Lexie Kahn is the nom de blog of Judith B. Herman, a freelance writer, artist and word-freak based in Palos Verdes, California.
A former reference librarian at the Los Angeles Central Library, she writes magazine and newspaper features, profiles and reviews.
Website: www.judyherman.com
Education
BA, Spanish, University of California, Los Angeles
MSLS, Library Science, University of Southern California
MS, Linguistics, California State University, Long Beach
lexiekahn
Lexie Kahn: Word Snooper 
Love your blog name!
Thanks, Caitlin. After taking the name, I discovered, via Google, someone whose real name that is. Sounds like her parents, like Armand Hammer’s, had a sense of humor.
Broadsideblog is a great name too.
Thanks!
Great blog!!! Can u find out the origin of the phrase “the whole nine yards.”
Thanks, Tsgoyna! There are good discussions of this still-unsolved puzzler here: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/stretching-out-the-whole-nine-yards/ and here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-whole-nine-yards.html