Favorite works of art\/fiction\/music\/etc.<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\nOpinions, philosophies, and attitudes<\/h3>\r\n\r\n
Here are some areas that I have particularly strong or unusual opinions in:<\/p>\r\n
\r\n - computers (Make interfaces usable! Teach computer literacy! Empower users!)<\/li>\r\n
- pacifism (Teach Nonviolence!)<\/li>\r\n
- education (Down with grades! Help people learn how to learn and how to enjoy learning!)<\/li>\r\n
- environmentalism (Ride a bicycle to work! Use public transportation! Vote Green! Emphasize sustainability!)<\/li>\r\n
- anarchism, of the idealist\/pacifist variety (\u201cAnarchy: it\u2019s not the law, it\u2019s just a good idea.\u201d)<\/li>\r\n
- LGBTQIA+ issues (be inclusive, not exclusive!)<\/li>\r\n
- polyamory<\/a> and related issues (\u201cMonogamy leaves a lot to be desired.\u201d)<\/li>\r\n
- gender-neutral language (If gender-neutral they<\/i> was good enough for Jane Austen, it\u2019s good enough for me.)<\/li>\r\n
- electronic privacy (Promote end-to-end encryption!)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n
Recreation and hobbies<\/h1>\r\n\r\n
I\u2019m a dabbler\u2014or, to put it nicely, a dilettante. I don\u2019t do serious research, but I\u2019m at least mildly interested in lots of things.<\/p>\r\n
Here are some particular interests at the moment:<\/p>\r\n
\r\n - reading, especially science fiction and fantasy<\/li>\r\n
- games of all sorts, but especially boardgames<\/li>\r\n
- puns, light verse, and other forms of wordplay<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- singing rounds<\/li>\r\n
- writing fiction<\/li>\r\n
- reading aloud<\/a>, and listening to others do so<\/li>\r\n
- juggling<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- typography<\/li>\r\n
- user interface design<\/li>\r\n
- linguistics, particularly etymology and phonology<\/li>\r\n
- artificial intelligence (not the generative kind)<\/li>\r\n
- electronic books and online document viewers<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n
Favorite works of art\/fiction\/music\/etc.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n
My tastes are somewhat eclectic. Here are some forms of art I enjoy:<\/p>\r\n
\r\n- reading fiction, especially literary sf; also especially the works of these authors (among many others):\r\n
\r\n - Joan Aiken<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Eleanor Arnason<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Peter S. Beagle<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Lewis Carroll<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- John Crowley<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Jennifer Crusie<\/li>\r\n
- Samuel R. Delany<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Harlan Ellison<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Zenna Henderson<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Norton Juster<\/li>\r\n
- Ursula K. Le Guin<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Ellen Raskin <\/li>\r\n
- Joanna Russ<\/li>\r\n
- Dr. Seuss<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Theodore Sturgeon<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- James Tiptree, Jr.<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- J. R. R. Tolkien<\/a><\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n
- listening to folk, a cappella, bluegrass, and other music\u2014favorite performers include:\r\n
\r\n - Laurie Anderson<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Lui Collins<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Cross Country<\/li>\r\n
- Echo\u2019s Children <\/li>\r\n
- Nanci Griffith<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Kallet\/Cicone\/Eppstein<\/li>\r\n
- John McCutcheon<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- The Short Sisters<\/li>\r\n
- Fred Small<\/li>\r\n
- Judy Small<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Talisman A Cappella<\/a><\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/li?\r\n
- watching and reading plays and musicals\u2014some favorite shows include:\r\n
\r\n - Hamilton<\/cite><\/li>\r\n
- A Little Night Music<\/cite>, by Stephen Sondheim<\/li>\r\n
- Les Miserables<\/cite><\/li>\r\n
- Our Country\u2019s Good<\/cite>, by Timberlake Wertenbaker<\/li>\r\n
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead<\/cite>, by Tom Stoppard<\/li>\r\n
- Talking With...<\/cite><\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n\r\n
- watching movies\u2014a few of my favorites are:\r\n
\r\n - Birdy<\/a><\/cite>\r\n
- Casablanca<\/a><\/cite>\r\n
- How to Train Your Dragon<\/cite>\r\n
- Shakespeare in Love<\/cite>\r\n
- The Sting<\/a><\/cite>\r\n
- Tangled<\/cite>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n
- watching TV shows, especially:\r\n
\r\n - Battlestar Galactica<\/cite><\/li>\r\n
- Day Break<\/cite><\/li>\r\n
- Gilmore Girls<\/cite><\/li>\r\n
- Nikita<\/cite><\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n
- reading comic books, including\r\n
\r\n - A Distant Soil<\/cite><\/li>\r\n
- Albedo<\/cite> (specifically the Erma Felna stories)<\/li>\r\n
- Amy Unbounded<\/cite><\/li>\r\n
- Finder<\/cite><\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Love and Rockets<\/cite><\/li>\r\n
- Stinz<\/cite><\/a><\/li>\r\n
- Stray Bullets<\/cite><\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n
- reading poetry, especially if it\u2019s by:\r\n
\r\n - Margaret Atwood<\/li>\r\n
- Wendy Cope<\/li>\r\n
- ee cummings<\/li>\r\n
- T. S. Eliot<\/li>\r\n
- Robert Frost<\/li>\r\n
- George Hitchcock<\/li>\r\n
- A. A. Milne<\/li>\r\n
- Dylan Thomas<\/li>\r\n
- Sharon Olds<\/li>\r\n
- Richard Wilbur<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21680","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21680"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21696,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21680\/revisions\/21696"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}