About me!
I am the son of Anna and Paul Doulton (see Family page) who currently live in Mexico and I have two very intelligent, beautiful and illustrious elder sisters, Rebecca (journalist and lecturer) and Maria (Corp ID/Brand Manager and Watch journalist), both full-time mothers aswell. I happen to lack their writing and arts skills, but am very logical, creative and entrepreneurial (or at least that's what I like to think).
I have a passion for flying (mostly gliders, hang-gliders and paragliders), sailing, rugby, racket sports and most outdoor activities (except curling).
I followed my heart and did have a paragliding business but, then I met a black hole... | |
Post my near-death paragliding accident in Chamonix (17 July 2003, whilst clocking up hours for my instructor rating), I have set my personal goals on successfully launching my business and to recover as much physically as I can to climb Mont Blanc. | |
Then, my dream is to live in the mountains and become a rescue helicopter pilot. I do afterall owe my life to them - the professional rescue services in Chamonix (Michel & Ivan). And of course to the amazing skills of the surgeons at l'Hôpital Cantonal (Dr Faundez & Assal) de Genève (HUG) and my physiotherapists (Philipe & Valerie Jacquemard, & Christophe Kania) who have worked miracles with the rough subject they've been presented with. | |
Thanks also to my family and friends who really pulled together and were there for me when I needed them most. In particular, Christina, who saw me through my black hole with super-human strength and spent the first month in hospital at my side 7x24. And to Luke (aka DJ Loki) for continuing to look out for me! |
To that I add a few of my favourite quotes:
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" | Samuel Johnson (contentiously) |
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" | Confucius |
"The future isn't what it used to be" | Yogi Berra |
"The great thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time" | President Abraham Lincoln |
"Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple" | Pete Seeger |
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not too simple" | Albert Einstein |
"Communism won't work because people like to own stuff" | Frank Zappa |
"Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others" | Winston Churchill |
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." | Scott Adams |
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come" | Victor Hugo |
"I may disagree with everything you say, but will defend unto death your right to say it" | Voltaire (and practiced by all Gilbarts!) |
"It was a typical Gilbart meal, 9 debates and 8 people sat round the table!" | Rick Coleman (relative) |
"Oh my God, that's not f*&%ing electrical??!!" | Masters student (nameless) helping me turn on the lab's Spectrometer. Last heard, an Accenture Consultant! |
"Well done is better than well said" | Benjamin Franklin |
"An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society that scorns excellence in plumbing just because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its philosophy will hold water." | John William Gardner |
"Tell the truth, there's less to remember" | Unknown |
"To conceive infinity is to believe in boundaries" | Stuart Moeller (Kiwi friend) |
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing" | Oscar Wilde |
"There are two ways to be rich: make more - desire less" | Unknown |
"Experience is something you don't usually get until just after you need it" | Unknown |
"Carpe diem quam minimum credula a postero" (Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow) | Horace |
"All we have is today and the possibility of tomorrow" | me! |
"Love is every possibility" | me! |
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly: what is essential is invisible to the eye.” | The fox to the Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
"Black holes are where God divides by zero" | Unknown |
e=mc2 - Amen! | Albert Einstein |