James Pickren:  

It's difficult sum up almost thirty years of your life in one column, but its been a pretty good ride so far. God has blessed me with good family and friends, though I wish I were better about keeping in touch. I have never married or had children, but I still hope to do so. It's been sometimes sad, sometimes boring and sometimes exciting, but mostly happy. I hope to see most of my old friends and aquaintances again sometime. If you would like to know more of what I've been doing since 1980, you can see a summary below: After High School, I attended San Jacinto College South for a few years and got an Associates Degree. It was nice because I was able to continue to my friendships with many of the people I knew at Dobie and make new friends with many who had graduated from nearby high schools such as Clear Creek, Clear Lake, Pearland, and Friendswood. Upon graduation from San Jacinto. I continued my education at UH Clear Lake, but suffered from a severe eye infection and dropped out for a semester. Although legally blind in one eye, I still wanted to complete my Bachelor's degree, so I transferred to Dallas Baptist University where my younger brother was going on scholarship. I graduated from DBU with a BS in Computer Science in the spring of 1986. After getting my Bachelors, I continued for a semester towards my MBA, but did not finish. I took a job with Computer Sciences Corp at NASA as a co...Expand for more