Born and raised in New York City, Finlay found herself transported to Swarthmore College in the fall of 2004 after 13 years of fun and games at New York's Brearley School. She built this website as a freshman in college to avoid her intro Sociology class and to attempt to learn CSS. You can judge which effort was more successful. After graduating, she moved first to Nevada and then home to New York, where she remains, to the best of our knowledge.
Finlay is the undeniable product of eighteen years of subordination to the school of thought that holds that New York is the only place worth living in. More important, perhaps, is that she is also the product of thirteen years of single-sex education. Ask her about it sometime.
Over the years, Finlay's interests have led her both hither and yon in the larger field of academic inquiry. She is an expert in no particular field, but is somewhat knowledgable on the subjects of Latin, philosophy, Gothic culture, grammar, German history (pre- and inter-war), the history of Writing, European art, medieval symbolism, modern architecture and design, and calligraphy. Never ask her about math, as she is the kind of person who will attempt to solve problems like sinx/tanx by canceling the n's and x's.
Finlay can write, sing, knit, dance, type without looking at her hands, and read a map better than the average person. Despite drinking lots of it, she cannot reliably make a decent cup of coffee.
Last we checked, Finlay was working at a yarn store in New York, answering old ladies' knitting questions and enjoying her discount. In her free time she enjoys most of what the city has to offer and watches old television shows online. She misses her radio show, and maybe you do too.
Finlay ascribes lazily to a somewhat random collection of ideas culled from various philosophies and religions, believes that people are responsible for their own lives and for not behaving like uncivilized hooligans, and thinks that a plan and a reasonably good outlook go a long, long way to improving any situation. Mostly.