From: dasher@well.sf.ca.us (D Anton Sherwood)
Subject: nosy answers
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 00:35:01 GMT

	Current Name:
Anton Sherwood
	Alter Ego:
I guess this is where I describe my avatar?  Green Man, for want of a better
name, is a permanent resident of cyberspace.  He manifests as a biped
(presumably), hidden except for two slender hands and a faintly leonine head
under a flowing green poncho that sparkles like a sunlit pond.  (West Kingdom
heralds may understand why.)  Sometimes condenses from thin air, taking
several moments to reach full resolution (think of the triangle algorithm
for a fractal mountain).
	Birth Date:
Not born yesterday, mate.
	Residence:
somewhere near the Pacific Ocean
	Birthplace:
quite a long way from the Pacific Ocean
	Sex:
who needs it?
	Gender:
oddly enough, the only document that mentions my gender as such gets it
wrong.
	Sexual Orientation:
horizontal, on top
	Marital Status:
recently separated; I was a poor substitute for a lesbian :)
	Offspring:
no
	Siblings:
younger
	Blood type:
Red
	Hair:
Amber waves of grain; last cut three years ago, last cut short about twenty
years before that.
	Beard:
Gold in the middle, copper at the sides
	Eyes:
Blue.  Or gray.
	Height:
excessive
	Dominant Brain Hemisphere:
left, I guess
	Physical Deformities:
asymmetrical hips; nose off-center; teeth too big; eyes -- I'll bet you can
guess
	Music Preferences:
J Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Led Zeppelin, the Roches, the Pentangle,
the Moody Blues, . . . are you sure you have time for this?
	Favourite Books:
Freeman Dyson, INFINITE IN ALL DIRECTIONS; David Friedman, THE MACHINERY OF
FREEDOM; Eric Drexler, ENGINES OF CREATION; Joe Haldeman, THE LONG HABIT OF
LIVING; Kevin O'Donnell, MAYFLIES; Mike Resnick, SANTIAGO; Christopher
Alexander et al., A PATTERN LANGUAGE; Neil Schulman, ALONGSIDE NIGHT;
Charles Platt, FREE ZONE
	Pet Peeves:
For heck's sake, don't get me started.
	Favourite Movies:
Gaslight, Buckaroo Banzai, Roger Rabbit, The Road Warrior, Once Upon a Time
in the West, Zatoichi Fight!, Ikiru
	Least Favourite Activities:
coping with entropy
	Most Favourite Activities:
reading, writing, eating, sleeping -- what else is there?
	Quotes that can be attributed to me:
"In heraldry we don't call them Boy Scout thingies; we call them French
thingies."
	Hobbies:
heraldry, mathematics, linguistics, go, extropianism
	Political affiliation:
"Right anarchist", running as a Libertarian because, well, it's something to
do.
	Allergies:
Come on, you don't know who's listening.
	Occupation:
white (or pink) collar
	Drink of choice:
Woodpecker, until something better comes along.
Or: Irish Mist, orange juice and dry ice.
	Favourite Foods:
hamachi-nigiri; gai pad king; apples; oranges; red grapes; filet mignon;
baked earth-apples; the teriyaki steak at Tempura Inn, Canoga Park (I wonder
if it's still there!)
	What I regret most:
Being afraid to ask questions on my first "real job"; not taking more
courses in my major
	Favourite TV shows:
Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Wild Wild West, The Sandbaggers, Beyond 2000,
Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The
Rockford Files, Barretta
	Parting words:
"Oh, well."
	Favorite quotes that cannot be attributed to me:
"If almost everyone is in favor of feeding the hungry, the politician may
find it in his interest to do so.  But, under those circumstances, the
politician is unnecessary: some kind soul will give the hungry man a meal
anyway.  If the great majority is against the hungry man, some kind soul
among the minority still may feed him--the politician will not."  ---David
Friedman, THE MACHINERY OF FREEDOM, chapter 3

"It has been experimentally proved, that if a plot of ground be sown with
one species of grass, and a similar plot be sown with several distinct
genera of grasses, a greater number of plants and a greater weight of dry
herbage can be raised in the latter than in the former case.  The same has
been found to hold good when one variety and several mixed varieties of
wheat have been grown on equal spaces of ground."  ---Charles Darwin, THE
ORIGIN OF SPECIES, chapter IV

"They say you are foolish in wanting the sun
 Say you are selfish in learning to run
 Tell you that the darkness is a blessing in disguise
 For you never have to notice if you're sighted or you're blind
 And they'll do their best to keep you from the light."  --Janis Ian

"Character is who you are in the dark."  --Lord John Whorfin
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D Anton Sherwood *\\* dasher@well.sf.ca.us *\\* +1 415 664 2229
Libertarian candidate for California Assembly, 12th district
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