John Ragin:  

Well now, it has been a long time hasn't it. Yes, I am still alive! I have been living in Argentina for the last 10 years at the foot of the Andes Mountains in a town called Mendoza (malbec wine country :-). I own a small business (airecuyo dot com) and I work on my philosophical theories of quantum mechanics in my spare time. On December 24, 2004, I almost died when I slammed my motorcycle into an old pickup truck. But today, after seven operations and three years of difficult recuperation, I am almost as good as new again and I recently got back to dirt bike riding! I also love mountainbike riding! I still play the guitar when I have spare time, and am still fascinated with Jimi Hendrix. My YouTube name is "Shiny Raygun". I think of Oregon often. Part of my soul has never left the backroads of Manzanita, the awesome cliffs at Short Sands beach, hitchhiking from Mohler to Tillamook and up to Seaside ...Expand for more