Cohousing-L Mailing List: New Lurkers, More Bios -- Please

[Mmariner (Mmariner]

Barry Savage Said:

"I have been lurking on this list for about a week, and I would like to
introduce myself.  I am in the process of developing a research institute to
provide information and training to people involved in community
development." 



Sorry, Barry, we all charge $1.00 per word for being your research victims.
 <grin> So please attach some currency to your emails!  Long as you aren't a
shrink disguised as a sociologist!

But seriously, tell us more about yourself -- you and the other 300 lurkers
to cohousing-L.  We'd love to at least have  sketches of the audience, if not
your soul-wrenching correspondence.  (nother <grin>).

Here's the format we've been using - just fill it out and bounce it back to
coho-L.
 PS, have fun with it - don't have to be deadpan & s-e-r-i-o-u-s.

Name:   Michael Mariner
Birthdate:  6/5/45
Marital status:  Single

Family (children, pets, etc):  The Yellow Squirrel (Don't ask how the
squirrels got yellow)  Farm folk, my future community, current various
virtual family

Education (where, what):   BA English, Ft. Pickle, (CSU) Colo.  (Go ahead,
ask why it was called "Ft. Pickle" by it's friends)

E-Mail:   mmariner [at] aol.com

Home Address:    Boulder, CO

Phone # (optional): (sent when req'd)

Community (if any):  forming on the ethereal plane - (post novel)

Location:  NE quadrant of Colo., most likely

Stage of Development:  Ethereal, friends keeping eyes open for sites

What I do for money:  Computer training/consulting, writing, quasi-pro video

What I do for fun:  Write fiction, email, songs, poetry; play guitar, banjo,
drums;
swim, hike, bike, video; board member of Solstice Institute; ocassionally
sleep.

Favorite thing about community:  Dreaming, fantasizing, novelizing about it

Worst thing about community:  Opening my eyes and discovering I ain't in one
yet.

If I was in charge, I would:  

(Macro)  Restructure our culture so the pyramid is resting on a side, not
standing on a point.  The present top-heavy structure defies laws of nature
and humanity.  Getting ourselves into cooperative communities is a major step
in
getting the pyramid back to resting on it's side -- the grassroots, the
collective you-and-me.

(Micro)  Mandate that all manufacturers of audio/video equipment be required
to label all the inputs and outputs so they're readable - no black-on-black
letters
allowed.