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My name is Randy Winn. I support nonprofit and volunteer efforts in the law-and-justice community, and in other ways try generally to have a good time.

  • I'm an alumnus of
  • For many years, I practiced the martial art of aikido. First I studied under the direction of Sensei Lorraine DiAnne; when I moved to Seattle  studied with Sensei Bruce Bookman but the commute was too far; most recently I studied with Sensei George Ledyard at Aikido Eastside. Frankly, as warriors go, I'm a pretty good merchant ;-) but, based on my experience, I think you should seriously consider Aikido!
  • I help Citizens for St. Edward's State Park in keeping that park free, open and accessible to all. It's threatened by development, and your help is needed! 
  • I was active in the S.C.A. and have Photos to prove it!
  • I used to do community theater with the Exit 7 Players
  • Back when I was a cubicle slave, I worked:
  • Email: rewinn2003 at yahoo.com. (That's not a hotlink, to discourage robots harvesting email addresses.)
  • I natter on here and there about various stuff on
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  • I've got my vanity, same as everyone else. I've collected references to me on the web on The Vanity Page.

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    Recent Books Read...

    • Eccentric Seattle: Pillars and Pariahs Who Made the City Not Such a Boring Place After All, J. Kingston Pierce .
      This is a tremendously fun collection of short biographies of the lively characters who made Seattle what it is today ... for better or for worse! Pioneers, con artists, merchants, whores, pro- and anti-vice politicians, and more ... these great stories are better than fiction ... because fiction is limited by plausibility!
    • Field Guide to the Slug, by David G. Gordon and the Western Society of Malacologists. Hey, I'm in Puget Sound Country, where you need to know this stuff!
    • Doc Maynard: The Man Who Invented Seattle, by William Speidel. An irreverent biography of Seattle's most, uh, creative founding father. He thriftily rented Madam Damnable's whorehouse for day use as Seattle's federal court; he outwitted the Indian-hating Stevens and the whiskey-hating Denny; he even found a way to make a profit from rock ballast! Maynard's rivals just couldn't make money or a city the way the Doc did!
    • Also recommended: To Afghanistan and Back, by Ted Rall. Love him or hate him, Rall went to the front lines of Afghanistan and you didn't. Ever wonder how much of the Northern Alliance army were just Talibs with a shave, conning the latest superpower with techniques honed for centuries? How did graphic artist Rall, writing in 2002, made predictions about Iraq and Central Asia in general that recent event have rendered startlingly prescient?

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