Keith Perdue:  

Life I tried to avoid the draft by moving to Montana, but the FBI found me, so I went into the Army for 2+ yrs. Married '72, BSN Nursing at SJSU '78, amicable divorce in '80 or so, became an independent contractor traveling all over CA training RNs to take care of open-heart surgery patients. Got Masters in Biological Dysfunction along the way, then had to "retire" due to an injury. My sweety of 16+ years died suddenly in front of me April '98. I now live with my cat near Clearlake CA near my surviving parent, Joe, who is requiring more of my time in his maintenance. My interests are mostly in the area of PC graphics, digital photography, tasteless humor, and dabbling in my home recording studio. I traveled extensively in my RV for a while. I have an aversion to arson, random acts of mayhem and me trying to dance. I try to be kind to animals & children, usually in that order. I plan on building my house on my 2 acres when my feet will allow me to. (They're currently not cooperating with my plans, but will change their tune after I threaten them with humiliation and embarrassment)I like working in stained glass and plan on having a small studio in the house I want to build. I'm a laid-back, informal type guy, and am possessed of an irreverant sense of humor. I avoid lawyers, realtors, and car-salespersons. I don't trust the government or big business. I think most CEOs/executives and all destroyers of the environment should be shot, or at least stripped of their ill-gotten gains and imprisoned for an unspecified length of time with crack-crazed, homosexual Turkish sailors and subjected to loud, scratchy recordings of Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys. There, enough of my ranting!!! School I found high-school itself to be, for the most part, a non-ending horribly painful source of stress & mise...Expand for more