From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jay Brandt)
Subject: Bio Sheet - Jason
Organization: University of Oregon, Architecture
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 15:22:39 GMT


<Ping!> A small stack of papers flutters to rest at one end of the Bar. 
It's a Bio Sheet from Jason. Mike passes it around for all to read.

Current Name: Jay B. Brandt

Alter Egos: Jason (no last name) (found at alt.calahans or
alt.cyberpunk.*), also Thyra Keslosdatter (see seperate bio sheet, to be
sent in soon) & others yet to be introduced. When on stage as a magician,
I'm 'Jason Magnus'.
     (What can I say, there are a lot of voices in me with stories to be
told.)
     (In the SCA, I'm also "His Lordship Jason of Rosaria", who wouldn't
know quite what to think of this place, and is not likely to visit here. To
talk with him, look me up on rec.org.sca or by direct e-mail)

Birth Date: 8/9/57 (With a twin-tailed comet visible in the morning's sky.
Look it up. It happened!)

Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, USA

Residence: Eugene, Oregon, USA

Sex: Yes, and often, (but only with Laurie/Pegasus unless she gives
permission otherwise, and she hasn't given me leave to do so since we got
married). Sorry folks, but nobody else gets more than kisses, hugs and
backrubs/body rubs.

Gender: Male (for myself and Jason, for other alter-egos, various)

Sexual Orientation: by active participation, straight and monogamous; by
inclination, a bit South of North and very open minded.

Marital Status: Happily Married (to Pegasus / aka Laurie E. W. Brandt), and
after nine years still acting like we're on the honeymoon.

Offspring: No kids, two cats. (George the Curious and Harry Underfoot /
Harry Blackstone, both 14-pound neutered toms, not fat, just huge for
housecats. When George lays out on my legs, his rump is at my belt and his
head rests on my ankles!)

Siblings: One, female (Linda Brown), 5 years younger than me.

Blood type: A+

Hair: Dark brown, thin on top, thick in the beard & elsewhere. Length
varies from short to a mid-shoulder pony-tail (Curently growing back out to
a pony-tail from an "interview spec" short cut).

Eyes: Blue

Height: 6 ft 1 in

Weight: 185 Lb, and in fairly good shape

Dominant Brain Hemisphere: The Matrix

Physical Deformities: Nearsighted, wears OSHAA-approved safety-glasses in
gold wire-rim frames, with dark photo-sun tint. Flat feet. (Mutant, not
broken arches. The Navy's recruiters confirmed by x-ray that the muscle for
my arch simply isn't there in either foot!)

Music Preferences: Anything from Renaissance to Rap. Especially like Jazz
Fusion (Spiro Gyra), Hammer Dulcimer, and Celtic bands. (Don't care much
for "Kissed my horse and cried" Country music, but I do like CW McCall).
Writes music and lyrics for filksongs and original compositions, usually in
13th to 16th century styles.

Favourite Books: Almost any Science Fiction, Cyperpunk, Sword & Sorcery,
and historical/technical topics. Especially Spider Robinson (Strange how
that works out), Asimov, Mercedies Lackey, AC Clark, Fritz Leiber, Justin
Leiber, JF Rivken, and just about anything I can find on woodworking or
metalworking. (These in no particular order).

Pet Peeves: Flames, people who get overly political, people who "discard" a
person for one mistake, religious or moral zaelots

Favourite Movies: Wizzards, Tron, Sister Act, the Name of the Rose, any
Robin Hood films, and most animation.

Least Favourite Activities: boring, repetitive tasks that could just as
well be done by a machine; accounting and bookkeeping; cleaning up someone
elses messes without their participation in the effort.

Most Favourite Activities: Woodworking (especially furniture making);
exploring "the Matrix"; making computers do what people need them to do;
reading; making things; performing stage magic & juggling; writing songs
and poetry; writing fiction;  making bad puns (are there any other kind?);
listening to good tales and bad puns.

Quotes that can be attributed to me: "The only ' Dumb Question ' is one
where you already know the answer, and which benefits no one else.", "It's
the ' J ' Circut. . . . Jay shows up, and it works again!", "<Ping!>"

Hobbies: Woodworking, Macintosh Computers, SCA (history re-creations ca
500-1600 AD), reading, learning. (I used to be very active as a
games-master in D&D, Traveler, and other role-playing games, but I gave
them up because I didn't have enough free time.)

Political affiliation: Indepublicrat -- Registered as Democrat, but favor
anyone who will get the job done.

Allergies: Pennicillin and its derrivitives/close chemical cousins
(Ampycillin, etc.); Bee Stings; Bell Peppers - green, yellow or red (Very
toxic to me. Even trace quantities make my system act as if it's been
poisioned. See ya in the loo!)

Occupation: Computer Support Technician at University of Oregon; also
Owner/Operator of "the Polyhedron Group", which consists of four businesses
run by myself and/or my wife - Bear Paw Woodworks (furniture design &
woodworking), Period Press (Desktop Publishing), Brandt Computer Services
(Computer Consulting), and Jason Magnus Productions (Stage Magic, Juggling
and Theatrical consulting). I am a real Jack-of-all-trades (JOAT), who has
mastered or is trying to master several disciplines. Busy guy, aint he? :-)

Favourite Foods: Baked Salmon, Mesquite BBQ Chips, Coke Classic, Corn on
the cob, fresh-cooked Dunginess crab, Henry Weinhards Private Reserve beer
(regular or dark), Jamesons, and an alcoholic concoction called "Dragon's
Breath", which I devised for a "Calahans Place" hospitality suite that was
scheduled for OryCon II, but which never took place.

What I regret most: That the above hospitality suite didn't occur, Not
having found this place sooner, Not being able to get access to or afford
the kind of tech described in most 'Cyberpunk' books. (My alter-ego 'Jason'
is, among other things, a Shadowrun-style Decker/Rigger. He is a
shadowrunner that does what I wish I could do. If I could hardwire myself
into the Matrix, I probably would.)

Favourite TV shows: Star Trek - The Next Generation, CNN Headline News, the
Sherlock Holmes series on A&E, the old British TV show _The Avengers_, with
Dianna Rigg and Patrick McNee.

Besetting Sin: I usually reply with more information than the asker wanted,
and I tend to ramble on once I get started on a topic.

Parting words: Said one tree to the other "Shall we leave?". The reply came
from the salad bar "Lettuce!" :-) <Hugs all around> Jason <Ping!>

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