Mouse's Home Page

since July 4, 1995

My name is Ed Patterson (E. C. Patterson or in Cherokee - Nv-wo-di A-tsi-lv-s-gi - Medicine Flower), but the whole world calls me Mouse, after that cute Gay character from Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.

This Page is dedicated to my dear friends who have succumbed to the ravages of AIDS: Steven, Rob H, Kevin M, Mike, Nicky, Buddy H, Riccardo S, Ray A, Jimmy W, Sgt Anderson (Andy), CD S.,J. Erikson

MOUSE'S INTERESTS

Here's a list of stuff Mouse is Interested in:
    • Opera (going, singing, listening to a record collection of over 400 works, and 200 operas on video) - your standard Opera Queen - binoculars and playbills complete.
    • JRR Tolkien - avid student of The Lord of the Rings
    • Writing
    • Music (all kinds - and I mean all kinds) - "If music be the food of life, play on't" - Shakespeare.
    • Gay Activism
    • Computers
    • Men
    • Desk Top Publishing
    • PhotoShop and Graphic Design
    • J.R.R. Tolkien
    • Gilbert & Sullivan
    • Guiseppi Verdi
    • AIDS Services
    • Hedonism - all kinds (Some call it Sodom, I call it G'more'of it)
    • Community Work
    • Writing (Poetry, Prose, Plays, Novels, Humourous Articles)
    • Cherokee History & Culture
    • China and Chinese History
    • Travel
    • CD-Rom Collecting (I'm a CD-ROM Queen)

      MOUSE'S AFFILIATIONS

Mouse has been affiliated with the following organizations: (BTW, Mouse is Gay, Proud and OUT).

    • National Lesbian and Gay Task Force
    • Human Rights Campaign Fund
    • Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County
    • Gay People Princeton
    • New Jersey Gay Men's Chorus (Co-founder)
    • Delaware Gay Neighbors
    • Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses
    • America On-Line Phobebuster Mail Thread
    • SPEBSQSA (Barber Shop Choruses)
    • Princeton Pro Musica
    • Shrewsbery Chorale
    • Monmouth Civic Chorus
    • Gay & Lesbian Information Support Network (GLISN) - pres
    • Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
    • The United States Army (If you ASK, I WILL tell)
    • The Presbeterian Church USA (an elder)

MOUSE'S BACKGROUND

Here's something about Mouse since birth:

Work

    • Has worked for the same company for 43 years
    • Just gave away his age (21 of course)
    • Translator and Reporter
    • Credit Analyst and Consultant
    • Marketing Manager and Director
    • System's Director
    • Operations Support Director
    • Webmaster
    • Dialer Administrator
    • Author (13 Novels under my belt)
    • Freelance Web Designer

Education

    • Music Training - Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
    • Vocal Training - La Grande dame Jean Deeb
    • B.A. - History - Brooklyn College - CUNY
    • M.A. Chinese History (Sinology) - under H. Kublin (BC-CUNY)
    • Ph. D credits - Sinology - under H. Bielenstein (Columbia University)
    • Various Courses: Web Design and Programming

Languages

    • Chinese
    • Spanish
    • Italian
    • French
    • Latin
    • German
    • Cherokee (learning)
    • HTML, JavaScript
    • PHP4, MySQL
    • English (sometimes)
    • Elvish (Quenya and Sindarin)
    • Gossip (fluent)

Places Visited

    • China
    • Hong Kong
    • Germany (stationed)
    • Italy
    • Austria
    • Switzerland
    • Luxemburg
    • France
    • Spain
    • Denmark
    • Sweden
    • Belgium
    • La Citta di Vaticano
    • Mexico
    • Canada
    • and 40 of the 50 states.
    • Middle Earth (in my dreams)

Personal

    • Age: 61
    • Single
    • Home Owner
    • 225 lbs (garden varity hedonist weight)
    • Sensitive
    • Luvs to shop
    • Has 2 rainbow flags and pink triangles on the car bumper
    • OUT and Proud at Work and at 7 Eleven's
    • Was on the Corporate career ladder when I slipped off. My job was discontinued due to the Worldcom bastards;
    • However, have bounced back as a survivor worker bee, who now defines himself as a AUTHOR; and has learned that career and lot's of money is --- well, you can't take it with you - but you can leave your soul trail behind.

MOUSE'S MOTTO OF THE DAY

"Invent yourself, or some one else will!"