Rick Barnes

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Non-Profit
Occupation	Consultant - Community Development
Location	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Introduction	I live in Toronto, not as beautiful as Kelowna, but it certainly has its charms and despite being the Capital, alot of good folks make this their home. I was formaly a NDP govt and party hack. Seems like a lifetime ago, but the last real thing I did was being a campaign manager in 2005. Today I am your average albeit engaged working dude.
Interests	Drug War, Drug Reform, Gay Rights, LGBT, Social Justice, Affordable Housing, Peace, Environment, Health, Hockey, Good Fiction, Family, Men, Canada, Gay, Queer, HIV, AIDS, NDP, Liberal, USA, Okanagan, Iraq
Favorite Movies	Neverland, The Color Purple, Forest Gump, Moonstruck, The Lion in Winter, The Sum of Us, Lord of the Rings, The Mission, Rainman, The Corporation, Roger and Me, F911, I am Sam, The Killing Fields, Fahrenheit 9/11, Life is Beautiful, My Own Private Idaho, Fix, and I am sure more will be added!
Favorite Music	Cher, Bon Jovi, Nickelbak, Bare Naked Ladies, Melissa Etheridge, Josh Groban, Patti Labelle, coldplay, joni mitchell, abba, Elton John
Favorite Books	Clara's Heart, Downhill Chance, Christopher, The Pilgrim, Four Fires, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, No Great Mischief, All Quiet on the Western Front, Monkey Beach