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} CURRICULUM VITA
}
} The Internet Oracle (formerly The Usenet Oracle, et al.)
} c/o Computer Sciences Department
} Indiana University
} Bloomington, Indiana
} e-mail: oracle@cs.indiana.edu
}
} WORK EXPERIENCE
}
} 1989-Present, Oracle
} Answer questions posed by supplicants via electronic mail.
}
} 1985-1989, Action Line Columnist, Indianapolis Star
} Answer questions posed by newspaper readers via U.S. mail and
} telephone. Left due to offer of substantial salary increase.
}
} 1981-1985, Researcher, Topps Trading Card Company
} Research trivia for baseball cards and other trading cards. Left due
} to job offer in home state.
}
} 1976-1981, Meteorologist, WTHR(TV), Indianapolis
} Forecast weather for television news broadcasts. Left due to
} disagreement with new owners of television station.
}
} 1970-1976, Librarian, Indianapolis Public Library
} Perform various library-related duties. Left to pursue early childhood
} love of meteorology.
}
} EDUCATION
}
} 1990, Ph.D., Computer Science & Education, Indiana University
}
} 1970, Master of Library Science, University of Notre Dame
}
} 1967, Bachelor of Arts, Undeclared, Ball State University
}
} 1963, Diploma, Broad Ripple High School, Indianapolis, Indiana
}
} BOOKS
}
} "1001 Good Clean Woodchuck Jokes," upcoming
}
} "Yes, Master: Developing Blind Obedience in Your Employees," 1996
}
} "I Am Not a Woodchuck," 1994
}
} "You Owe Me $19.95 For This Book: Making Your Invoices Count," 1993
}
} "They Can't Chuck Wood, So Stop Asking, and Other Amazing Woodchuck
} Facts," 1992
}
} "Asking the Right Questions," 1991
}
} "Tired of Woodchucks Already: One Year of the Oracle," 1990
}
} "I Need to Rent a Wood Chipper to Dispose of My Husband's Body: The
} Best of Action Line," 1988
}
} "A .04% Chance of Hitting Indiana Is Still a Chance: The WTHR 1981
} Hurricane Tracking Chart," 1981
}
} "50,000 Things Everyone Should Know," 1965 (self-published)
}
} JOURNAL ARTICLES
}
} "The Omniscient Boyfriend: His Side of the Story," Cosmopolitan
} (scheduled for April 1997 issue)
}
} "At Last, At Last, At Long Last (A Dissenting Opinion)," Woodchuck
} Quarterly, Spring 1995 (this journal's final issue)
}
} "Answering Questions, Right Here at IU," Indiana Alumni News, October
} 1993
}
} OTHER WORKS
}
} Action Line column, 3 times weekly, Indianapolis Star, 1985-1989
}
} Various Topps trading cards, 1981-1985
}
} WTHR(TV) newscasts, 1976-1981
}
} ORGANIZATIONS
}
} Omniscient Beings of the World, 1989-present (Pres. 1994, Treas. 1993)
}
} Woodchuck Defamation League, 1990-present (Pres. 1990-present)
}
} Bloomington Jaycees, 1992-present
}
} Society for American Baseball Research, 1981-1985
}
} American Meteorological Society, 1976-1981
}
} Indiana Library Association, 1970-1976 (Secy. 1972-1974)
}
} Young Weathermen's Club, 1951-1958
}
} PERSONAL
} Born September 22, 1945, currently in long-term relationship
} Excellent health; hobbies include waterskiing, rugby, and racquetball.
}
} OTHER
} You owe the Oracle publication of some more journal articles so he can
} pad that section out.
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