This section of my personal web pages is mostly a catch-all for the miscellaneous bits of personal disclosure that don’t fit into the framework above.

If you’re wondering if I’m the same “Don Hosek” you knew at some point in the past, it’s possible. Only once has someone sent me an email asking if I was who they thought I was and I wasn’t—in particular, no I’m not the Texas musician of the same name.

The following Don Hoseks are me.

• The insane bicycle commuter
• The guy who knows obscure Jewish folk legends. But I insist, I never posted to alt.fan.kali.astarte.inanna
• The teacher of improv to flute players
• The literate programmer
• The reviewer of type books
• The choral singer
• The internet pioneer (yes, that’s right 1986)
• The fan of serious discussion of religion on television
• Typographic advisor to anthropoligists
• Animaniacs fan and trivia explainer
• Some guy has decided to write a song about me. Very strange. I don’t remember writing the e-mail in question, but it sounds plausible that I did.

The following Don Hoseks are not me.

• Don Hosek, the non-violent offender
• Don Hosek, the Charles Mix County Highway Superintendent
• Don Hosek, financial advisor to physicians

Since my first post on 21 April 1986, I’ve been spotted in the following news groups. I’m not sure what inspired me to post in some of these groups. While it eventually devolved into spam bait, back in the 80s and 90s, it kind of embodied the best of what the internet could have been, allowing people with esoteric interests to connect.

• alt.acting
• alt.america.online
• alt.audio.pro.live-sound
• alt.bass
• alt.california
• alt.cellular
• alt.conspiracy
• alt.dcom.telecom
• alt.disney.disneyland
• alt.drugs.pot
• alt.fan.blues-brothers
• alt.fan.cecil-adams
• alt.fan.conan-obrien
• alt.fan.la-radio
• alt.fan.madonna
• alt.fan.unabomber
• alt.flute
• alt.folklore.computers
• alt.folklore.urban
• alt.guitar
• alt.guitar.amps
• alt.guitar.bass
• alt.guitar.rickenbacker
• alt.guitar.tab
• alt.hemp.politics
• alt.internet.services
• alt.mountain-bike
• alt.music.4-track
• alt.music.billy-joel
• alt.music.genesis
• alt.music.makers.available-wanted
• alt.music.makers.electronic
• alt.music.midi
• alt.music.peter-gabriel
• alt.music.saxophone
• alt.music.synth.kurzweil
• alt.music.who
• alt.neo-tech
• alt.online-service.compuserve
• alt.perl
• alt.philosophy
• alt.politics.usa.republican
• alt.postmodern
• alt.prose
• alt.prose.d
• alt.psychology.personality
• alt.publish.books
• alt.rock-n-roll
• alt.skinheads
• alt.snail-mail
• alt.society.generation-x
• alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs
• alt.true-crime
• alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer
• alt.tv.homicide
• alt.tv.law-and-order
• alt.tv.newsradio
• alt.tv.seinfeld
• ba.general
• ca.driving
• ca.general
• ca.politics
• chi.eats
• chi.forsale
• chi.general
• chi.internet
• chi.jobs
• chi.media
• chi.places
• chi.politics
• chi.wanted
• comp.archives
• comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
• comp.compilers
• comp.databases.paradox
• comp.databases.sybase
• comp.databases.xbase.fox
• comp.fonts
• comp.graphics.apps.pagemaker
• comp.graphics.apps.photoshop
• comp.human-factors
• comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
• comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc
• comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc
• comp.infosystems.www.providers
• comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
• comp.infosystems.www.users
• comp.jobs
• comp.lang.asm370
• comp.lang.c
• comp.lang.c++
• comp.lang.c++.moderated
• comp.lang.javascript
• comp.lang.pascal
• comp.lang.perl
• comp.lang.perl.misc
• comp.lang.perl.modules
• comp.lang.postscript
• comp.lang.rexx
• comp.mail.uucp
• comp.org.eff.talk
• comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.compatibility
• comp.os.msdos.programmer
• comp.os.os2
• comp.os.os2.advocacy
• comp.os.os2.apps
• comp.os.os2.misc
• comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip
• comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
• comp.os.os2.setup.misc
• comp.os.vms
• comp.programming
• comp.programming.literate
• comp.publish.prepress
• comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
• comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest
• comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
• comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
• comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
• comp.sys.mac.printing
• comp.sys.next
• comp.text
• comp.text.desktop
• comp.text.frame
• comp.text.pdf
• comp.text.sgml
• comp.text.tex
• comp.unix.programmer
• comp.unix.shell
• dfw.personals
• fa.typography
• fido7.guitar
• gated.mysql.misc
• humanities.design.misc
• humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare
• la.forsale
• la.eats
• la.general
• la.personals
• la.transportation
• mailing.database.myodbc
• mailing.database.mysql
• mailing.database.mysql-win32
• microsoft.public.win32.programmer.mapi
• misc.books.technical
• misc.consumers.house
• misc.invest.financial-plan
• misc.job.contract
• misc.entrepreneurs.moderated
• misc.legal
• misc.transport.rail.americas
• misc.transport.urban-transit
• misc.writing
• misc.test
• net.micro
• netcom.general
• news.admin.net-abuse.email
• news.admin.net-abuse.misc
• news.groups
• rec.arts.books
• rec.arts.disney
• rec.arts.movies
• rec.arts.movies.current-films
• rec.arts.movies.past-films
• rec.arts.startrek
• rec.arts.startrek.current
• rec.arts.tv
• rec.audio.pro
• rec.autos.driving
• rec.autos.tech
• rec.beer
• rec.bicycles.marketplace
• rec.games.backgammon
• rec.games.diplomacy
• rec.games.pbm
• rec.games.playing-cards
• rec.music.beatles
• rec.music.cd
• rec.music.makers
• rec.music.makers.bands
• rec.music.makers.bass
• rec.music.makers.choral
• rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic
• rec.music.makers.marketplace
• rec.music.makers.piano
• rec.music.makers.saxophone
• rec.music.makers.songwriting
• rec.music.makers.synth
• rec.music.misc
• rec.music.progressive
• rec.music.theory
• rec.parks.theme
• rec.pets.cats
• rec.running
• rec.travel.usa-canada
• sci.classics
• sci.crypt
• sci.lang
• sci.lang.japan
• sci.psychology.personality
• sci.psychology.psychotherapy
• sci.psychology.research
• sci.psychology.theory
• sci.skeptic
• sci.stat.math
• sdnet.general
• soc.culture.arabic
• soc.culture.jewish
• soc.culture.slovenia
• soc.libraries.talk
• soc.religion.christian
• soc.singles
• soc.singles.moderated
• va.politics