From: ceo@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chip Olson)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Oh boy, a form to fill out
Date: 26 Aug 92 04:25:53 GMT
Organization: Spam-On-A-Rope Inc.


Current Name: Charles Ellsworth Olson (nice initials, huh? :-) )
Alter Ego: Castellan
Birth Date: 4 November 1967
Birthplace: Mt Auburn Hospital, Cambridge MA USA
Residence: Lexington, MA USA
Sex: Male
Gender: see Pet Peeves
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Marital Status: Single
Offspring: Not bloody likely
Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 brother, all older
Blood type: Dunno
Hair: Dirty-blonde, receding ever so gradually
Eyes: Grey
Height: 5'10"
Dominant Brain Hemisphere: Northern
Physical Deformities: Small scar on right cheek that looks like a misplaced
                      dimple
Music Preferences: All kinds of stuff... Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention,
                   The Pogues, Rush, Yes, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers,
                   Phish, Indigo Girls, Ellen James Society, The Men They
                   Couldn't Hang, Cordelia's Dad, Boiled In Lead, The Con-
                   nells, Bob Dylan, Steeleye Span, Pentangle, Incredible
                   String Band, and the list goes on... basically progressive-
                   type rock, traditional Celtic/British folk, folk/punk, etc.
Favourite Books: The Disposessed and The Left Hand Of Darkness by Ursula K.
                 Leguin; the Chanur series and Downbelow Station by C.J.
                 Cherryh; The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Heinlein; A Canti-
                 cle For Liebowitz by Walter Miller; Chesapeake by James
                 Michener; Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Cuckoo's Egg
                 by Clifford Stoll.
Pet Peeves: Use of "gender" as a euphemism for "sex".  Only words have gender.
            People have sex. (some more than others)
Favourite Movies: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 2001, The Princess Bride,
                  The Living Daylights (I'm a closet James Bond fan), any-
                  thing Marx Brothers, The Hunt For Red October, The Addams
                  Family, Lensman, Laputa/Castle In The Sky. Nausicaa/War-
                  riors Of The Wind (last three Japanimation) 
Least Favourite Activities: Cleaning bathrooms, going to the dentist, being
                            in the presence of people who are squabbling
                            indecisively about trivial things
Most Favourite Activities: Listening to good music, driving around with no 
                           particular destination, giving/receiving hugs and
                           backrubs, being with friends.
Quotes that can be attributed to me: "Oh joy oh rupture"
Hobbies: Skiing, bicycling, homebrewing, playing with computers.
Political affiliation: Democrat with some Libertarian leanings.  
Allergies: Muzak, television commercials
Occupation: Technical Support Representative
Favourite Foods: Beer, chocolate, cheeseburgers, chesse steaks, most Asian
                 food, ice cream (no, I do NOT live exclusively on the
                 above, though my diet could be better)
What I regret most: Opening my big mouth at one specific instance, and writ-
                    ing a specific letter.  I may post details of these two
                    events, maybe not.  Suffice it to say my bad conscience
                    about them has a great deal to do with the evolution of 
                    my beliefs and ethics.  
Favourite TV shows: I almost never watch TV, but: ST:TNG, Red Dwarf, Ren &
                    Stimpy, Dangermouse.  Used to be Doctor Who, but I haven't
                    watched it in years.
Parting words: "May the long time sun shine upon you,
                All love surround you,
                And the clear light within you
                Guide your way home..."
               [which I only recently discovered is from an Incredible
               String Band song]

--
-Chip Olson. | ceo@silver.lcs.mit.edu | ceo@gnu.ai.mit.edu 
"PROUD SPONSORS OF THOSE WHO CARRY THE TORCH"  -banner on US Post Office
across from burned-out block of stores in south-central LA.