I am, in fact, a bad parallel parker (but I actually failed my driving test when I got stuck in the three-point-turn box). I am also an Ashley Parker, though not an Ashley Parker Angel. I am a full-time writer, a sometimes and begrudging Twitterer, and a frequent over-user of the em-dash. I am also the new recipient of my very own Times Topics page, which made me far more happy than it probably should have.