Doug :: Life

Education

• Vista Verde Grade School. Here is my old playground.
• Marina Middle School
• Blessed Sacrament Grade School, Sioux City Iowa. Not a good place.
• My High School
• Bergens Katedralskole in Norway (or here.)
• Creighton University
• The University of Iowa 1992: received Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.

Addresses, former

• Denver
• Wichita, KS
• 4981 Corkwood Lane, Irvine CA
• 3665 Fillmore, San Francisco CA.
• 409 Lincoln Boulevard, Omaha, NE
• 212-1/2 S. Clinton Street, Iowa city IA

Homes

• 911 14th Street, Sioux City, IA. satellite.
• 1040 Smith Lane, Jackson, WY a satellite photo.
• 631 O'Farrell, #707, San Francisco CA.

Mountains, climbed

• Middle Teton, solo Southwest Couloir
• Mount Shasta

Bones Broken:

• A toe (running into a steam radiator)
• A rib (bicycle out of control, Black Canyon, Teton Pass)

Countries

...lived in

• Norway (1986-1987)
• Japan (1992)
• England (2005)

...stepped into

• New Zealand (1980)
• Australia (1980)
• Japan (1980)
• Hong Kong (1980)
• Macau (1980)
• India (1980)
• Nepal (1980)
• Israel (1980)
• Egypt (1980)
• Cyprus (1980)
• Greece (1980)
• Austria (1980, 1995)
• Switzerland (1980, 1995)
• Italy (1980, 1993)
• France (1980, 1995, 2004, 2005)
• Monaco (1980)
• San Marino (1980)
• West Germany (1980)
• Netherlands (1980, 1993)
• Ireland (1980, 2005)
• England (1981)
• Scotland (1981)
• Hungary (1995)
• Czech Republic (2003)
• Sweden (1987, 2004, 2005)
• Denmark (1980, 2004, 2005)
• Wales (2005)

...Going back to:

• Cyprus
• Norway
• New Zealand

Wish List

• Russia
• South Africa
• Lithuania
• Estonia

Languages:

• English: first language.  My grammar is perfect, just try me.
• Norwegian: I can fool the locals and the Swedes, for about 12 seconds
• Latin: Can read and write the basics.
• Spanish: Can choke out a few words
• Java: I've seen it all.
• C#: like Java but every exception is a RuntimeException. Oh, and no javadoc.  Oh, and a Process doesn't know its pppid (my biggest peeve).  If Java were German, then C# is German with a lot of mistakes.  Or Dutch.

Can Say Hello/Thanks:

• Dutch
• German
• Italian
• French
• Turkish
• Greek
• Portuguese
• #import stdio.h; printf( "hello.\n" );

Can read, but what does it mean??

• Russian
• Japanese kana

My Dear Old Cars

• 1971 VW Beetle, RIP
• 1971 VW Bus, RIP
• 1973 VW Bus, RIP
• 1983 Volvo DL
• 1987 Toyota Tercel 4X4 Wagon
• 1988 Mercedes 190E
• 1988 Mercedes 300TE, RIP

Have I Ever Been a Religious Fanatic?

Favorite books of all time:

• Goedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter
• The Blank Slate by David Pinker
• Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technological Innovation in the Middle Ages by Frances and Joseph Gies
• Pulp by Charles Bukowski