Cohousing-L Mailing List: My bio

[Sofistic (Sofistic]

Michael Mariner wrote:

> 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>).

Well, here it is, completely UnWrenched:

Name:             Barry Savage
Birthdate:         02/08/41
Marital Status:  Single
Family:             One son, lives in Portland Oregon and is a laser scanner
operator for a graphic arts company; six cats, one of whom just learned how
to turn the tall kitchen garbage container over so it can eat cantaloupe
remains -- I had to rename it "Dumpster."

Education:        B.A., M.A., teaching credential, Humboldt State University,
Arcata, CA, USA.  Majored in Sociology, with emphasis in General Systems
theory, Statistics, Economics and Linguistics.  Minored in Biology.

E-Mail:             Sofistic [at] aol.com, BarryS3664 [at] aol.com, HumboldtS 
[at] aol.com

Home Address: Eureka, CA

Community:       N/A

Location:           N/A

Stage of Development:  N/A

Do For Money:  Director of Institutional Research in a community college.

Do For Fun:      Cooking, Music (play guitar, bass), Photography, gardening,
multi-track recording (audio), net surfing, statistical trend tracking,
Currently developing a research institute for community development.

Favorite Thing About Community:  Helps reduce alienation, helps restore more
natural human relations (as opposed to isolation).

Worst Thing About Community:  Has the potential to become confining and
claustrophobic.

If I Were In Charge, I would:

(Macro) Work toward restructuring social relations from hierarchic and
patriarchic to collaborative and partnership.

(Micro) -- Following Mike's example -- Make the instrument and audio
indicators in cars large and brightly lit so I don't drive into the ditch
everytime I try to reset the frequency on my radio or try to read the
odometer.  Make computers in jewel colors instead of plain-putty.
Thanks,
Barry
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Barry Savage
Humboldt [at] aol.com
The Humboldt Institute
P.O. Box 3578
Eureka CA 95502 USA

Using the Power of Research
For Community Empowerment
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