About

Welcome to my blog!   I hope that you find the information provided to be useful and/or interesting.   To qualify the information provided so that you can trust what I write, here is my background.

I have been married to my beautiful and supportive wife Cat since 1986.   We have 4 children and they are all adults.  3 have graduated from university and the 4th is in second year of university.  So education is highly valued in our family.

My first career was at Electronic Arts Canada as a senior software engineer.  I worked enthusiastically for 20 years making video games such as NHL, NBA Live and numerous driving games.  I lead a creative team of engineers, artists and musicians. I am proud that our team made games that were highly rated by many magazines and gamers. 

My second career was teaching high school math and IT at Carson Graham Secondary School for 6 years.  I can say that I learned as much as I taught from students and colleagues in that time.  My decision to teach was that I wanted to give back to the community by passing on my knowledge and experience gained at Electronic Arts.

My third career is farming.  We have owned our 8.5 acre hobby farm since 1999, but now it's time that we make a serious effort at organic farming.  We want to be able to have good food for ourselves and provide a local source for the community.  Although we have been raising chickens and ducks the whole time, we are under no illusion that this will be a big challenge!

Even with the experience that I have, I make no claims at being an expert, but I will say that I have certain specialized knowledge.  I hope that this blog will spark you to think and engage in discussions in the comments or talking with your peers!

Please click on this acknowledge link to see those who have inspired me.

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