ElfNinosMom FAQ

The progeny of a prostitute and a schizophrenic, I am an eccentric humanist libertarian with a weird sense of humor, who writes about criminology topics for a living. I therefore work only when I run across something which catches my attention, which is why I have plenty of time maintain a blog.

I am of Scots-Irish descent, as you’ve probably ascertained from my appearance. Yes, that is my natural hair color.

Frickintardistan is wherever frickin’ ‘tards reside. It therefore can be anywhere, but is especially common on the internet. I made up that word, incidentally. If you are offended by the term “frickin’ ‘tard” because you think I am insulting those with an intellectual disability, then you are, yourself, a frickin’ ‘tard.

If I seem to disappear for a while, you may safely assume I am either researching or writing, or maybe just got bored and went to the beach or the mountains for a while.

I got my nickname because ElfNino is my grown son’s old RPG nickname, from many years ago, and all his online friends called me ElfNino’s Mom. Obviously, it’s a play on the name of the weather phenomenon (and is also the name of a hilarious old comedy routine from Henry Rollins) but as written my nom de plume means “mother of the elfen child”. His RPG character was always an elf, and he kind of looks like the main character from the movie “Elf” as you can see at left, so it works on multiple levels.

That of course means that ElfNino is not my son’s real name, so if you post a comment suggesting otherwise (you’d be surprised how many people over the years have made that incredibly stupid assumption), I will point at you and laugh uproariously, and invite others to do the same. You have thus been warned.

I am a widow, and am in a very happy longterm committed relationship. When I say “committed”, I mean that we may as well be married, except that at our ages we don’t plan to have children and therefore see no reason to seek governmental approval of our relationship (see, I told you I was a libertarian, LOL). I therefore am not interested in dating you.

I also own the influential independent libertarian website Last Free Voice, as well as blog at Keep the Gun, Take The Cannoli, though what you will see on the second site is usually pretty much the same thing you will see on the first one. I also contribute to Quatloos! where I expose financial fraud and scammers for my personal fun and amusement.

A “quatloos” is a form of currency on Star Trek. No, I am not a Trekkie.

My old blog, which concentrated mostly on fraud, is The Rampant Anti-PAMite. A PAMite is a person who follows the teachings of Paul Andrew Mitchell, but can also be used to describe those who make ludicrous legal arguments in general. I made up that word myself as well.

I also had a blog about a wacky presidential candidate at Gene Chapman For President of the United States of America, Incorporated? That blog is no longer active, because the candidate dropped out when he realized no one was going to send him any money. It’s worth a look for those of you who follow fringe politics, though.

If you want to know anything else, ask. I may or may not answer, depending on the question.

If you need to contact me, you may do so by sending an email to: mom at elfninosmom dot com. If you’re contacting me legitimately, you’ve got no worries that I will reproduce your email on the site. That’s a hell I reserve for spammers, smartasses, and other unseemly types.

If you send me a link or information which I end up using on the site, I will give you credit for it in the article, embedding your website address (if you have one and let me know what it is). I will also add you to my blogroll, thus putting you a little further up in the Technorati universe.