Whos Who
Duke Robillard
Note that Ron Hogan's entry claims he'll be on Jeopardy tonight.
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Who's Not Who on alt.angst.
Last revised March 21, 1994
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Entry Authors:
chuck == Chuck Machala tom == Tom Price
duke == Duke Robillard howard == Howard Scott Warshaw
toni == Toni Giacalone phred == Fred A. Locklear
alex == Alex Bienek rachel == rachel perkins
alan == Alan Jaffray tara == Tara Marchand
el == E.J.Barker xibo == Sean Coates
lisa == Lisa Zang jody == Jody Namio
steven == Steven Snedker
Name/Address: sine nomine (Deb Martinson). ll...@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu
Description:
One of the more contraversal posters; alternately hailed as an
alt.angst.goddess and decried as a pretentous whiner. Writes long,
confessional posts, often dealing with her personal psychiatric
problems and miserable childhood. Lives in Chicago; currently in
therapy; owns a cat; 30 years old. If we're lucky, will continue to
resist her urge to suicide.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Meech (?). kov...@martha.utcc.utk.edu
Description:
Brilliant physicist. Works at OakRidge. Hangs out in biker bars and
at the VFW. Wears Jack Daniel's tee shirts. Major contributor of
National Lab Angst thread. Constantly complains about the backwardness
of life in Tennessee. Spent a lot of time arguing politics during the
recent "Anarchy" cross-posted threads, but generally rails about the misery
of existence.
Author: chuck duke
Name/Address: Alan Jaffray. jaf...@dent.uchicago.edu
Description:
Occasionally confessional and surreal (was once mistaken for sine),
but more often lurks, killfiling newbies and autoselecting uchicago,
sometimes emerging to flame or enlighten wittily. Bisexual, with
pagan and libertarian leanings, and correspondingly queer views of
life and love. Recently-ex-math-grad-student, currently auditing CS
courses, feeding candied ginger to llamas, and juggling six balls.
Saved sine's life.
Author: alan duke
Name/Address: soul patch (Malcolm D. Moore) mal...@biodata.com
Description:
One of the confessional writers. Likes AK-47's. Actually patched
things up with his SO. Black. There are claims that he has Chuck
working on a jive-to-English translator. 6'4".
Author: chuck, duke, alan
Name/Address: Duke Robillard. du...@cc.bellcore.com
Description:
Often accused of being an angst.cop, because of his tendency to flame
people for mistaking simple unhappiness and lack of sex for true
existential angst. Also tends to post short, nasty, "humorous"
followups. Lives in New Jersey. Owns a motorcycle.
Author: duke
Name/Address: coyote (Erik Radmall). er...@panix.com
Description:
Owns a Mazda RX-7, and drives too fast (one of the owns-a-fast-car
group). Howard Stern Fan. Deep down inside, belives you can
accomplish stuff if you want to, and really work at it. Strange
attitude, eh? Feels guilty about killing fruit. Recently moved
to New York City.
Author: duke
Name/Address: DJF (Dirk John Fischer). am...@yfn.ysu.edu
Description:
Relative newbie (c. Fall, 1993). Ends posts with pithy remarks in
quotes between initials (e.g. D "wise" J "crack"). Tends to post
short, nasty, humorous followups. Lives in Ohio; 42 years old; divorced;
has children. One of the owns-a-fast-car group. Once helped police
divers pull a corpse out of the water. Worked with the Army & Air
Force on imaging systems, but sees different colours out of each eye.
Author: duke
Name/Address: j. (Jody Namio) ID...@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
Description:
Token hippy. Drives a flowered-painted VW. Has a daughter (Meghan),
many cats, and an SO. Lives in Phoenix. Ultra-liberal. Still living
in the 60's, because she likes it better there. Ex-husband was an
abusive Republican. Likes Jackson Browne.
Author: chuck duke jody
Name/Address: (rage) rchl...@vax1.tcd.ie
Description:
Writes very nasty things. Female. Involved in the Longest Distance
romance since the end of the Apollo program: Sydney to Dublin. Irish
and Proud; Nasty and Smart. Anti-El.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Diane Mutchler. eb...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
Description:
Comes up with excellent quotes, and posts them regularly.
Author: duke
Name/Address: despair (Scott Hanson). des...@netcom.com
Description:
A strong believer that "Every single person is .. vile, despicable,
worthless...." Drinks citrus vodka.
Author: duke
Name/Address: dollhead (?). doll...@west.darkside.com
Description:
Very young (19) and not in college yet. Female. Had unpleasant
experiences with the mental health establishment; now Anti-Prozac.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Matt Hopkins. ma...@crawfish.math.tulane.edu
Description:
Lives in New Orleans, loves Charles Bukowski.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Stephanie Deter. st...@clark.net
Description:
Newbie, but gets the point. Lost lens of right eye as a result of
cactus accident. 23, grew up in a small town, filled with stupid blue
collar proles.. Has a dull administrative job at a life insurance
company. One of the confessionalists. Hates -El-.
Author: duke
Name/Address: JuLiE (Julie Fishtein). jul...@twain.ucs.umass.edu.
Description:
Grad student. Has no problems getting dates, but a lot of opinions
about nature vs. nuture and sexual behaviour.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Ken Rawlings. kraw...@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu
Description:
6'9", 290lbs, beard, long hair. Skis, can't play guitar, follows
college basketball. Writes C++ code and angst flames.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Lisa Zang. lz...@flute.aix.calpoly.edu
Description:
Has a baby and is 30 years old, but is still working on math degree.
Sources of angst include death and a 10 year old relationship. Wants
to move, preferably to Seattle. Secretly infatuated with DLH, Joe
Bob Briggs and Chuck, who she considers Joe Bob's evil twin.
Author: duke, lisa
Name/Address: Chiaroscuro (Matt Sheahan). mshe...@carroll1.cc.edu
Description:
Relative newbie (c. Fall, 1993). Often posts short, darkly humorous
remarks as followups. In actuality, a romantic, as one "love" thread
demonstrated. Discordian. Astoundingly enough, only 19.
Author: duke, alan
Name/Address: DLH (Dennis ?). hin...@cc.usu.edu
Description:
Tends to post short, nasty followups. Relative newbie (fall '93).
Lives in Utah. One of the over 30 crowd. Used to be a stand up comic.
Makes a living by writing. honorary net.ambassador to the UK
Author: duke, lisa
Name/Address: -El- (E.J.Barker). E.J.B...@durham.ac.uk
Description:
Relative newbie (c. Fall, 1993). Currently involved in a
long-distance relationship. Female; 19. Originally somewhat polite
and positive for alt.angst, but recently got into a war with sine, and
wound up involved in some vicious altercations. "nominally English,
but...brought up a Scot...." Survived English boarding-school. Reads
rec.arts.poems.
Author: duke, alan, el
Name/Address: rachel perkins. rper...@astro.as.arizona.edu
Description:
Ends each post with "bah." Proponent of Tucson (sunny t00son) being
named as "angst capital of the universe," destined to be nuked to
glass. Has her own newsgroup: alt.fan.rachel-perkins.bah.bah.bah. is
a capitalization anarchist. Has a Zappa fixation. Missed an early
AngstCon because of an anxiety attack. 24 years old, has grey hairs.
Author: duke, chuck, rachel
Name/Address: Chuck Machala. mac...@spdc.ti.com
Description:
Angst Ranger. Divorced, has custody of his 13 year old boy, because his
ex was psychotic. Lives in Dallas. Often attacks "liberals" in posts;
either a conservative, a nazi, or a libertarian, depending on how you
look at it. Enjoys beer. One of the owns-a-fast-car group.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Tara Marchand. trmar...@ucdavis.edu
Description:
Relative newbie (c. Fall, 1993). Bisexual with a preference for
women. Frequently flamed for a positive romantic attitude and using
alt.angst as a support group. Describes herself as "an optimistic
realist; moderate liberal; reserved, sometimes shy, ironic, sometimes
solitary." Graduating psychology major; loves music of all genres.
21. Posted much genuine relationship angst following the breakup with
her last girlfriend. Blonde.
Author: duke, chuck, alan, tara
Name/Address: Tom Price. tp...@cs.cmu.edu
Description:
Black sense of humor, well adjusted and happy, posts mean snappy
followups and philosophy/sociology flames. Blew up his motorcycle.
College dropout; returning in the autumn after a several-year layoff.
"Secret to sanity is the forcible abandonment of hope." Fond of beer.
Author: tom duke
Name/Address: Paul Callahan. call...@biffvm.cs.jhu.edu
Description:
Once admitted to being Catholic. Very thoughful about religious
questions however--makes an excellent advocate for Christianity.
Zippy The Pinhead fan, but when not in zippy-mode, tends to post
sober, sensible, intelligent cynical analyses of other's posts.
Frequent poster to alt.religion.kibology. 'Everything in moderation,
know yourself' could be his motto.
Author: duke, alan, steven
Name/Address: Dawn of the Living Dead (Dawn Albright). da...@netcom.com
Description:
Enjoyed living in Lincoln, Nebraska. Wrote perhaps the most intense
of the confessional postings, about how her husband left her at the
end of very difficult pregnancy. Statistician.
Author: duke
Name/Email: Xibo (Sean Coates). xi...@mordor.com
Description:
One of the originals. Tends to post about the ridiculous dishonesty
that is male-to-female sexual relations. Proponant of SNTF. Has his
own newsgroups (alt.angst.xibo.sex, alt.sex.xibo.not). Lives in NJ,
works in NYC. Drives a Toyota MR2 (one of the owns-a-fast-car group).
Gif available on some ftp site. The Anti-Kibo.
Author: duke, chuck, alan, xibo, lisa
Name/Address: <_Jym> (Jym Dyer). j...@remarque.berkeley.edu
Description:
Starts each paragraph with "=o=" or "=v=" or some other similar glyph.
Tends toward that which passes for humor on alt.angst.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Steven Snedker. a...@login.dkuug.dk
Description:
Created the alt.angst calendar--one quote each day. Owns the FAQ
"dk" is Denmark, native country of Soren Kierkegaard, home office of
Angst. Good at posting short, quiet, irrefutable arguments revealing
the basic, pure, unavoidable pain in everyday life. Uses "Organization:
Things which hurt very much for a long time."
Author: duke, alan
Name/Address: Therion (). H...@psuvm.psu.edu
Description:
One of the old timers. Owns cats, drinks expensive scotch. Male.
writes about relationships? Member of the SCA. Just moved to Texas.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Jay Paul Chawla. cha...@wam.umd.edu
Description:
Angry, very angry.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Denise Caire. den...@dewey.wr.tek.com
Description:
Has a steady. Lives in Oregon
Author: duke
Name/Address: Unfettered Cynicism (?). atu...@aud.alcatel.com
Description:
Recently joined the "I hate sine" group.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Jef Poskanzer. j...@netcom.com , j...@well.sf.ca.us
Description:
Recently found a dead body.
Author: duke
Name/Address: jogle (Joe Geigel) gei...@seasva.gwu.edu
Description:
Once thought he could accomplish great things; now hates his life.
Long-time lurker; new to posting.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Jim Copeland. jcop...@nyx10.cs.du.edu
Description:
.signature includes "...living in a van down by the river"
Author: duke
Name/Address: Alex Bienek. abi...@acorn.co.uk
Description:
Englishness tends to prevent posting of deeply personal angst. Has to
resort to angst type quips and sarcasm. Lives in Cambridge, England.
Ambition is to be able to attend an Angstcon (Groucho Marx joke applies).
Author: alex, duke
Name/Address: Brent Buckner. b5bu...@sms.business.uwo.ca
Description:
Currently getting an MBA
Author: duke
Name/Address: Ron Hogan. rho...@aludra.usc.edu
Description:
Gonna be on Jeopardy March 21st. Soon will have a MA in film.
Author: chuck
Name/Address: Karl Juul. ka...@delphi.com
Description:
Good with the snotty response. Dwells on male-female relationships.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Louise Rogow god...@access3.digex.net
Description:
Her boyfriend loves her, but doesn't think she's pretty. Seems to be infatuated
with Chiaroscuro. When asked how to break off a relationship, answered "I usually
just stop calling, stop visiting, and act cold when they attempt contact. But I'm
a bitch."
Author: duke
Name/Address: pHred (fred.locklear). fred.l...@med.umich.edu
Description:
Avid hockey fan who is giving a try at goalie. Seems natural since he
is used to dodging shit that other people hurls his way. Is currently
in a state of despair over life, liberty and the pursuit of a PhD in
biochemistry.
Author: phred
Name/Address: jason downs. dow...@csos.orst.edu
Description:
Posted a suicide note, disappeared for months, then returned. Welcome home.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Chameleon (Karen ?). <ka...@is.internic.net>
Description:
Belonged to a Sorority. Blonde. Can separate sex from emotional committment.
Author: duke
Name/Address: John Jenks jo...@access2.digex.net
Description:
Author: duke
Name/Address: The Cheshire Cat (?). sz...@dale.ucdavis.edu
Description:
Female. Agrees with Meech about the value of cheap, meaningless sex. Qutoes
Lewis Carroll in her sig.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Flying Eagle (?). anon...@nyx.cs.du.edu
Description:
.sig included "glad NOT to be on alt.angst's Who's Who" Currently being prodded
by the author to see if he was serious or just trying some reverse psychology.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Toni Giacalone. agia...@nmsu.edu
Description:
Lives in Las Cruces, NM (what is it with alt.angst and the SouthWest?)
Newbie (12/93); original angst post: "co-worker angst." s/w engr.
Single, female, "ISO SWM Greek God 29-32."
Author: toni, duke
Name/Address: Howard Scott Warshaw. h...@netcom.com
Newbie (Jan 94). I have done some remarkable things already, and will
do more in the future. Grew (beat) up in New Jersey, now a writer/
photographer/engineer/teacher/counsellor/tax-debtor in silicon valley,
where the elite meet to excrete. Irony is the best policy. "I'm not
the kind of guy who defines himself in terms of the things he isn't."
Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me, It's your own perception,
Author: howard, duke
Name/Address: Fergus Dalzell. <Fergus....@durham.ac.uk>
Description:
Friend of -El-. Doesn't paragraph, and uses very long sentences with many
multisyllabic words. Apparently a lawyer. Appears to be replacing ssalter
as the alt.angst.whipping-boy.
Author: duke
-----The Morgue (Missing or Inactive posters)-------------
Name/Address: the krill (michael lee). mi...@ontek.com (?)
Description:
One of the founders, along with Xibo.
Author: duke
Name/Address: Eric Boesch
Description:
Much angst, sometimes with an ironic distance. Much loneliness.
Many "vitamins". Sometimes Eric's posts make you laugh, other times
they make you ill. At the best of times both. Is currently
travelling in alt.angst under a different name.
Author: steven
Name/Address: Steve Salter. ssa...@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
Description:
Only on the group for a month or two (12/93 - 1/94), but made up for
it with volume. Seemed to be universally disliked on the newsgroup;
his every post brought flames from both the longtimers and the
newcomers. Often attacked people for wallowing in angst. Doesn't
want to be this Who's Who list. In 4th grade when Kennedy was shot.
Was in the Air Force. Formerly stole books professionally. Said
goodbye to the group.
Author: duke
Name/Address: sherlock (). sher...@holmes.bsd.uchicago.edu
Description:
Got in trouble for too much time on the net so you don't see him
around much anymore. Writes very long posts.
Author: chuck
Name/Address: Tara Herman. the...@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Description:
Not *the* Tara.
Author: duke
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Duke Robillard, DoD #130, du...@cc.bellcore.com
Kennelmeister
Biographies?
Arrrrrrrrgghhhhhhh!!!!!
And I really, really, really mean that.
(For those who remember me - I've got a new domain, 3 cats and
establishing a business angst. Makes an unpleasant change from
"no money, no job" angsting about how to make the welfare cheque cover
the bills.)
--
"..This window looks out on the sea and there's nothing between you and me.
I see you're expecting to fly - you know the world won't catch you
so you'd better kiss your friends goodbye."