It means that somebody bought some stuff I wrote and then printed it on paper and then packaged the paper in various ways for sale to the public.  I’ve had about a dozen items published in this way, including magazine articles, commentary, short fiction, poems and  parodies. My biggest payday to date was in 1998 when Entertainment Weekly paid me $600 for 400 words.  Nice work if you can get it.  

I was a contestant on Jeopardy! in 1993. [Second place. Missed Final Jeopardy! question. Lovely parting gifts included week at a resort in St Thomas, Centrum Silver vitamins, Klondike ice cream bars, Lee Press-on Nails, some kind of haircare products. Yep, Alex Trebek was very friendly and humorous. Yep, it was a lot of fun.]

I am an aficionada de primera. Among other things, that means that when I step into the ring I go by my official nom de taureau :

Sesitos de Tapioca de Eden Prairie

(Little Tapioca-For-Brains of Eden Prairie)

Yes, you are correct: I am completely sinverguenza.

And here’s the photographic proof, taken May 2, 2006:

And you wonder why I’m called “Teh Fabulous” Tild?!

 

If you also wonder what’s the deal with the name “Tild”, click on the following link and all of your questions will be answered:

 

The Origins of “Tild”

 

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