Dennis Pimple:
CLASS OF 1973
Westminster High SchoolClass of 1973
Westminster, CO
Regis UniversityClass of 1978
Denver, CO
Dennis's Story
Life
Since High School, I:
injured my foot and spent 3 months in the hospital; skipped college for a year
gained some weight
went to Regis College
saw my future bride gliding gracefully across a dorm foyer
saw my future bride move to California
became editor of my college paper
graduated with an engineering degree
took a job as editor for a group of neighborhood biweeklies
grew a moustache
took a new job for Western Electric
started working on a comic book fanzine
started writing science fiction/fantasy stories as a hobby
convinced my future bride to move back to Colorado
bought a car
married her
got glasses
bought an IBM PC the first year they came out
got laid off; took a contractor position with Mountain Bell
was handed a Unix manual and told to "figure it out"
gained more weight
was handed an Informix Database manual and told to "figure it out"
accepted a full time position with Mountain Bell
bought a 2nd car
won a contest for first-time sf writers
became a published autho...Expand for more
r (Writers of the Future, volume I)
watched my wife give birth to our son (William Barrett Pimple 9/15/84)
became a published comic book author (Libby Ellis; 8 issues 1987-88)
fell in love with baseball
left USWest to become a database contractor
accepted a full time position with Telcor, an computer consulting firm
gave up the science fiction writing business
lost a little weight
changed jobs to work for Informix Software, Inc.
gained some weight
got rid of one of the cars
grew a goatee
gave up the comic book business and hobby
shaved off the goatee (on the day Burl Ives died; I took it as a sign)
buried my father
worked on an entertainment web site for fun and a little profit
left Informix (the day after my 10th anniversary with the company)
became technical producer for the afore-mentioned web site
left that job after 3 months
started working as an independent contractor, pounding Informix code
lost some weight
And there you have it.
I'm thinking of shaving off my moustache.
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