Richard
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Introduction | Crummy high school student, international level competitive swimmer, BSc, MSc, BEd. Worked as Research Biologist in Fisheries Assessment (mainly L.Ontario and L.Simcoe); Rabies Research incl. fox radio-telemetry for which I programmed a home range mapping and plotting program. Was a curatorial assistant at the Royal Ontario Museum's Mammalogy Dept. (not a happy time), returned to Rabies, but then became a private High School Biology Teacher. Onto other things now. |
| Interests | philosophy / epistemology, children's lit, windsurfing, dogs |
| Favorite movies | The Miracle Worker-starring Patty Duke. The only movie showing that to be human one needs concepts. |
| Favorite music | Beethoven's Ninth, Cicada (The Things You Say), Steppenwolf, Steve Oliver (High Noon), Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Funeral for a Friend (Elton John), Feel Alive (Benassi Brothers) Yah there's more. Artists with great tunes have crappy tunes too much. |
| Favorite books | Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, The Pursuit of Reason: the life of Thomas Jefferson, America and The Enlightenment, The Source, A World Lit Only By Fire, The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear. Despicable books:, Voltaire's Bastards, Silent Spring, Handmaiden's Tale, Bible |
If mud is dirt plus water, what is clay?
To a Jesuit: clay is the mind of a child!