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Karen & i search for work and a home, while staying with our beloved family
  (Dave & Sandy & Erika & Julie)... By the end of June, we have found a new home
    in Burlingame, CA; Karen starts her job as a physical therapist on July 12.
      I meanwhile am still searching...        Sunday 04 July 2004

Karen & i drive from Illinois to California, hauling a UHaul trailer fulling of wedding presents
       29 Apr - 4 May 2004

A lovely visit to Karen's parents in Joliet  2 - 28 Apr 2004

A lovely visit to Dave & Sandy & Erika & Julie in Oakdale  1 Mar - 2 Apr 2004

Honeymoon Esalen!  4 January - 28 February 2004

i just have to say it:
   i want to help Repeal the U.S. Constitution.
      and my beloved Karen supports me in this.
        Coming soon, in preparation for July 2nd , 2004: a question and a t-shirt and a song.
           see www.CSMNL.com  31 Dec 2003

Honeymoon Joliet, Illinois! Tues 16 - Wed 31 Dec 2003

Honeymoon Columbus, Ohio!  Mon 15 - Tues 16 Dec 2003

Honeymoon Flemington, New Jersey!  Sat 13 - Mon 15 Dec 2003

Honeymoon West Chester, Pennsylvania! Fri 12 - Sat 13 Dec 2003

Honeymoon Cherry Hill, New Jersey!  Thurs 11 - Fri 12 Dec 2003

Honeymoon Seaford, Delaware!  Wed 10 - Thurs 11 Dec 2003

Honeymoon Charleston, West Virginia!  Wed 3 - Wed 10 Dec 2003

Honeymoon Sanford, North Carolina!  Tues 2 - Wed 3 Dec 2003

Honeymoon Caribbean Cruise!  Sat 22 - Sat 29 Nov 2003 Happy Thanksgiving from Karen & Charles in the Yucatan!

Honeymoon Cocoa Beach!  Thurs 20 - Sat 22 Nov 2003

Honeymoon Orlando!  Mon 17 - Thurs 20 Nov 2003

Honeymoon Ocala!  Mon 10 - Mon 17 Nov 2003

Honeymoon Louisiana!  Houma!  Swamp!  New Orleans!  Fri 7 - Sun 9 Nov 2003

Honeymoon Petrified Forest, Durango, Pagosa Springs, Taos!   Sun 2 - Wed 5 2003

Honeymoon Grand Canyon! Fri 31 Oct - Sat Nov 1 2003

Honeymoon Williams & Sedona!  Tues 28 - Thurs 30 Oct 2003

After a brief stay with David & Sandy & family [we love you!],
  Karen & Charles set off on their cross-country adventure,
  starting with a visit to friends in Santa Cruz,
  and including a True Power seminar with Dr. H. Pendle.
  Wednesday 22 - Monday 27 October 2003

Karen & Charles fly back to the U.S.A.;  Sunday 12 October 2003
   Karen attends a Zero Balancing Teacher Training in Menla, NY, 13-21 October 2003
   before reuniting with Charles in California. Tuesday 21 October 2003

Honeymoon continues with four days on the Greek Island of Mykonos and two days in Athens! Monday 6 October 2003 - Sunday 12 October 2003

Honeymoon continues with a sleeper car train ride across Italy, and three days in Venice!
  Thursday 2 October 2003 - Monday 6 October 2003

Honeymoon continues with visits to two of charles' old friends in the South of France!
   Sunday 28 September - Thursday 2 October 2003

Honeymoon continues with a delightful visit to the home of Virginia & Mark & David & Lisa,
  in Krickenbach, Germany!  Monday - Sunday 22-28 September 2003

Honeymoon continues in Belgium, chez Francoise et Pierre et Emile et Clara,
  avec leurs puppies, Belle et Gaspar! et touts la famille!  Sunday - Monday 14-22 September 2003

Floreffe, Belgium 16 Septembre 2003 "Who is Yertle?" Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 September 2003 Anti-Federalism: An Idea Whose Time Has Come [best viewed by Internet Explorer]

Honeymoon continues in France!  A trainride beneath the English Channel, a cab ride across Paris,
  and we arrive in Brittany (La Bretagne!) to celebrate the wedding of Émilie et Jérôme.
  Wednesday - Sunday 10-14 Septembre 2003

Honeymoon in Europe continues in England!  We visit Christine, celebrate Denise & Max's wedding,
   take a boat tour with Kristine, and visit charles' cousin Janet & husband Terry in Farnham,
   bicycling the countryside & visiting the ruins of Waverley Abbey... Friday - Wednesday 5-10 Sept 2003

Honeymoon in Europe begins in Ireland!:  We stay with lovely friends, see "As You Like It",
   visit Howth, and tour downtown Dublin... Tuesday - Friday 2-5 Sept 2003

A beautiful magical week with the children at the Gazebo School:  18-22 Aug 2003

Karen & Charles wed at the Alice Millar Chapel Evanston, Illinois, 02 August 2003.

see the Pre-Rehearsal Dinner, the Rehearsal Dinner, the Wedding, the Reception, the Wedding CD, 
more fun, and even more Chicagoland Reunion fun.

Karen & Charles enjoy a week of song, play, & study at the Education Through Music colloquium,
     in Sacramento, California:  6-11 July 2003

i'm an instructor! for Science Adventure Summer Camps -- a dream come true! June/July 2003

i and Richard Henry Lee present "Anti-Federalism: An Idea Whose Time Has Come"
   with 159 Powerpoint slides and two mini-videos
      to the Free Exchange Supper Club in San Francisco: Saturday 21 June 2003

Graduation Day for the 5th grade class, where i assisted an autistic child: Thursday 5 June 2003

The final month of the school's chess club features a tournament with prizes: May 2003

Karen & i are handfasted in a lovely meadow in the Santa Cruz mountains Sat 3 May 2003

i enjoy hearing Mary Toscano give her "Sweet Fire" presentation in Santa Cruz;
   i wrote the music for her DVD!: Sat 19 April 2003

i enjoy a week at Esalen working at the Gazebo: Sun 13 April - Sat 19 April 2003

Karen & i enjoy a Saturday in Sonoma County: Sat 5 April 2003

i start teaching chess to elementary school students for Academic Chess: January 2003
   This company has great teaching materials; their series of books for learning chess
   is inexpensive and very well done.

i start teaching hands-on Science classes to elementary school students for Science Adventures: January 2003
    This company supplies all the materials for fun and interesting classes -- making slime, doing experiments,
    building pendulums and cars for physics experiments -- it is a joy to teach this way!

Karen & i treat my parents to a fun and adventurous evening at the Teatro Zinzanni!: Sun 5 Jan 2003

i travel with Karen to Chicago to meet her family & friends: 19 Dec 2002 - 28 Dec 2002

i start teaching a weekly chess class/club for about a dozen 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders: Wedn 4 Dec 2002

i start work at the Dr. William L. Cobb Elementary School in San Francisco as a paraprofessional,
  helping an autistic child integrate into a normal classroom.  Tues 25 Nov 2002

On top of Strawberry Hill in Golden Gate Park, i ask Karen Marie Therese Senffner if she'll marry me...
  and she says "YES!"!  Sunday 20 Oct 2002

Deluged by spam (e.g. 50 unsolicited messages per day),
  i announce my new email (charles @ CSMNL.com)
    to my family, friends, and associates.  Saturday 13 July 2002

i share a case of Madeira wine with friends    at a surprise Farewell Party for me(!) in the Solarium.      Thank you, Thank you.        i have been so blessed by my work at the Gazebo,          and by my time at Esalen.  Namasté.            Wednesday 3 July 2002

i believe we are all connected.
  i believe we are all brothers.
    i believe the oak tree is my cousin,
      and the rock and stream third cousins twice removed.  Friday 21 June 2002

The Gazebo goes on a field trip to Casey's ranch...
  baby horses, dogs, swallows, play in a hammock, and a picnic!
    In the car, the children say: "Charles, you are a picnic in your ears."
      Thank you, Noemi & Tito & Luke & Kinam & Liam:  Monday 17 June 2002

i finish editing the video    "David Streeter Chi Gung" (60 min.).      Sunday 16 June 2002

i start distributing to the parents the copies of the book i wrote:
  "How do YOU say "No!"?  by uncle duck:  Friday 7 June 2002

On this sacred Monday, Karen & i went on a "creek walk"
  with Aedan, Daniel, and Michelle -- fantastic!
    Aedan found a magic necklace and Daniel found a snail shell.
      Later, Sasha held a baby chick, and Zoe won at chess!   Monday 28 May 2002

Another wonderful weekend with Karen.
  taking care of the animals -- Dixie loved being brushed [she practically melted] by Karen,
    Peyote the Pony escaped her pen and ate all the lettuce in the garden...
      a chicken died during the night (unknown cause), so
        after a brief ceremony by Karen, i buried the chicken in the forest.  Sunday 26 May 2002

On the fifteenth of May, in the Jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing . . . enjoying the jungle's great joys . . . When Horton the elephant heard a small noise. This fine day, i gave each child a copy of the book, signed "with love". i love the thought of them enjoying the book at leisure for years to come.

Mr. Pig got out of the pen today,
  and went on a long walk across the park, eating the grass;
    also, i (& the children) watched two chicks hatching!
      What a dream!: Tuesday 7 May 2002

Karen & i enjoy a weekend of political discussion:
  "Masterminding the Resurrection of the Body Politic"
    a seminar featuring John Vasconcellos's Politics of Trust: 3-5 May 2002

Enjoying the Monterey Bay Aquarium:  Friday 26 April 2002

'twas a truly magical day in the park today,
   a girl spontaneously blessed me and showered me with rose petals,
      a boy spontaneously brought me a crown of flowers
         a girl spontaneously said "You're my friend."
            Mr. Pig & Dixie touched snouts tentatively, perhaps affectionately
               beautiful music and lots of laughter...
                  sigh,
                     i love the children,
                        i love my colleagues,
                           i love my work.
                              Thank you, universe.: Monday 15 April 2002

Karen meets Dixie!: Saturday 6 April 2002

John & i clip the toenails of Dixie -- our new pig!: Saturday 30 March 2002

Karen & i enjoyed Napa on our way home from
   the final class of our "Education Through Music" course: Saturday 23 March 2002

Karen & i & John clip Mr. Pig's toenails
-- what squeeling!: Sat 26 Jan 2002

A Thank you, an Apology, a NO, and a Wish on my birthday.

11 September 2001.  i learn of the tragedy at breakfast: Tuesday 11 September 2001

i and Karen enjoy my family's reunion in Colorado: 4-11 August 2001
 and we celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary.

i have hernia surgery in Oakdale, California: Friday 6 April 2001

i share a lovely picnic with Karen & Françoise: Sunday 18 March 2001

i start an Anti-veHicular Bridging petition, seeking to preserve the serenity of Esalen's canyon: 16 March 2001

i write a letter to Mr. Sam Dennis of the Navy, protesting the Federal Government's actions: 28 February 2001

i attend a Holotropic Breath Workshop with Stan Grof in Palo Alto: 26-28 January 2001

i participate in a fieldtrip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with the Gazebo: 26 January 2001

i revel in being an intern at the Gazebo School at Esalen: 7 January 2001 -- ??? [at least June]

November 8, 2000: I abandon the Libertarian Party as a means of winning elections.

October 24 - November 8, 2000: I volunteered full-time with Bonnie Flickinger's campaign [we lost].

August - November, 2000:

I want Liberty and her blessings to bloom throughout California and the entire world, and i am working hard (playing hard) to help that happen.  You can help too! Let's help elect Bonnie Flickinger to the California State Assembly on November 7, 2000. This is drGoose.org project #2!

August 20 - September 17, 2000:  Another great workscholar month at Esalen...

• i want to thank all the people of Esalen for sharing a beautiful time and space with me
• i want to thank all of the Great Esalen Maintenance Men, and particularly Greg Plimpton, for welcoming me into their midst.
• i want to thank all of the leaders of the Movement Classes which so improved my health:
  • yoga, chi gong, pranayama (breathing), meditation, holotropic meditation, gentle movements, chanting, dance, capoeria...
• i want to thank all the people of the kitchen and garden for all that great food.

July 29 - August 5, 2000:  Another great family reunion, this time in Santa Monica, CA.

We visited the Getty Center, and also the California ScienCenter.

I had a bust made by a sculptor on the promenade.

I taught my mom how to use the internet.

I invited my parents to Esalen for a couple of days, Tues July 25 - Thurs July 27.  How nice it was
to finally share with them the beauty and magic that is Esalen.

June/July 2000. Another work/scholar month at Esalen.

I made eight bookcases... and did a lot of yoga and Qi Gong.

"The Uses of Seuss: Charles Olson hears a Who"
    by Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News Sunday Magazine: 7 May 2000

  I'm an Esalen work/scholar: April 30 - May 28, 2000

The lagoon is saved! The sand-dredging barge has been taken away
[I just got an email with the news]: 25 April 2000

I composed a song "Pihaena" in support of the people of the lagoon.
Erika Yost & I sang the song as a duet, in french as well as english,
and I shipped the recordings to the people of the lagoon (on CDs): 14 Apr 2000

Piano concert with Erika Yost at Channing House: a big success!: 28 March 2000

I'm back from Polynesia: 18 March 2000

drGoose.org Project #1: http://www.drgoose.org/: 29 Feb 2000:
Helping to save the Pihaena Lagoon

A new Midi composition on http://www.charl.com/: 27 Feb 2000
"elle marche sur la plage comme elle marche sur un fil"

I'm off to Tahiti: 4 Feb 2000

New MP3's on my music site: http://www.charl.com/: 30-31 Jan 2000
including three collaborative pieces!

i open a bookstore: drGoose.com: January 24, 2000

Original MP3 music available on www.charl.com: January 14, 2000

Father Mac Retires: October 10, 1999

Gender-Symmetric Surnaming -- A Proposal: October 1999

Moby Shower: 3 - 7 Sept 1999

Touring Costa Rica: 27 Aug - 8 Sept 1999

ISIL World Libertarian Conference in Costa Rica: 22 - 26 Aug 1999

Olson Family Reunion in the Smoky Blue Ridge Mountains: 14 - 21 Aug 1999

The Eclipse!: 8 - 12 Aug 1999

Touring England & Wales: 5 - 8 Aug 1999

Garlic and Goddesses in London: 4 Aug 1999

Visiting Emilie & Yves in La Bretagne: 30 July - 3 Aug 1999

Pilgrimage to Paris: 29 - 30 July 1999

Lovely Lyon: 26-29 July 1999

Marseille & the Cote d'Azur: 18 June - 26 July 1999

Sailing the Mediterranean: 10-14 July 1999

A week at a Buddhist monastery in France: 11-18 June 1999

Gypsies and Death in Sainte Foy La Grande: 8-10 June 1999

Saint Andrew's School Reunion, Class of 1974: 4-6 June 1999

Letter from Mary Belferman, A Portrait of David, LichenLand:
Wednesday, 2 June 1999

BarBQ at Eric's House: Friday, 28 May 1999

BarBQ in Palo Alto, and custom wordworking by Ace: Monday, 24 May 1999

i live in Santa Cruz with a spectacular woman: February 1998 - January 1999

i work in Fresno as a consultant on a Delphi programming project: Sept 1997 - February 1998

Karen Risinger writes lyrics, and I write music for "In the quiet of a song" at a
Music for People workshop, Keene State College, New Hampshire: 7-13 July 1996

i give a speech entitled "Why I am a Pro-Government Libertarian" to a government group: mid 1990's

i give a speech entitled "Who are the Sneetches?" at a California Libertarian Party Convention
in the East Bay (?Oakland): mid-1990's

i take a massage certification course at the Body Therapy Center in Palo Alto: fall/winter 1994/1995

i and my dear friend Alison attend the World Libertarian Convention (www.isil.org)
in Merida, Mexico, where i once again give my "Who is the Lorax?" presentation: October 1994

Lisa and i break up, after 7 years of marriage, and 10 years of being together: 1994

i present a speech entitled "Who is the Lorax?" to the California Libertarians: February 1993

i am the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Congress, District 11, in 1992.

i am the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Congress, District 11, in 1990.

i start "Charles B. Olson & Associates", my own consulting firm (computer programming): 1990
i am quite successful at this for the next decade or so.

i am the Libertarian candidate for the California State Senate, District 11, in 1988.

i publish "A Possible Cure for Death": 1988

Lisa and i move to Palo Alto, where she attends Stanford Psychology Graduate School,
and i get work with Torus Systems (computer networking software): September 1987
i work at Torus Systems for the next three years or so, doing customer support,
training, marketing, and documentation.

Lisa and i wed, in Toronto: 21 June 1987

i publish "A Review of Why and How We Age: A Defense of Multifactorial Aging": 1987

i do three years of independent library research on biological aging in the libraries of the Univ. of Toronto: 1984-1987
with one six-month time away in Palo Alto, around the fall/winter of 1985.

i quit IntelliGenetics, and move to Toronto to live with Lisa: January 1984

i meet Lisa, my future wife, at the Libertarian Party Natl. Convention, in New York City: 2 September 1983

i am the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Congress, District 11, in 1982.

i start working for IntelliGenetics, which provides computer software for genetic engineers: Sept 1981
i work at IntelliGenetics for the next 2 and a half years or so, doing customer support,
training, documentation, and a little programming.

i receive a Master of Science degree from Stanford in Biology: 1981
i was in their Ph.D. program, but i had refused to do experiments that seemed to give trivially
important results, when i had a whole [constantly growing] world class library of knowledge available --
i instead favored library research, which was not respected by the Department.
So the M.S. degree was a compromise for a friendly parting of ways.  i called it my "booby prize".

i publish A Theory of the Origin of Life: 1981

i am the Libertarian candidate for the California State Assembly, District 21, in 1980.

i publish "Postscript on Methylation Paper": 1980
[Speculations in Science and Technology, Vol 3 (1980): 229-230]

i publish "5-Methylcytosine, 5-azacytidine, and development: a synthesis": 1979
[Speculations in Science and Technology, Vol 2 (1979): 365-373]

i begin graduate school at Stanford University: Sept 1978

i do biological research at Oak Ridge National Labs, Tennessee: Summer, 1978

i graduate from Swarthmore College: May 1978

i do biological research at Princeton: Summer, 1977

In a tiny hotel room atop Rome, in the early morning hours of 29 June 1976,
i have an epiphany: i realize that biological aging is *the* limiting factor in my life, and
so i decide to research, understand, and hopefully cure aging.

i travel Europe: Summer 1976

i spend Spring Semester of my Sophomore year in Grenoble, France: Jan-June 1976
Thanks to a strong knowledge of French from St. Andrew's (Thank you, Mr. Ryan),
i become fluent in French.

i do physics research at the Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia: Summer 1975

i attend Swarthmore College, initially focusing on physics and math: September 1974

i graduate from St. Andrew's School Summa Cum Laude: June 1974
i am the school's 13th Summa Cum Laude graduate.  SAS was founded in 1929.

i receive 800 on my Math SAT, and 780 on my Verbal; i always did have trouble with the verbal stuff.

i am on the varsity wrestling team for three years [107 lb; 125 lb; 140 lb weight classes].

After a long, educational, and enjoyable time in the Boy Scouts,
  including a bus trip across country to the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico,
    i achieve the rank of Eagle Scout:  Approx. 1972

i leave the underachieving and troubled public school system for St. Andrew's School: 2 January 1970

i don't get to go to science camp.  This upsets me greatly, and i am in a funk for weeks.  Approx. 1967

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