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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.
- Computers
Music
Strumming 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.Movies
Don'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.Television
I 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.Heroes
Explorers (excluding Columbus who took slaves), Scientists, Artists
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- Feb 6, 2009 3:20 PM WOW!!!
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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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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!-
FAQ - (Or should that be ALOAQ: At least once asked questions?)
^The Story So Far2007, May: Wet Start
- Bed-Wetting In Appalachia - Dave's House Warming
^The Story So Far2007, June: Getting Acquainted
- The Boy Who Cried Racoon - I Hardly Knew Ye
- Procrastination Stinks: My Only Friend Is A Moth
- Prosaic Profferers of Practicality (and Pioneering Pooches)
- I Am Published, Hear Me Roar - Hopefully Not Bore...
^The Story So Far2007, July: New Eyes
- One Day In A Million - Paying Off the Attention Deficit
- I'd Like The Medium To Go, Please - And Hold The Propaganda
- Arachnaphilia - Wishing for the Web
- West Virginia Hills - Steep Driving, Steep Mileage
- Doubly Potted and Feeling Cool
- Ultimate Party
- Up Shirt Creek - It Happens In the Rain
- Fran's side of the experiment
- I Look A Lot Like Narcissus - My Guiding Lights
^The Story So Far2007, August: Sound and Fury
- Debt Relief - Have I Got A Deal For You!
- Silver Angels - In Pursuit of Lost Loves
- Drifting Left and Dying - UFOs and Noises
- That Old Black Magic - More Noises In the Night
- Tree, Spare That Woodsman - The Inchworm of Fate
- I Came to the Woods to Live Deliberately - And All I Got Was This Lousy Flashlight
^The Story So Far2007, September: The Venom of Serpents
- Red Dawn - A Damfool Confession
- The Unbearable Lightness of Beans - Concerto for Oboe and Tuba
- Now Is the Winter of Our Tent - Advice Needed!
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Me, A Friend, A Sourpuss, A Cave - Is That Dueling Banjos I Hear?
- Is That A Hay Bale or Are You Surprised To See Me?
- Getting Serious - Making the Highways a Little Safer
- Rotten Shingle Chronicles - Some of My Favorite West Virginians
- My Second Flying Accident - And the Ensuing Laughter
- Better To Freeze In Paradise Than Comfortable in Civilization-But There Must Be A Third Choice
- Sittin’ By the Doc of the Back - Becoming Well Adjusted
- Morpheus Lost - The Hidden Dangers
- The Most Difficult Blog Entry I’ve Written...
^The Story So Far2007, October: Fire and Ice
- Where Is Everybody? Of PCBs and Dams
- Best of the Misfits - Moving On...
- Exit Crawling - A Chilly Reception
- Blog Action Day Posting...
- Somebody Call Springer! We’ve Finally Getting Our Due Recognition
- Over-winter campsite needed - do you know of one???
- Annabelle’s First Blog
- I Need Water For My Campfire - This Is Where I Came In
- (Fran)Help I’m drowning
- Pyrotechnic Reminiscences - The Fires of My Youth and Beyond
- What Happened? – Down and Dirty with Multiple Digressions
- Rainbow at the Crossroads - Scarier than Halloween
^The Story So Far2007, November: Weather the Storm
- Dreading to Inhale - The Funny Fellow Who Found Me in the Field
- Rocket Noise - Celebrating a Half-Century
- Naked In West Virginia - Hootchie-Cootchie On Ice
- Some People Never Learn - Previous Experiment Ends on 13
- Time to Veer - When Deer Get Near In Severe Clear
- (Fran)Hallelujah we did it!!!!
- Fran and Dave’s Open Tent
- Retrograde Motion - ’Tis the Season
- An Ear for Disaster - No License Needed for Hangar Flying
- Grace Under Pressure - Piloting Begins with a "P"
- Cringin’ in the Rain: Desire, Betrayal, Peristalsis
- I Want to Share - Morning Wallpaper
- Not In Kansas - A Followup
- Crash Landing Into Motel 6 - Not the End, Just a Pregnant Pause
- (Fran)When the tent is called up yonder, I’ll be there
^The Story So Far2007, December: Culture Shock
- Eskimos Do It, Why Can’t I?
- Crying Uncle - Back to Earth
- Not So Fast! A Change in our Change of Plans…
- Postcard From the Edge
- Happy New Year!!
- Y’all Come! I’ve Started Another Page...
^The Story So Far2008, January: Calling Barton Fink
- The Suspense Ends Tomorrow - Take a Look
- A Funny Thing Happened On the Way From the Quarry
- What’s Barton Fink Have That I Don’t Have?
- Trapped in the Aether - Coming to America
- Naomi Wolf’s Ten Simple Rules
- Getting It Together - All My Blogs In One Place
^The Story So Far2008, February: Waiting for Spring
- Ghost of America
- Ghost of Democracy
- Howard’s Ends and Means - Who’s Insanity Is It Anyway?
- Surveillance Society - Can I Join? Or Will They Make Me Join?
- Total Information Awareness - All Seeing Eye Meets World
^The Story So Far
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.
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
Details
- Status: Married
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
- Zodiac Sign: Pisces
- Education: College graduate
- Occupation: Software Engineer / Woodland Creature / Writer
Schools
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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




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Hello my friend ,
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