Gary Holcomb:  

Life Hello: Well, I'm not sure if it's really very intereting, but I'll give it a try. After high school I did a very short and painfully unsweet stint in the Army. At about 21 I found myself living in Berkeley and found it to be interesting and congenial enough to hold me for about the next twenty years or so. There I worked some, went to community college (a bit at DVC) some and after ten years or so finally was able to transfer to Cal where I did two years worth of units in four years, and got a BA in history. So, if taking fourteen years to get an undergraduate degree isn't a record, it might well be as close to one as any reasonable person would admit to. After completing my undergraduate studies, I seriously considered attempting an advanced degree. But the thought of an additional six years of study in an academic milieu where unerring performance carried out at machine-gun rate was a sine qua non, combined with an unexpected and rapidly crystalling desire to stake a financial claim in the world ultimately dissuaded. So, instead of getting a phud at Cal, I was able to secure a mid-level administrative position there, which I stayed in for the next seven years. During that time, I managed to save enough $ tindulge a lifelong dream: travel abroad. I admit it was a seemingly small dream, but for som...Expand for more