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[[Image:User_orangemike.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Why they call me "Orange Mike"; photo taken while I was a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention<br /> |
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Me to [[Ben Stein]] on his show: ''"Quiet good taste is the key. Once I learned to avoid '''that''', I could find a look that worked for me."'']] |
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[[Image:Tutnum1.jpg|frame|left|This editor is a '''[[Wikipedia:Service awards#Veteran Editor (or Tutnum)|Tutnum]]''', and is entitled to display this '''Book of Knowledge.''']] |
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I am Michael James Lowrey, called "Orange Mike" because I like the color a lot and tend to wear at least a bit of it on most days which are not [[Saint Patrick's Day|March 17]]; born in [[1953]] in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], where my daddy worked for the [http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage Jackson ''Sun'']. |
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In [[1977]], disgusted by the corruption and stupidity of [[Southern politics]], I moved to Milwaukee (partly at the urging of [[Frank Zeidler]]). |
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I am a free-lance writer (book reviews, muckraking, and whatever suits me); I've been a member of the [[National Writers Union]] since I discovered its existence in [[1985]]. I have worked part-time or full for [[Renaissance Books]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], one of the largest [[bookstores|used-book stores]] in North America (which doesn't have a website, alas!) since [[1978]]. For most of the time since [[9 July]] [[1984]], I have also worked for one agency or another of the State of [[Wisconsin]], and been represented by (and active in) [[AFSCME]] Council 24, the Wisconsin State Employees Union. I am a graduate ''magna cum laude'' of the [[University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]] with a [[B.A.]] in [[History]]. (I have also attended [[Jackson State Community College]], [[Tennessee State University]] (a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black university]]), the [[University of Wisconsin-Green Bay]], and the [[University of Chicago]].) |
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[[Science fiction fandom]], which I discovered in the 1970s, is my primary social outlet. I have been Fan Guest of Honor at a couple of [[science fiction conventions]]. For those who are actually interested, my Guest of Honor speech from Iowa's [[ICON convention|ICon]] 25 is to be found [[User:Orangemike/GoH|here]]. I appear in the feature-length film [http://www.findingthefuture.com ''Finding the Future: A Science Fiction Conversation''], and my daughter Kelly appears in the "Bonus" section of the DVD thereof. |
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For those of you interested in the [[Society for Creative Anachronism]], in such circles I am y-clept ''Lord Inali of Tanasi, [[Great Dark Horde|GDH]]''. I was on an episode of the game show ''[[Win Ben Stein's Money]]''. I won $2,000, and am told that I acquitted myself well enough. [[Ben Stein|Ben]] accused me of resembling "[[Z.Z. Top]] on acid" but said I had a good singing voice! I was listed in one edition of ''[[Marquis Who's Who|Who's Who in America]]''. Whoopee. I manage a family of virtual mutual funds on the [[Marketocracy]] site, which have a pretty good record. |
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My [[Bacon number]] is 3. {{imdb name|2271158|Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey}} |
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