Friday 9th of March 2012
2011 Production and distribution of a CD then in October - Joined Occupy Vancouver.
2010
Willing worker on organic farms while trying to find an
intentional community to be part of.
2008 & 2009 enjoying a life of solitude on the frontier while living on a mountain in the Okanogan valley for 15 months I lived alone in a log house on mountain seven miles from a town with only a bike for transportation. The conditions were strident as it was a severe winter. I was able to gather & cut wood, clear some land, establish 3 gardens. All the hard work got me into good shape.
2000 to 2007 Writing and learning: I took some courses to improve my writing skills and continued my study of the impact of technology upon human social systems.
Webmaster and
programmer
For the past
eight years I have maintained 2 sites on the World Wide Web. As the originator
of these web sites I am responsible for the sites design, page layout, typing
or scanning in of the text, and writing of the html code. Please note that
these were not personal web sites, but rather were done, (as a volunteer,) for
a coast-to-coast non-profit educational organization.
Writer and author
I worked full time (for free) at a non-profit research and educational
organization. I like to write about science and our North American society. In
addition to many articles related to this subject I have written a 300 page
book. The book I wrote could be categorized as contemporary history. It deals
with the impact of technology upon human social systems with a personal
s
rendition of what North America was like during the nineteen sixties and what
it will most probably be like here in the new millennia.
Other types of employment
Journalism and desktop
publishing with Ventura publisher
version 1.1. While working as a computer consultant I became the head of a team
which computerized the production of a science periodical
Construction
As a bricklayer
apprentice and member of the Bricklayers Masons Plasterers International Union,
I helped build many buildings, attended trade school, learned estimating,
drafting, design.
self employed
as a glassblower.
Putting to use the skills I had acquired as a glassblower I established and
operated my own business; namely, the manufacture and merchandising of
laboratory and ornamental glassware I got married again
Student
this time it was
at a technical school where I learned scientific glassblowing.
Social work
I devised formed,
and managed an organization, which provided services for the elderly and
infirmed allowing them to remain in their own homes longer. I received
recognition from the then Prime Minister for a successful completion of this
contract. This federally funded project involved the hiring and supervising of
13 workers, I did the book keeping and dealt, successfully, with federal
bureaucrats. I got married again.
Tourist
I decided to become a hippie drop out. For a couple of years I was traveling
throughout North America dig’n the scene.
Finance
I was licensed by the British Columbia Securities and Exchange Commission As an
equity investments consultant I sold mutual funds, other securities and term
life insurance. My motivation for getting into this part of the establishment
was to amass a fortune in as short a time as possible so I could work in my
laboratory and further my science which had been directed into inorganic
chemistry prior to this. I made a great deal of money quite fast and was soon
living in posh surroundings. After meeting some hippies who introduced me to
mind-bending self examination I saw the light and dropped out of the
establishment and henceforth lived a life of self imposed poverty. One can
imagine how many times since that I have questioned the wisdom of this choice!
Factory worker
where as well as
making rubber I molded it into rubber goods. I was also a mill operator, and a
hydraulic press operator.
Merchandising
at various times throughout my life I have returned to working in the
pharmaceutical industry and have functioned in most sectors of it such as,
direct counter sales, filling prescriptions, in laboratories, purchasing, stock
control, shipping and receiving. I got married.
Agriculture
I have moved back to a rural setting several times and
thereby became familiar with all aspects of rural life. Such as grain
production, meat production, market gardening, operation and maintenance of
farm machinery and equipment.
Some
of my training
Professional
Data processing
orientation
Basic Computer systems --- Programming in msDOS --- Programming in msBASIC 5.2
--- Programming in dBase II --- Programming in HTML
Four years of private tutoring in religions and philosophy. --- The Canadian
Mutual funds course --- The Canadian securities course (Stock brokers license.)
Introduction to organic chemistry --- Scientific Glassblowing (2 courses)
Twelve years public school
Saint Johns Ambulance first aid course
Sports, hobbies, and
interests
My interests have
centered around,
Chemistry
Cooking
Baseball
Pistol shooting
Kodokan Judo I achieved the rank of san-kyu.
Fencing I can fence with either hand; I have trained with all three weapons,
and attained a national rating as a coach.
What else
do we like to know about each other? Oh yeah, I am first born of three, a
father, never had any drug, alcohol, psychiatric, or health problems. I have no
criminal record. I am not poor so can pay my own way.
-- ________________ Monday, July 15, 2010 Frontiersman in suburbia
Right now I am at Vancouver. My two bags are packed and I can leave here
anytime ASAP. I am happy doing the
things required for farm life so you will have some help with chores &
projects for a time and we can discuss my staying on or not. I am a mature happy man
without any problems who is trying to find a place to live within a group that
has a self-sufficient farm community as their goal; a place where I can build a
small house, grow potatoes & cultivate medical plants, where I can
find peace through stewardship of land.
DFR
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