I am a professional swimming coach with eclectic interests. I have experience up to the level of having an athlete ranked #1 in the world and am able to contribute in this area. I am an expert in competitive swimming stroke technique.

I have interests in wood carving and have interests in the area of 'waldgeist' which I have recently added to Wikipedia.

I have interests in collecting soda bottles. In particular the kind which tried (and failed) to keep up with the Coca-cola Juggernaut by emulating their famous curvaceous bottle. Some beautiful but rare bottles came out of that era and I am interested in this and hope to contribute to this area of wikipedia.

I am interested in the phenomenon of shamanic custom. I believe that it is possible that the shamanic ability to charm was not passed by genes but is an innate ability that continues today in people who do not know they could have been Shaman if they had lived in earlier days. Musicians of charismatic quality immediately come to mind but also cult leaders too.

--Gvandermeulen 23:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)