Bio of Mike Murray / Susan Jorgenson
From: Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholsonmaroon.tc.umn.edu)
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 95 21:46:24 CST
Mike Murray MICHAEL [at] MENTUS.COM is the author of the message 
below but due to a listserv problem it was posted 
by the COHOUSING-L sysop (Fred).
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In response to Mike Mariner's request, I hereby renounce lurker-hood. 

"Take me to the river.... push me in the water!"

Name:   Michael Murray/ Susan Jorgenson
Birthdate:  1/24/62 - 1/23/65
Marital status:  married

Family (children, pets, etc):  many plants, a few lady beetles

Education (where, what):   (M) Math/Csci U of MN ; (S) MIS, Augsburg College

E-Mail:   michael [at] mentus.com; susan [at] mentus.com

Home Address:    1906 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone # (optional): (612) 645-5801

Community (if any):  none formally; large, informal network of artists,
musicians and occasional software-type ne'er do wells tied together by love
of creativity and intellect... ok, no informal community either!

Location:  Mpls/St. Paul now... future here or near the ocean which I sorely
miss! (M)

Stage of Development:  dream-state... had core group for "rural"/sustainable
group 1.5 -2 years ago which didn't materialize, still fantasize about urban
group w/big shared gardens and solar panels etc., etc. I believe my "type"
needs no introduction in this regard... you've all met 'em.

What I do for money:  we're software engineers whatever that means... I
don't like to bore people with work details unless asked..

What I do for fun:  music: bagpipes, guitar pop, techno-ambient, celtic,
you-name-it we probably enjoy it (or better yet attempt it!) (M); Garden -
we grow a decent percentage of our fruit and veg (higher % in Summer of
course) and occasionally barter w/cafe up the block for sandwiches etc.; Try
to decipher Pynchon or really, really suss out Kierkegard (probably didn't
even spell it right!) for fun.

Favorite thing about community:  People, I love people. As my Dad used to
say: "Once you understand what makes people tick, how can you hate anyone?"
(paraphrased). CoHo seems so eminently logical, such an _appropriate_
solution to so many problems, that we  had quite a little epiphany when we
found out about it. Bet we're not alone in that regard either.

Worst thing about community:  That sinking feeling that each day we spend
outside of a vibrant coho community is another day wasted from a very finite
amount of time -- it's such a short go-round really -- we (everyone) seem to
find so many creative ways to defeat our better selves and our better ideas
somehow. Sigh. <Pinch> Huh? Oh, yes! "Consensus"! "Consensus" is very hard
work indeed!

If I was in charge, I would:  Find someone more capable and hand over
control. But before handing over control, I'd place a burden of
"repeatability and demonstrability" (like scientists are supposed to have)
on political initiatives to attempt to curb dogma at the leadership level.
No shortage of dogmatic folks up there these days... sheesh.

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 michael murray, hopeless xenophile                    michael [at] mentus.com
          "One can't believe impossible things," said Alice.
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was
your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've
believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
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