Julianna W. Miner is one half of the successful humor blog Rants From MommyLand. She also writes an on-line column for The Washington Times called Maternal Ammunition. She adores her three small children, in spite of the fact that they are little terror suspects. Though adorable, they earned their nickname through their unyielding efforts to thwart authority, promote chaos and reduce everything in their paths to rubble.

Julie grew up in Princeton, NJ in the “town” rather than “gown” category. In 1995, she earned a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Social Thought and Political Economy, which prepared her for a challenging career waiting tables and tending bar. She did both of those things while going to grad school. In 1997, she received a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan. She met her husband in Ann Arbor (she was his waitress) and they’ve been happily married forever.

Over the next ten years, she worked in Social Marketing and Strategic Planning for a variety of Public Health agencies. This included publishing articles on cancer research and holding lofty titles such as Deputy Director, which filled her head with visions of Barney Fife-like authority but really just meant cool business cards.

Julie has been both a stay at home and working mom and found both to be exhausting. She is currently a stay at home mom and would appreciate it very much if people would stop saying that she "doesn't work anymore". Like a bad folk song, her house is always dirty but the food is always good.

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