Marty Ball:  

I always wanted to be a psychologist when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good idea. As it turns out, they were almost right. I NEED a psychologist. LOL Half kidding. I didn't go to college after high school. I became what is known as a "non-traditional student" by finally starting as a freshman at 35 years-old. I got my bachelor's degree in psychology and got half-way through my master's and my job side-tracked me by transferring me 200 miles away. Never got back on track, but I'm good where I am. To tell you the truth, psychology can be a soul-tearing job. My practicums sent me home depressed on quite a few days. I spent my mid twenties through early thirties singing in a hard rock band. That was a gas! Played in the tri-state area of Ohio-Michigan-Indiana. Some of you may have seen us. The band was called Wraith. Lot's of cool stories from that time. Maybe I'll relate some here in a blog or something. Maybe... I started out in the Food Service industry at fifteen in Napoleon working in a small Italian Restaurant. A year after graduation, I was Kitchen Manager at the Truck Stop. I worked a few years feeding people, including being Food and Beverage Director at the Napoleon Holiday Inn. In my mid to late twenties I worked in retail and worked as the guy that kills the cattle at a slaughterhouse. Great stories there too believe it or not. During late twenties to early ...Expand for more