R Michael Harman lives in a crypt in Berkeley, and pays his bills by being a geek. He spends his spare time wandering around San Francisco, and among friends, who call him Auros. He sometimes has trouble remembering to respond to his given name. He got his start editing at the Johns Hopkins University Writing Center, where he worked with students on everything from original poetry to engineering theses. His resemblance to Renaissance depictions of the Christian savior has been frequently observed, and though he does endorse the ideals of peace and love, he is not, in fact, a deity.