Bron Praslicka:  

1958 Once upon a time, a LONG TIME AGO, I was born in Fort Worth, Texas - Harris Hospital to be exact, so I am officially a native Texan. 1961 - 1966 We lived in Fort Worth until I was 3, then my father was transferred to Atlanta, GA. In first and second grade I attended Tara Elementary in Atlanta. Actually it is located at 937 Mt. Zion Road- Morrow, GA 30260 which is just south of Atlanta. We lived just a few blocks away from the school on Bimini Dr. I didn't know until I was older that Tara was the name of the plantation in "Gone with the Wind". I do remember that as a first and second grader we thought it was cool that Tara spelled backwards is "A Rat" - sounds like something a first grader would think of right... My sister, Kim, was born in April of 1962 in Atlanta, so she is officially a "Georgia Peach". 1966 - 1967 At the end of my second grade school year, my father was transferred back to Fort Worth. We moved back that summer and lived in a rent house on Evelyn Drive in Richland Hills. I attended third grade at Glenview Elementary. In the fall of 1966 my family bought a couple of acres in Keller from my dad's brother, Willie Praslicka. Mom had always liked old homes and antiques, and so they were excited to find an old abandoned home in Haslet. They bought the home and had it moved to the property at 1331 Bancroft Road just north of Mount Gilead Baptist church. I remember the house being moved that spring. It was a two story house and too big to be moved in one piece - so they actually cut the house in half - moved the two pieces and then put it back together - pretty cool. 1967 - 1976 I started to Keller Elementary in the 4th grade, which the Elementary back then was the building they now use for the Administrative building on FM 1709. I graduated from Keller High School in 1976. 1976 - 1983 I attended Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth my Freshman year. But I didn't know what I wanted to major in, and felt like I was just wasting my time so I left after the first year. I decided to work for a year or two and decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. After several years of working I decided to go back to College, but this time I decided to go away from home. I ended up going to Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, TX. I went there for several years and really loved the college and the people, but I was majoring in Computer Science, and their program was still very new and I wanted to find a school that had a stronger program. I ended up leaving mid-year, over Christmas break, and changing to North Texas University (which was North Texas State University at that time). I graduated in December of 1983 with a BS in Computer Science. 1984 - 1995 I met a girl from Irving during college and we married in 1985. We lived in Irving for almost 15 years and during that time we had 3 children. Our daughter Brianne was the first, born in 1987. Brice, our second, was born in 1991 (on Christmas day), and Bryton our youngest boy was born in 1996. I went to work in the Business System Consulting sector, working for companies like Grant Thornton, Arthur Andersen and Deloitte. I enjoyed the 11 years I worked in the sector and learned a great deal. 1995 - 2001 In 1995 the Internet suddenly became real and businesses wanted to migrate to the web. I ended up joining several web focused consulting companies such as USWeb...Expand for more