Richard's Web Site

<body stylesrc="richard.htm" background="images/grn_ankh.gif"> <p><img src="mflame.gif" align="left" hspace="0" width="30" height="60"><img src="mflame.gif" align="right" hspace="0" width="30" height="60"><br> </p> <h1 align="center"><font color="#FF0000" size="7" face="TIMES NEW ROMAN,CENTURY SCHOOLBOOK,ARIAL"><b>The Druid's Lair</b></font></h1> <h2 align="center"><font color="#008080" size="6" face="TIMES NEW ROMAN,CENTURY SCHOOLBOOK,ARIAL"><b>(Richard's Home Page)</b></font></h2> <hr> <h3 align="center"><font color="#FF0000" size="6" face="TIMES NEW ROMAN,CENTURY SCHOOLBOOK,ARIAL"><strong><b>On a HOT Summer Night, <br> Would you offer your throat to the wolf with the Red Roses? - Meatloaf</b></strong></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4"><strong><b> </b></strong></font><img src="swept_t.gif" width="90%" height="143"> </h3> <p align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4">I LOVE </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>horseback riding</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> & the outdoors. Mostly Western riding, but I have had some English training as well. I enjoy </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>flying</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4">& </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>Fencing</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> when I have time and a lot more. I also do alot of reading, listening to and </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>playing Music ( I play the Celtic Harp - Which I Built!)</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> and the watching of movies Old & New (over 500 in collection) I study and use herbs and massage. I like tinkering with my </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>home theatre</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> setup and messing around in the </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>woodshop</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4">. I practically live at </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>Rennaisance Faires</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> when I can. My job is as an </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>ORACLE DBA</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4">. Mostly as a consultant. I STILL believe in <b><u>Honor</u></b> and <b><u>Honesty</u></b>! I study </font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4"><b>Martial Arts</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> (ninjutsu - see picture below). I don't know if I am a Knight in Shining armour anymore, but I at least keep it polished with all of the rust off of it! Drop me a line, here... </font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="TIMES NEW ROMAN,CENTURY SCHOOLBOOK,ARIAL"><b>Life is a journey: From Life (birth) ==> Love ==> death. Along the way, we make many opportunities for things we want or need, we have some dropped in our laps and some are shoved on us. But, there is always the beginning and an end. The purpose as I see it, is to face the Darkness Within, and really upset Old Hornhead by being as happy as possible down the main stretch.</b></font> </p> <h3 align="left"><font color="#F5C70A" size="7"><b><u>Home and Away:</u></b></font></h3> <p align="center"><font color="#F5C70A" size="6"><b><img src="baranhkh.gif" width="90%" height="22"> </b></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"><b>During the Week, I am working all over the country as a </b></font><a href="http://www.oracle.com"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"><b>Senior ORACLE DBA.</b></font></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> <b> Creating,Repairing,Tuning and FireFighting Oracle DataBases or working as a consultant on most any Database related issue. On Weekends, I am a Toreador on the prowl in Columbus. <br> </b></font></p> <CENTER> <p align="center"><font color="#F5C70A" size="5"><img src="images/swept_t.gif" width="90%" height="130"> </font></p> </center> <P><B><U><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+2>Richard Clapp (no beard now, 1996)</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT></FONT></U></B> <DIV ALIGN=right><IMG SRC="images/richard.gif" HEIGHT=195 WIDTH=156 ALIGN=LEFT><B><U><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="#F5C70A"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">Feb 1998</FONT><FONT COLOR="#F5C70A"> </FONT></FONT></U></B><IMG SRC="images/rick9.jpg" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=195 WIDTH=156></DIV> <B><U><FONT COLOR="#F5C70A"><FONT SIZE=+2> </FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT></FONT></U></B> <CENTER><B><U><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+2>Mar 1999 (long hair)</FONT></FONT></U></B></CENTER> <CENTER><IMG SRC="images/rick14.jpg" ALIGN=CENTER width="114" height="154"></CENTER> <P><B><U><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+2>Summer 2000</FONT><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT></FONT></U></B> <DIV ALIGN=right><IMG SRC="images/image013.jpg" HEIGHT=195 WIDTH=156 ALIGN=LEFT><B><U><FONT SIZE=+2> <FONT COLOR="#F5C70A"> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">Summer 2000</FONT><FONT COLOR="#F5C70A"> </FONT></FONT></U></B><IMG SRC="images/image014.jpg" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=195 WIDTH=156></DIV> <B><U><FONT COLOR="#F5C70A"><FONT SIZE=+2> </FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1></FONT></FONT></U></B> <CENTER><IMG SRC="images/cap_021.jpg" ALIGN=CENTER ></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">Spring 2003</FONT><FONT COLOR="#F5C70A"> </FONT></CENTER>  <A HREF="http://www.iwanet.org/index.html"> <IMG SRC="iwarblk.gif" ALT="International Webmasters Association" WIDTH=115 HEIGHT=87 BORDER=0 ALIGN=bottom></A>  </CENTER> </body>