User:Mikehelms

I am a thirty-something history buff living in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Places I have Lived

I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and lived in 11 Canadian cities and towns (Burlington, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Surrey, Scarborough, on a farm halfway between Uxbridge and Sunderland, Peterborough, Guelph, Cambridge, and Calgary) before moving to the United States.

Education

At various points in my sordid past I attended Brock High School, Trent University, Fleming College, Niagara College and Durham Technical Community College. I'm currently studying English at North Carolina State University.

Other Stuff About Me

• I was a DJ at CFFF-FM from 1993 through 1995.
• I was a DJ at CFRU-FM from 1999 through 2000.
• I have owned seven different motorcycles.
• I play a Larrivée acoustic guitar and a Fender electric guitar.
• I use a MacBook Pro computer and shoot with a Lumix DMC-ZS7 digital camera.
• I have traveled to France, England, Scotland, Canada, the United States, Cuba, the Netherlands and Egypt.
• My great-grandfather, William Helms, was the longtime mayor of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
• I am related to Betsy Ross and Andrew Hamilton through my paternal grandmother (nee Pile).

Pages I have Contributed to

• Jacob Johnson, the father of former US President Andrew Johnson
• The Observator, a 17th century English newspaper
• The New-England Repertory, a Boston newspaper from the early 19th century.
• Southern States Confederate Currency
• Blues musician Blind Boy Fuller
• Canadian musician Stompin' Tom Connors
• Fleming College, the community college I graduated from in Lindsay, Ontario (there are also campuses in Peterborough, Haliburton, and Cobourg).
• Brock High School, my old high school in Cannington, Ontario.
• Sunderland, Ontario - my hometown.
• Larrivée (guitar company)

• Visit my blog at http://www.mikehelms.org
• Visit me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/absentcanadian

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