For the first couple of
years we lived in Richardson, Texas, then out to a small farm in Point,
pop. 202 (now up to 404!). Although we were out there only a couple of
years, it had a profound effect on me. I've done, then and later on, all
the rural things you might expect; birthing calves, milking cows, hauling
hay, etc. Perhaps the most important lesson was that if there are no
other kids around, you'd better get along with your sister... to this day
we have a very close and special relationship. She's the best there is.
1974
We moved to Carrollton and I attended Good Elementary. I started
the violin in the 5th grade and the sax in 6th. I read everything I
could get my eyes on, including dictionaries, cereal boxes, shampoo
bottles, etc. It seemed like the words were magical hieroglyphics that
held strange powers. It still seems that way sometimes.
High school.
There are some strange rumors about my having
driven a Jeep CJ-5 around inside the $2,000,000 band hall, but I really
must deny those. That's what my lawyer says, anyway.
I got a TI 994/a and, later, an Apple ][e with the 128k RAM extension and
DuoDisk floppy drive. Something like $2000 at the time.
Anyhow, I was a dork.
For four years I worked with mid-range tactical nukes
with people like Officer Jack.
About the time Jack and I got out of the Army, the INF
Treaty was in effect and SS-20s
and our system (Pershing II) were being dismantled.
That was a strange feeling, to work on something like that then
watch it be destroyed.
And that (as Forrest Gump would say) is all I have to say about that.
I was a real freakboy at the time. Note the No Nukes is Good
Nukes button on the Bundeswehr vest. I'm surprised they didn't
shoot me.
I met a fellow soldier that I would later marry. We had a little blonde
kiddo, Forenn.
I took a B.A. in
European History from East Texas State University, now Texas A & M - Commerce ever since they sold their soul.
in Commerce, Texas (formerly known as Cow Hill). There's
an amazing collection of 60s-style teachers (passionate, unorthodox)
there. Because of this and its close proximity to the Sulphur River,
the school was known by the hipsters as Little Athens on the
Sulphur. :) It's a really cool little school. Small classes,
small town, relaxed pace, amazing and bizarre student body.
When I graduated from ETSU on June 9th, 1991 I decided to clean up my
act (in a lot of ways) and get it all together. I started the European
History grad program at the University of
Texas at Arlington.
I worked for La
Madeleine during this time, training staff and management the basics
of the company Viennoisserie. I was part of the team that opened
the Arlington bakery and the Alamo Heights bakery in San Antonio.
After
this I went to work for MasterGrip
golf company. I was supervising a customer service call center, which
was brand new to me.
Then off to work at Intex.net, which is now called NorthStar. I learned the joys and sorrows
of ISP life. I registered mouse.net, which the InterNIC billed me for
and then gave to someone in Korea. After 4 months of photocopying checks
and fighting, I gave up and registered mousetrap.net which the condition
that Internic would apply my mouse.net funds to mousetrap.net. They
agreed and immediately marked mousetrap.net as paid in full. Lusers.
1996
My future business partner found me at Intex and we started
Cyberline, L.L.C..
Web Hosting, consultation, design, you know the drill.
Pics: Business publicity photo
So I'm doing contract
programming and teaching at local Community Colleges to pay the bills.
It's a good life.
1999
I married Mary Felton on Feb 1, 1999. As the Old Testament says, a good woman is more precious than jewels. Mary certainly is. She's my helpmate and playmate and everything else; I am blessed.
This has been my bio. If you want to
learn about my journey into manhood and spiritual wholeness you can read my unfoldment page. It's much less
fluffy, and more difficult.
2001
I've finished the coursework portion of the PhD program. Ahead: comprehensive exams and dissertation.
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