The Fran and Dave Experiment
The Fran and Dave Experiment I wanted to chuck it all and live off the land, but how to do that without money? Then it hit me: Work in a respectable office job 8-5, and live in a tent in the woods after hours. Could I really get away with it? Could it really be that easy? Stay tuned!

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West Virginia
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    The Fran and Dave Experiment's Interests
General
  • Computers
    • AI
    • Graphics
    • Information Theory
  • Writing
  • Photography
  • Aviation (love the Cub!). Wife and I plan on building light sport plane or ultralight and hang-glider,
  • Canoeing
  • Caving
  • Rock Climbing (reserve the right to chicken out)
  • Outdoors
  • Music
    • Music Theory
    • Guitar
  • Cycling
  • Alternative housing: We are looking into various modes of building: yurts, log homes, geodesic, or possibly some hybrid.
  • Reading
  • Mathematics
  • History
  • Dogs, the quirkier the better. I love teaching them weird tricks: rock climbing (perfectly safe indoor setup), playing piano, guitar, shoulder perching. I think dogs are the finest creatures there are. Don't get me wrong, though; some of my best friends are human
  • Puns, the badder the gooder. In college, I did an AI project to make a computer generate puns. My "punishment": I have been dreaming in puns for over 20 years.
  • Teaching people who are willing to learn.
  • Learning from people who are willing to teach.
  • Teaching myself.
  • Being a good husband, friend, human.
MusicStrumming my guitar. I love the blues and it is what I do best, my style of playing seems to be partly Delta, partly Piedmont, and partly a cry for help. I've written a few ditties. Some novelty songs to make people giggle at the coffee house, which they did. I'm working on some more serious writing. My trouble is I don't write well when I'm awake. If I can write whatever I hear in my dreams upon waking, it's pretty good. When I'm in the woods, I'd rather make my own music, so I save the the CDs for the car or work.
MoviesDon't see too many. I know I'm in a cultural (for some definitions of culture) backwater when I don't recognize the new Pez characters.
TelevisionI overheard a TV show recently. It was yet another "who's the real daddy" talk show. I had to laugh out loud. Remember, we're supposed to be the crazy ones!
Books Since coming to the woods, I've read these authors: H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, H.P. Lovecraft, H.D. Thoreau., Books I've read since coming to the woods include: Mark Twain's Roughing It, Herman Hesse's Sidhartha, Lord of the Flies, Ernest Gann's Fate is the Hunter, George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Various Foxfire books, The Tipping Point, Complexification, See AI guy for a sample of things I read before coming to the woods.
HeroesExplorers (excluding Columbus who took slaves), Scientists, Artists

     The Fran and Dave Experiment's Details
Status:Married
Here for:Networking, Friends
Hometown:Parkersburg, WV
Zodiac Sign:Pisces
Education:College graduate
Occupation:Software Engineer / Woodland Creature / Writer

   The Fran and Dave Experiment's Schools
West Virginia University Institute Of Technology
Montgomery, WV
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Computer Management
Clubs: Aero Club, Photography Club
 

1980 to 1983
Parkersburg South High School
Parkersburg,WV
Graduated: 1977
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
 

1973 to 1977

   The Fran and Dave Experiment's Networking
Technology - IT - Developer
Writing software for an autonomous robotic boat for a Naval contract. (More on AI Guy)
Publishing - Writer - Non-fiction
Working on a book about what we are doing, why it makes sense, and how others can do it.
Photography - Outdoor/Nature - Photographer
I've been busy taking photos for inclusion in the book and blog.



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"There were times, here in the New World, when I felt despairingly European. I needed the comforts of history, the muddled adaptations of ancient landscapes. I wearied of relentless utility. For a moment, crossing the motorway bridge, I became a Celt on a hill top. I understood why, when the Romans left Britain, their wonderful roads were ignored. Roman roads were simply objects, vehicles in themselves. But tribal paths aren't like that. They don't have fixed widths, they allow you to stray, they evolve with the people who use them. And this disconcerted me about America: religions, diets, whatever you like - people were forever jumping into vehicles and driving off at high speed. Life here was first established, then lived. Back home it was the other way round."

--  Stephen Pern, The Great Divide

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,,Things to See

The Story So Far

If you don't see the blog you're looking for, just go to the blogs page and click the "Older" button. They're all there. Thank you for reading!
  1. FAQ - (Or should that be ALOAQ: At least once asked questions?)
    ^The Story So Far

    2007, May: Wet Start

  2. Bed-Wetting In Appalachia - Dave's House Warming
    ^The Story So Far

    2007, June: Getting Acquainted

  3. The Boy Who Cried Racoon - I Hardly Knew Ye
  4. Procrastination Stinks: My Only Friend Is A Moth
  5. Prosaic Profferers of Practicality (and Pioneering Pooches)
  6. I Am Published, Hear Me Roar - Hopefully Not Bore...
    ^The Story So Far

    2007, July: New Eyes

  7. One Day In A Million - Paying Off the Attention Deficit
  8. I'd Like The Medium To Go, Please - And Hold The Propaganda
  9. Arachnaphilia - Wishing for the Web
  10. West Virginia Hills - Steep Driving, Steep Mileage
  11. Doubly Potted and Feeling Cool
  12. Ultimate Party
  13. Up Shirt Creek - It Happens In the Rain
  14. Fran's side of the experiment
  15. I Look A Lot Like Narcissus - My Guiding Lights
    ^The Story So Far

    2007, August: Sound and Fury

  16. Debt Relief - Have I Got A Deal For You!
  17. Silver Angels - In Pursuit of Lost Loves
  18. Drifting Left and Dying - UFOs and Noises
  19. That Old Black Magic - More Noises In the Night
  20. Tree, Spare That Woodsman - The Inchworm of Fate
  21. I Came to the Woods to Live Deliberately - And All I Got Was This Lousy Flashlight
    ^The Story So Far

    2007, September: The Venom of Serpents

  22. Red Dawn - A Damfool Confession
  23. The Unbearable Lightness of Beans - Concerto for Oboe and Tuba
  24. Now Is the Winter of Our Tent - Advice Needed!
  25. A Series of Unfortunate Events
  26. Me, A Friend, A Sourpuss, A Cave - Is That Dueling Banjos I Hear?
  27. Is That A Hay Bale or Are You Surprised To See Me?
  28. Getting Serious - Making the Highways a Little Safer
  29. Rotten Shingle Chronicles - Some of My Favorite West Virginians
  30. My Second Flying Accident - And the Ensuing Laughter
  31. Better To Freeze In Paradise Than Comfortable in Civilization-But There Must Be A Third Choice
  32. Sittin’ By the Doc of the Back - Becoming Well Adjusted
  33. Morpheus Lost - The Hidden Dangers
  34. The Most Difficult Blog Entry I’ve Written...
    ^The Story So Far

    2007, October: Fire and Ice

  35. Where Is Everybody? Of PCBs and Dams
  36. Best of the Misfits - Moving On...
  37. Exit Crawling - A Chilly Reception
  38. Blog Action Day Posting...
  39. Somebody Call Springer! We’ve Finally Getting Our Due Recognition
  40. Over-winter campsite needed - do you know of one???
  41. Annabelle’s First Blog
  42. I Need Water For My Campfire - This Is Where I Came In
  43. (Fran)Help I’m drowning
  44. Pyrotechnic Reminiscences - The Fires of My Youth and Beyond
  45. What Happened? – Down and Dirty with Multiple Digressions
  46. Rainbow at the Crossroads - Scarier than Halloween
    ^The Story So Far

    2007, November: Weather the Storm

  47. Dreading to Inhale - The Funny Fellow Who Found Me in the Field
  48. Rocket Noise - Celebrating a Half-Century
  49. Naked In West Virginia - Hootchie-Cootchie On Ice
  50. Some People Never Learn - Previous Experiment Ends on 13
  51. Time to Veer - When Deer Get Near In Severe Clear
  52. (Fran)Hallelujah we did it!!!!
  53. Fran and Dave’s Open Tent
  54. Retrograde Motion - ’Tis the Season
  55. An Ear for Disaster - No License Needed for Hangar Flying
  56. Grace Under Pressure - Piloting Begins with a "P"
  57. Cringin’ in the Rain: Desire, Betrayal, Peristalsis
  58. I Want to Share - Morning Wallpaper
  59. Not In Kansas - A Followup
  60. Crash Landing Into Motel 6 - Not the End, Just a Pregnant Pause
  61. (Fran)When the tent is called up yonder, I’ll be there
    ^The Story So Far

    2007, December: Culture Shock

  62. Eskimos Do It, Why Can’t I?
  63. Crying Uncle - Back to Earth
  64. Not So Fast! A Change in our Change of Plans…
  65. Postcard From the Edge
  66. Happy New Year!!
  67. Y’all Come! I’ve Started Another Page...
    ^The Story So Far

    2008, January: Calling Barton Fink

  68. The Suspense Ends Tomorrow - Take a Look
  69. A Funny Thing Happened On the Way From the Quarry
  70. What’s Barton Fink Have That I Don’t Have?
  71. Trapped in the Aether - Coming to America
  72. Naomi Wolf’s Ten Simple Rules
  73. Getting It Together - All My Blogs In One Place
    ^The Story So Far

    2008, February: Waiting for Spring

  74. Ghost of America
  75. Ghost of Democracy
  76. Howard’s Ends and Means - Who’s Insanity Is It Anyway?
  77. Surveillance Society - Can I Join? Or Will They Make Me Join?
  78. Total Information Awareness - All Seeing Eye Meets World
    ^The Story So Far

,,Things to See

I Went To The Woods Because I Wished To Live Deliberately

There are two kinds of people in my world: Those who say I'm crazy, and those who envy me...

It started in February, 2007 when I got laid off from my job. I found another job in April in Charleston, WV. What I did not find was a place to live. I could live in an apartment, but I'd rather spoon out my eyeballs (and I'm not crazy for that idea). There has been little in the way of a place to live, and even less that I'd want to live in.

Necessity being the mother that it is, I started camping in the Kanawha State Forest. When my wife comes to Charleston for a few days a week, we've been staying at Motel 6. After a while, I realized that what I really wanted to do was to keep right on camping. My wife initially didn't want to go along, but she agreed to do this if we could get a bigger tent.

We figure we can save quite a bit of money. With a house, there are a lot of expenses.

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Who I'd like to meet:
"If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!"
- Shel Silverstein

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