I am known online as Ace Lightning; you don't need to know my "real" name. I'm female, born 11 December 1947 - do the math yourself. I live in central New Jersey, USA. I post to a few newsgroups, including talk.bizarre and alt.tasteless, and I can occasionally be found in IRC on the Australian net. I always dress entirely in purple.

I am, or have been, all of the following:

a reader of science fiction and fantasy, a telepath, a Trekkie, a biker's "fashion accessory",a hippie, a radio engineer, a country-and-western disc jockey, overweight, a teacher of basic auto repair, a student pilot, a worker in an aircraft factory, unemployed, moderator of several BBS echoes (back when there were BBS's), in love, married, a mother, a Witch.

As the astute reader may deduce, I'm basically a techie; machinery of every kind gets along with me. At the same time, I also have a strong mystical streak. I've never felt any contradiction between the two.