Patrick Haggood:  

College There's too much to mention from that single year. But, we've got highlights! (sorry, Bernie) - nude swim in the Huron river - speeding ticket driving across the diag - my first apartment - hacking the room phone system - Oh, I'm a Truck Drivin' man! - Terry. - Lynn. - Barb. - Karen - Macintoshes really suck - Is that calc teacher really speaking english? - My automatic paper writing program that automatically generated what my black studies teachers told me had to be the 'worst example of writing she'd ever seen and was I even literate?'. Really should have read what the computer generated before I turned it in. - learning to eat with chopsticks - carrying my new (ok, used) desk 8 blocks on my back to my new apt - learning to make pretzels and bagels (hint: boiling water) - IBM360 assembler is nothing like c-basic. - red hot lovers. - real jazz - ethnic dance - river spelunking in a leaky boat yeah, it was a very good year... Workplace After HS I went to U-Mich for a year. During that time I worked about three PT jobs (driver for Physics dept, computer tech in Education dept, computer salesman). After leaving UM I moved to DC and worked selling educational software and computer training. Next I got a job as a computer tech for a local computer services firm. Came back to D-town in 1987 looking to complete school and return to DC. Worked about three places 87-89; software sales and hardware repair, dBase programmer and a really fun 4mo gig as one of those ...Expand for more