Timeline

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• Adolescence
  • 1960 : Born in Toronto
  • Spring 1974 : Moved, North York to North Toronto
  • Fall 1976 : Dropped out of Grade 11
  • Jan/77 : Moved into Oolagen, switched schools
  • Fall 1978 : University of Waterloo, first year
  • Fall 1979 : Dropped out again
• Young Adult
  • Summer 1980 : Had girlfriend
  • Fall 1980 : University of Toronto, second year
  • Jan/81 : Moved into Career House, enrolled Villanova U
  • Spring/Summer 1981 : Swimming laps regularly, enjoyed Career House
  • Fall 1981 : Drexel U, commuted downtown by train
  • Summer 1982 : Played with Apple II
  • Jan/83 - Jun/83 : Implemented vector-based graphics editor in Basic
  • Spring 1983 : Symptoms of sz a little bit
  • Summer 1983 : Moved to West Philadelphia, student residence
  • Sep/83 - Aug/84 : Shared house with 2 guys, depressed a lot
  • Spring 1984 : Flunked lab (required course)
  • Summer 1984 : Coded in Forth on a Mac, less depression
  • Fall 1984 : Moved in with parents in Toronto
  • Nov/84 - Mar/86 : Programming job
• Mental Illness
  • Fall 1985 : First suicide attempt
  • Nov/85 - Jan/87 : Lived with Joyce Penner's family
  • Mar/87 - Jun/87 : 1st group home as adult, hated it
  • Aug/87 - Dec/87 : CAWL, learned word processing/Lotus/dBase
  • Sep/87 : First computer, Atari ST
  • Sep/87 - Dec/87 : 2nd group home, liked it
  • Jan/88 - Sep/88 : Lived with parents
  • Sep/88 - May/89 : Sunnybrook psych ward
  • Fall 1988 : Diagnosed with sz, invented Garzology term
  • Jun/89 - Jun/90 : Homewood Sanitarium in Guelph
  • Fall 1989 : Had ECT therapy
  • Jul/90 - Oct/90 : 1st boarding home
  • Summer 1990 : A-Way Express job, 3 weeks
  • Nov/90 - Feb/91 : 2nd boarding home
• Recovery
  • Jan/91 - Aug/96 : Fred Victor job, tech support
  • Mar/91 - Jun/91 : 3rd group home
  • Jul/91 - Mar/93 : Bachelor apt.
  • Fall 1992 : Started taking Prozac
  • Apr/93 - Apr/99 : Houselink, 4th group home
  • 1996 - 2013 : Delphi Programmer job
  • Oct 2017 - Present : Perfume store job, IT, assist owner
  • May 2018 : Start implementation of Parthonyte compiler
  • Jun 2024 : Sketched out Parthonet bus. model
  • Nov 2024 : Switched to Parthotree software project
  • Mar 2025 : Plan to quit perfume job