Warren Litsinger:  

Hi all! Check out my Bulletin Board (tab above) for a general message to everyone about making contact. Here's a timeline of my slightly eccentric life story: Sep 67: Entered St. John's College in Annapolis. Great school for learning about western history and practicing dialectics. Gravitated quickly to the counterculture of the day. Dec 67: After many discussions and much soul searching, I decided I could not in good conscience continue to have a student draft deferment while poor kids were being forced into the senseless bloodbath that was Vietnam. Sent a letter to President Johnson..in the letter was my draft card, torn in half- and very nearly went to jail for it. Long story short, it turned out I had a medical deferment anyway. A couple of months later, Johnson announced he would not run again in 68. We now know he was devastated by the extent to which he knew that his Vietnam folly would overshadow his great accomplishments in the fields of civil rights, anti-poverty programs and the creation of Medicare. ( Maybe I did my little part after all... but then we got Nixon. Sheesh! ) Jun 69: Left St. John's after completing 2 years; traveled the country with friends and ended up on a communal farm in the mountains of British Columbia. A fantastic experience. 71 to 77: Back in Baltimore, worked in carpentry, construction, landscaping and other odd jobs; lived in a big rented mansion with many good friends who remain friends to this day. Sep 77: Entered nursing school and embarked on a 20-yr career as a Registered Nurse, working mostly in ERs and trauma centers in MD, VA, CA and lately here on the Oregon coast. A fine and rewarding career that never made me rich but satisfied my altruistic impulses. Oct 94: Married a lovely lady (a co-worker), my first and only marriage. Dec 98: Suffered a disabling back injury while working in ER. Have been fully work-disabled since. Although I can get around, I am unable to stand, sit, or walk for very long, due to serious unrelenting pain. This made a sudden, radical change in my lifestyle: prior to my injury I was in great shape and was extremely active, spending my free time travellng, hiking, canoeing, camping etc. My wife and I got an RV and traveled all round the West and Southwest in our free time. I had two surgeries after my injury, but both made me worse in ways. Dec 05: Physical and financial constraints imposed by my injury resul...Expand for more