After toiling for three years at the University of Kentucky as an Architecture student, I took a summer job as an assistant network administrator in Cleveland, Ohio - a position I lucked into thanks to some of the guys from MozartMUD where I gamed at the time (yes, that dates me...I'm old-school, not old!). I loved my new job (and my then-great 21" Cornerstone CRT monitor) so much that I never ended up going back to University that fall. Or ever, yet!
I continued working in the trenches of the IT business, supporting everyone from the average home user to Pitney Bowes, IBM, HP, EDS, NexInnovations, and too many others to remember. I love all things tech, and am extremely glad I work in retail computers since it means I get to play with new toys on someone else's dime.
Why do I write? Well, frankly, I think I've got too many ideas and opinions in my head to keep them pent up in there. I fear if I didn't have a creative outlet like writing that I'd slowly be driven into the throes of madness.
In truth, I'm halfway there already, and writing is really just slowing my descent, not stopping it.
To quote the Mad Hatter, "We're all mad here!"
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