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Cool's Custom
11/90 - 8/92
I went to work for Jay Cool, a childhood friend and aspiring (and I believe current) San Jose cop just after Th...
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G & C Enterprises
12/87 - 7/88
Geraldine and Chuck Corbett owned a remodeling company that had about 12 employees. It was a family environment ...
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Hauling business
7/89 - 11/90
After feeling gratified by my recycling and jobsite cleanup duties at G&C Enterprises, I decided to try my hand a...
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Jan Lofland
We (a helper and I) did all the carpentry and wallboard for a bathroom in a basement.
Joan and Stu Anderson
of Santa Cruz, CA were my second big remodel client. They bought their dream country home in the hills above Los Gatos and I i...
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Luke and Natalie Sheard
I hired a helper to assist in putting up approximately 1400 feet of fence around their property, to keep their sheep and their ...
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Operation Nookie Push
A wonderful, challenging kitchen nook expansion job that I did entirely myself part time for a friend while I was a student at ...
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R & D Restoration
1/87 - 8/87
My first real job supporting myself, after several abortive attempts at college. I was 23.
With my worm-drive...
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West Valley College
Finally, at 29 years of age, I was ready for college.
My confidence had gone up considerably in my last six years of worki...
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Ventura College
9/96 - 6/97
From the ashes of my experience at Art City I decided to nurture my long-standing love of singing by returning to ...
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Art City
4/96 - 12/96
Before I moved to Ventura to participate in Art City, I was living in the city of San Francisco, looking for a...
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Humboldt State University
After I sold my house in the Spring of 1998, I took the summer off and traveled. Then I decided to return to school and finish...
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Simpson Street remodel project
January 1998 - May 2000
After my experience wandering in the safe garden of classical music study at Ventura College, I was de...
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Fall '97 house sit
After Ventura College I spent a few months in the Bay Area house sitting for a friend and planning my next move. I wanted to g...
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Ventura County Shuttle
While waiting for my house to sell in the beginning of 1998, I drove for Ventura County Shuttle, taking people from their homes...
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Bob Dorsett
Bob was a retired school teacher and aspiring author and a connoisseur of life. I rented a room from him as I continued my st...
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Peggy and Albo Mussmann
Peggy and Albo (short for Albrecht, a German fellow but thoroughly California-ized) Mussmann were my landlords from from Octob...
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San Francisco Bay Area
I moved to San Jose (the "South Bay") in November of 1986 when I was 23. I lived in various houses in that city and worked var...
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