{"id":1487,"date":"1996-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/1996\/08\/01\/cast\/"},"modified":"2018-01-03T08:48:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T16:48:38","slug":"cast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatis Personae"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>In order to perhaps make a little sense out of the bewildering array of names I'm likely to drop, this is a list of the people mentioned in my travel journals, alphabetized by last name, with a short blurb about each and links where available. I'm trying to give a vague set of identifiers without impinging too much on privacy; I hope I'm striking a reasonable balance between those opposing factors. If anyone objects to anything I've written here, please let me know. Btw, \"current\" whereabouts and occupations are mostly as of the time I added the entry (mostly between 8\/96 and 8\/97); some people's situations have changed since then (and a couple of the listed people are no longer with us), but I haven't updated anything.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<dl>\r\n  <dt id=\"VJA\">Vadim Akselrod<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Pomona\">Pomona<\/a> alum, gamer, rollerblader, computer guy, currently running his own company in the Bay Area. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vadim.com\/\">page<\/a>)<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"RDA\">Ruth Alfasso<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, SWAPAn, living and working in the Boston area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"FAA\">Fran Altvater<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, currently a grad student in art history in Boston, affianced to <a href=\"#ECB\">Ed<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DBacharach\">Debby Bacharach<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, poet, and teacher, in Seattle for the summer and headed for a new place in Indiana in the fall.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DEB\">Deb Barolsky<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, teaching and studenting in the Boston area, married to <a href=\"#CRD\">Charles<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"ECB\">Ed Bernstein<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, currently living in Boston, affianced to <a href=\"#FAA\">Fran<\/a>. No relation to <a href=\"#MEB\">Michael<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MEB\">Michael Bernstein<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>My roommate for much of my time at <a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a>; currently running a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cascadilla.com\">publishing company<\/a> in <a href=\"#Somerville\">Somerville<\/a>. Linguist, juggler. No relation to <a href=\"#ECB\">Ed<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CRB\">Chris Berry<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>High-school friend of <a href=\"#EAO\">Beth<\/a>, currently residing in Long Beach; fabulous musician, movie fan.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"RSB\">Ranjit Bhatnagar<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>A nexus. Also an artist. <a href=\"#CTY\">CTY<\/a> alum; I met him via BBS when I was at Paly and he was at Berkeley. I met him again via email when I was at <a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> and he was at U Penn. The web of synchronicity surrounding him is far too elaborate to attempt to untangle here.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MDB\">Melissa Binde<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Current <a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> student; SWIL co-president; SWAPAn; juggler, game-player, a cappella fan; summer intern in Silicon Valley.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"BGB\">Barbara Bradford<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#SJBM\">Stephanie<\/a>'s mother; a romance writer. Let me house- and cat-sit for her in VA.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"GLC\">Gerry Cargile<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Gunn\">Gunn<\/a> alum, marvelous photographer, sysadmin; he moved into the Betlo house when I moved out. Met via <a href=\"#SEL\">Sarah<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"EMCH\">Ellen &amp; Robyn Carrillo-Heian<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Mudd\">Mudd<\/a> alums; Ellen is in grad school in Davis, Robyn does wine chemistry.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SAC\">Sally Carter<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, currently in law school in Boston.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"TNC\">Thida Cornes<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Mawr\">Bryn Mawr<\/a> alum, Bay Area sysadmin, holder of story readings, owner of many bumper stickers. Met via <a href=\"#MJD\">Dominus<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CRD\">Charles Deily<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Teacher, gamer, SCAdian; husband of <a href=\"#DEB\">Deb<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DFD\">Dobe Doinat &amp; Kathleen McKenty<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Dobe is one of my uncles (<a href=\"#GPH\">Peter<\/a>'s brothers), currently living and working not far from Seattle, and maintainer of the gargantuan list of punny names. Kathleen is his wife, a garden\/plant expert and marvelous cook.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MJD\">Mark-Jason Dominus<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Sysadmin, Web guy, mathematician, philologist. Met via <a href=\"#RSB\">Ranjit<\/a> while Dominus was working at U Penn and I was at <a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/plover.com\">page<\/a>)<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"TDowning\">Todd &amp; Sam Downing<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> alums, gamers, parents of Tyler; living in Seattle. Todd is an artist and designer.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DEppstein\">Diana &amp; David Eppstein<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> alums. David is a professor at Irvine; Diana programs computers there.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"KJE\">Kendra Eshleman<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, classicist, logophile, SWAPA co-OE, engaging and witty correspondent.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"ARE\">Arthur Evans<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> and UCSC alum; writer; my housemate in Mountain View from 9\/91 through 8\/96.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SHE\">Stewart &amp; Jessica Evans<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#ARE\">Arthur<\/a>'s brother and sister-in-law, currently living in Colorado.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"KSF\">KaeSa Footracer<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Mudd\">Mudd<\/a>\/Scripps alum; met via <a href=\"#KAM\">Kristen<\/a>. Currently living in Long Beach, working for an arts center.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JDF\">Jeremy Frank<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Pomona\">Pomona<\/a> alum; met via <a href=\"#SEL\">Sarah<\/a>. Computer scientist, potter, gamer, cook, currently living in Mountain View.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"BFryer\">Beth Fryer<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Former <a href=\"#SGI\">SGI<\/a> tech writer, mother of Emma. Not to be confused with <a href=\"#EAO\">Beth O<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SJG\">Samuel Goldstein<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Pomona\">Pomona<\/a> alum; met via <a href=\"#SEL\">Sarah<\/a>. Web guy, VR artist, avant-gardener. (<a href=\"http:\/\/webbwerks.com\/~libelle\">page<\/a>)<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SRG\">Sarah Green<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Friend of <a href=\"#MEB\">Michael<\/a>'s from Long Island.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"GREX\">GREX<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>My name for the household consisting of <a href=\"#GJN\">Geoffrey<\/a>, Robert, <a href=\"#ES\">Ethan<\/a>, <a href=\"#KJ\">Kathleen<\/a>, and Sonya. They prefer SKERG.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"PJG\">PJ Groeneveldt<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Clarion West '91 alum, currently living and working in Edmonton.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"ALH\">Luke Hankins<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, now working at the company formerly known as Netmarket.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MJH\">Mykle Hansen<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> alum, writer, artist, musician, 'ziner, sometime sysadmin, Portlander.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"AAH\">Amy Hanson<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Clarion West '91 alum and science writer, currently living and working in Tacoma.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JGH\">Joaquin (\"Jay\") Hartman<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>My brother, currently in the UCLA MBA program after a stint at Sanwa Bank. Athlete, community volunteer. Goes by \"Jay\" but I still call him Joaquin. Went to <a href=\"#Gunn\">Gunn<\/a> and UC Davis.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"GPH\">Peter Hartman<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>My father, currently substitute-teaching in Tacoma.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CGH\">Clive Henrick<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> alum, doing freelance multimedia work after having finished three MA degrees from Cal Arts.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CCH\">Connie Hirsch<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Clarion West '91 alum, currently living and working in the Boston area. One of three members of our Clarion class who's actually sold any fiction. Told me about the anthology I made my one sale to.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"GSH\">Geoff Hopcraft<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, now a grad student in Amherst.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DAH\">David Huddleston<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> alum, now a student in Northampton.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"KJ\">Kathleen Jones<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Mawr\">Mawr<\/a>tyr, roleplayer, currently living in Redwood City as part of <a href=\"#GREX\">GREX<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DK\">David Kanig<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>A member of the late lamented radio writing workshop that <a href=\"#FAA\">Fran<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"#ECB\">Ed<\/a> and I were in in San Francisco a couple years back; now living in Rhode Island.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SDK\">Steve Karpf<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, former aptmate, occasional journalist and writer, currently a nanny in <a href=\"#Somerville\">Somerville<\/a>. Father of Jazz and Wolf.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"LK\">Lisa Karst<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> and Reed alum, artist, gardener, currently living and working in Portland.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"KEK\">Karen K<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> alum.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JKushner\">James Kushner &amp; Nova Myhill<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Met via <a href=\"#MJD\">Dominus<\/a>; James works at Borders in Santa Monica and Nova is a grad student at UCLA. Logophiles at large.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SLHL\">Sherry Levi<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, gardener, SCAdian, SWAPAn.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"KRL\">Kris &amp; <span id=\"KSL\">Scott Lewallen<\/span><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Scott went to <a href=\"#Mudd\">Mudd<\/a>; I met them via <a href=\"#KAM\">Kristen<\/a>. They do gaming, dance-related stuff, waterskiing, and engineering stuff, mostly in the East Bay.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SEL\">Sarah Liberman<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Gunn\">Gunn<\/a> and <a href=\"#Pomona\">Pomona<\/a> alum whom I've known on and off since middle school. Currently living in Mountain View and working in San Francisco. Has introduced me, directly or indirectly, to most of my non-Swarthmore and non-Paly friends.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"ALL\">Allison Light &amp; <span id=\"DP\">David Powers<\/span><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>San Franciscans, friends of mine via <a href=\"#FAA\">Fran<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"#ECB\">Ed<\/a> (who knew them in connection with radio drama production), poker players.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MLO\">Mark Light-Orr<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Co-worker of <a href=\"#EAO\">Beth's<\/a> in Cambridge; singer, actor.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JKL\">Bhadrika Love<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, SWAPAn, writer, former nanny; in nursing school, living in <a href=\"#Somerville\">Somerville<\/a>. Mother of Jazz and Wolf.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JDMS\">Joshua Mackay-Smith<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, SWAPAn, motorcyclist, living in Virginia.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MJM\">Mart\u00e9 Matthews &amp; <span id=\"PSM\">Paul Means<\/span><\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> alums, currently living in Mountain View.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SJBM\">Steph &amp; <span id=\"HSM\">Harlan<\/span> McCanne<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Harlan went to <a href=\"#Mudd\">Mudd<\/a>; Steph is a writer. I met them via <a href=\"#KAM\">Kristen<\/a> in California; they subsequently moved to the Boston area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"KAM\">Kristen McCowan<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>A Nexus. Palo Altan, <a href=\"#Mudd\">Mudd<\/a> alum, working now at OMSI. Met via <a href=\"#SEL\">Sarah<\/a>, amidst a web of synchronicities.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CFM\">Carey McIntosh<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> and <a href=\"#Pomona\">Pomona<\/a> alum, currently living in Europe.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CCM\">Cathy Coley McIntyre<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Friend of <a href=\"#JKL\">Bhadrika<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"#SDK\">Steve<\/a>'s; logophile; married to Ryk, mother of Kenny; lives in <a href=\"#Somerville\">Somerville<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CAM\">Carrie McLaughlin<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Berkeley\">Berkeley<\/a> alum, ex-Californian, now a nursing student; former housemate of <a href=\"#JKL\">Bhadrika<\/a> and <a href=\"#SDK\">Steve<\/a>'s.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MAAM\">Mary Anne Mohanraj<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>MFA student in the East Bay, writer, purveyor of fine erotica, friend of <a href=\"#TNC\">Thida<\/a>'s, Clarion West '97 student. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maryannemohanraj.com\/\">page<\/a>)<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"AEM\">Elliott Moreton<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, linguist, logophile, historical hobbyist, and folkdancer.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JJM\">Jim Moskowitz<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, SWAPA co-OE, Scientist, game-player, singer, puzzle-solver, living and working in the Philadelphia area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"GJN\">Geoffrey Noer<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, musician, programmer; currently living in Redwood City as part of <a href=\"#GREX\">GREX<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"EAO\">Beth Ochsner<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>From the Long Beach crowd. An ex-sweetie of mine. Currently living in Boston. Introduced to me via <a href=\"#CJSewell\">CJ Sewell<\/a>. Not to be confused with <a href=\"#BFryer\">Beth F<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JPalmieri\">John Palmieri<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, mathematician.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"NAP\">Nao Parkhurst &amp; <span id=\"SAS\">Stephen Sample<\/span><\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alums, linguists, logophiles, singers, Morris dancers, former SWAPAns; currently living in North Carolina.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"AMP\">Ananda Patterson &amp; Sam Meier<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Ananda (a <a href=\"#Pomona\">Pomona<\/a>n) is one of my two favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/glossary\/#GM\">GMs<\/a>; Sam is also a serious gamer. I met Ananda through <a href=\"#SEL\">Sarah<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CEP\">Catherine P<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DR\">David Randall<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, writer, inveterate New Yorker.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"RMR\">Robert Reimann<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Writer, story-reader, artist, designer, talk.bizarrite, John Dee impersonator, and aficionado of arcane technology; also the founder and CEO of X Industries.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MNR\">Mya Rorer<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Friend of <a href=\"#KAM\">Kristen<\/a>'s, currently living in Santa Cruz.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"LCTR\">Lola Ross<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Mawr\">Mawr<\/a>tyr; teacher; <a href=\"#SHE\">Jessica<\/a>'s sister.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"SAR\">Susan Ruff<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum. An ex-sweetie of mine. Currently living and working in the Boston area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JMR\">Melissa Running<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, seamstress, singer, current SWAPA co-OE.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"ASchmieder\">Amy Schmieder<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Pomona\">Pomona<\/a> alum, gamer, physicist, grad student, currently in SoCal.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"GRS\">Gavin Schnitzler<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, sometime SWAPAn, artist, living and working in the Boston area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JJPS\">Jay Scott<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, SWAPAn, futurist, programmer.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CJSewell\">CJ Sewell<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Mudd\">Mudd<\/a> alum who grew up in Long Beach; juggler, actress. Introduced to me by <a href=\"#KAM\">Kristen.<\/a> Not to be confused with <a href=\"#CJSilverio\">CJ Silverio<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CJSilverio\">CJ Silverio<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Former housemate and co-worker of <a href=\"#ARE\">Arthur<\/a>'s and mine; writer; Clarion West '97 student; talk.bizarrite; currently living and working in Palo Alto. Not to be confused with <a href=\"#CJSewell\">CJ Sewell<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"RES\">Rob Smith<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, one of my two favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/glossary\/#GM\">GMs<\/a>; lives and works in Japan.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"ES\">Ethan Solomita<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Friend of <a href=\"#DR\">David R<\/a>'s, whom I met via <a href=\"#SEL\">Sarah<\/a>; currently living in Redwood City (as part of <a href=\"#GREX\">GREX<\/a>) and working at <a href=\"#SGI\">SGI<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DRS\">Diana Stiefbold<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, currently teaching sixth grade science in the Boston area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"KJT\">Kir Talmage<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, naturalist, artist, writer, ecologist, teacher, traveler, and sometime SWAPAn, currently living in Vermont.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MAE\">Marguerite &amp; <span id=\"BDT\">Brian<\/span> Taylor<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alums, currently in math grad school in the Boston area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CET\">Chris Thacker<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> alum and ichthyologist.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JTT\">Jere7my Tho?rpe<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, former SWAPAn, gamer, writer, guitarist, and <cite>Babylon 5<\/cite> fan extraordinaire.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JAT\">Jessica Turner<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum; now living with her husband Matt in Irvine, where both are graduate students.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"DVS\">David Van Stone<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Paly\">Paly<\/a> and <a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, currently residing in the Boston area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"PW\">Paul Weidler<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Mudd\">Mudd<\/a> alum, introduced to me via <a href=\"#KAM\">Kristen<\/a>. Currently living in the Santa Cruz area.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"HPW\">Ellie Weiss<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, currently living and working in Seattle.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"JW\">Josie Wernecke<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>My co-writer on the <cite>VRML 2.0 Handbook<\/cite>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"BWest\">Barbara West<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, currently living in Davis.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"TW\">Tad W &amp; Deb Beale<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#ARE\">Arthur<\/a>'s brother and sister-in-law; both are writers. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tadwilliams.com\/\">page<\/a>)<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"MMW\">Mikala Woodward<\/dt>\r\n  <dd><a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alum, currently living in Seattle with her husband and their newborn daughter.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n<p>People whose last names I don't know:<\/p>\r\n<dl>\r\n  <dt id=\"Ben\">Ben<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Friend of <a href=\"#ALH\">Luke's<\/a> from New Jersey, currently living in <a href=\"#Somerville\">Somerville<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h2>Dramatis Locatae<\/h2>\r\n<p>These are the places referred to on my pages, particularly in the cast list.<\/p>\r\n<dl>\r\n  <dt>Berkeley: see <a href=\"#Berkeley\">UC Berkeley<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dt id=\"Mawr\">Bryn Mawr<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Small all-female liberal-arts college near Philadelphia; part of a tri-college community with Haverford and <a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a>.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"CTY\">CTY<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>The Center for the Advancement of Academically Talented Youth, an intensive summer program for brilliant high-school students. I never attended, but I know half a dozen folx who did.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"Gunn\">Henry M. Gunn High School<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>The \"other\" high school in Palo Alto, the one most people from my middle school went to.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"Mudd\">Harvey Mudd<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Small intensive science-oriented college in Southern California. One of the Claremont colleges.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt>Irvine<\/dt>\r\n  <dt>Long Beach<\/dt>\r\n  <dt>Manhattan Beach<\/dt>\r\n  <dt id=\"Monterey\">Monterey<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Coastal city south of <a href=\"#Santa_Cruz\">Santa Cruz<\/a> (an hour and a half south of Mountain View). Home of Cannery Row, launching point of whale-watching expeditions, location of Monterey Aquarium. A good place to go sea kayaking.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"Mountain_View\">Mountain View<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>The next city south from Palo Alto; location of <a href=\"#SGI\">Silicon Graphics<\/a>, and where I lived (with <a href=\"#ARE\">Arthur<\/a>) from 1991 through 1996.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"Paly\">Palo Alto High School (\"Paly\")<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Where I went to high school.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"Pomona\">Pomona<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Small liberal-arts college in the LA area, much like <a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> in many ways. One of the Claremont colleges.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt>San Bernardino<\/dt>\r\n  <dt id=\"Santa_Cruz\">Santa Cruz<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Coastal city south of San Jose (45 minutes south of <a href=\"#Mountain_View\">Mountain View<\/a>). Location of Santa Cruz Boardwalk and U.C.S.C. Lovely place, often sunny, occasionally too PC for some tastes.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt>Santa Monica<\/dt>\r\n  <dt id=\"SGI\">Silicon Graphics<\/dt> \r\n  <dd>Cool computer company, best 3D graphics on the planet. I started as a contract technical writer around 11\/92, became a \"regular employee\" around 7\/93, and went on leave in 8\/96. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgi.com\">page<\/a>)<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"Somerville\">Somerville<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>One of the numerous small cities clustered around Boston like grapes. Has possibly the greatest concentration of <a href=\"#Swat\">Swarthmore<\/a> alums in the known world.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"Swat\">Swarthmore College (\"Swat\")<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Small liberal-arts college near Philadelphia, founded by Quakers. I attended from 9\/86 through 6\/90, and worked there from 6\/90 to 6\/91. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swarthmore.edu\">page<\/a>)<\/dd>\r\n  <dt id=\"Berkeley\">UC Berkeley<\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Big university in Berkeley, CA, across the bay from San Francisco.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt>UCLA<\/dt>\r\n  <dt>University of Pennsylvania<\/dt>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n\r\n<p>(Last updated: 4\/1\/98)<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1487","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2516,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1487\/revisions\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/wander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}