On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Ken Follett wrote:

> A recent posting to PL has swelled our numbers and, as always, I think
> it important that we all get to know each other, or whatever. Handles
> are easy, empathy is work.

Fair enough.  Looking over my accumulated files, I see that I have never
properly introduced myself here.

I'm Larry Kestenbaum.  I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and teach at two
universities.  I'm also an attorney.

I've been involved in preservation for a long time.  Currently, I'm
teaching a course in historic preservation law, and I'm chair of the Ann
Arbor Historic District Commission.

As I mentioned before, I'm a programmer, starting with Fortran in 1974,
and I've written probably a million lines of code in my time.  I've been
involved in online conferencing of one kind or another for 15 years.  I
have also created an unexpectedly popular web site, The Political
Graveyard -- http://www.potifos.com/tpg/ -- about historic cemeteries and
political history.

And I'm a small-time politician.  I was a county commissioner for six
years back in the 80's, and lately I'm back in the fray, running in the
Democratic primary for a seat in the Michigan House of Representatives.

I think I was a more or less charter subscriber to both Preservation-L and
Bullamanka-Pinheads.

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
http://www.potifos.com/