RMIsaac@eskimo.com RichPage

CONTENTS: *Bio & Background *Pictures *Travel *Recreation

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AGE		b. 2 November 1962, 5 Cheshvan 5723
HEIGHT		5'8"
WEIGHT	 	160 lbs
EYES 		hazel behind glasses
HAIR 		auburn?, "van dyke"
RACE 		pale
ETHNICITY 	Romanian (Baie Mare)/Hungarian (Ungvar, now Uzhgorod)
RELIGION 	Jewish atheist, raised Reform
AKA		Menahem (Mendel); Rashid
POLITICS	left of center
STATUS 		in a relationship
SEXUALITY 	gay/queer; *
BEAR 1.9.1: 	B 2/3 f- t- w- g(+) k(+/-) s(+) e r-
GEEK 1.0.1: 	GU d-(---) p- c+(++) l? u e- m+ s-/- n-(---) f g* w(-) t+ r y+
TWINK 1.12: 	T6 C4 L2(s) h+ d-(--) a-(--) w- c- e (t2,6) k s(+)
PEARCE:	 	a3 b3/4!3 c4!4 d4 e5 g f0 g7 h4s H245!4 i6+ k4 m4 p(4*6) q4
	     	r(3*4) s9. t4 w2/3 xaj
YIDDISHKEIT:	S- SC- Fa.n/a Ng--- M- K-/- H+++ Yid+ Lad- Ara- tI AT/+ -/SY P-
		 FO/-,s,m,hh D&D+ Tz E++ L/- Am I/+ Ha/0 hc FH IPL++
EMPLOYMENT	library assistant, Bastyr University, Seattle
INTERESTS	politics, languages, travel, Israel, science fiction,
		tv, media, film, hockey, theatre, the Web, Israeli music,
		pinochle
HOMETOWN	Worcester MA USA
LOCATION	Seattle WA USA; arrived 6 Sept 1990
EDUCATION	BA in Linguistics,  University of Pennsylvania, 1984;
		one-year program, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1986/7; two
		intensive summer language programs (Spanish, Arabic) at
		Middlebury College in Vermont
LANGUAGES	Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish: competent
		French, Amer. Sign Language: passable
		Yiddish, Korean: poor
		Mandarin Chinese: in progress
		German: enough to get by

TRAVEL

Israel, 1977, 1978, 1986/87
Egypt, 1986, 1987
London, 1987
Eastern Europe: Berlin, Prague, Krakow, Budapest and environs (Sept 1997), read about my trip here, and about its Gay & Jewish sides here... PICTURES NOW AVAILABLE AT THE ABOVE LINKS OR JUST SCROLL UP TO THE PICTURES LIST
Puerto Vallarta: April 1998, October 2002; May 2008; another Puerto Vallarta site here
Montreal, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990
San Francisco, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007
New Mexico (Albuquerque, Taos, Santa Fe), 1994
Los Angeles, 1992, 2007, 2008
Hawaii, 1971-72
Virgin Is., 1970
Bermuda, 1969
St. Martin, March 2008
the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Vancouver, Victoria), 1990-present
the East Coast (New England to Washington DC), 1962-1999, 2008
CHINA: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, November 2007

RECREATION:

I was the Steering Committee of SEAMEC (from 1997 to 2007), which is a volunteer organization which issues non-partisan ratings of candidates for office in Seattle, King County and Washington State in regards to their views on issues of concern to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.

I was Treasurer of Bigot Busters: "Democracy in Action": we provide voter education "at the point of sale," where signatures are being gathered for anti-gay citizens initiatives 166 and 167 in Washington State; this is called "counter-petitioning" and proved instrumental in the defeat of I-608 and I-610 in 1994.

Comments? Write me at RMIsaac@gmail.com