Jim Bradley:  

Life is a long story. With lots of sudden twists and turns, and the occasional cliffhanger where our hero clings to the edge of losing everything, only to claw back once again. Such is life. I'll save you the gory bits, and just give a glimpse. Classmates likes to include me in the Lompoc HS class of 80, as well as the Knob Noster class of 80. To be clear, I only attended LHS for four months in my junior year (fall '78. I'm afraid I won't remember very many people from Lompoc, but a few to be sure, I'll certainly remember. Still, forgive my memory, it ain't what it used to be. From Lompoc, I went to Smith Cotton High School in Sedalia, Missouri for two weeks. Then on to Knob Noster High School where I stayed till I graduated in January 1980. After Knob Noster, I started college at CMSU in March and proceeded to spent the next ten years in three states: Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. I changed my college major twice, and did not graduate till '90, with a degree in Geography (minor in Political Science). I served as CMSU Residental Hall Association President, and CMSU Geography Club/Gamma Theta Upsilon President. I worked in all sorts of jobs. I almost got married once, the wedding was to be on the 4th of July but was called off two days before. One of those twists and turns indeed. As the 90's came I was working on a Masters in Geography at University of Nebraska at Omaha, concentrating on Climatology and Remote Sensing. And then, the Cold War c...Expand for more