Jim Edson:  

After a very short stint at CSU, I started working at the North Star Drive In Theatre. That's where I met my wife Pat (her brother is Garry Anderson). Then, in order to move up in the world, I started as a janitor at Mountain Bell. Easy to stay employed there and plenty of opportunity to learn new things. Next assignment was cable repair. That lasted about 7 more years (up to 9 now) then they trained me to be a computer programmer (now you know why your phone bills are so screwed up). Ended up spending the rest of my "career" in data systems, eventually moving (in 1991) to the Seattle area. I 'retired' in 2001 after serving for 31 years, just before Nachio tanked the company. I then goofed around for a while, spent a year working in Home Depot's plumbing department, 2 years selling real estate for RE/MAX, 2 years doing structural/pest home inspections, and now am back in the IT world working for the University of Washington Medical Center doing server placements and monitoring. Along the way we had 2 daughters. Danielle is now in her late 30s, is living in the Seattle area with her mate Brian and 3 children. Britney is 17, loves dance and theatre, and is going to Europe for 4 weeks this summer. Hanna is 14, and depending on the day of the week has various hair colors, and is very artistic. Zachary is 8 going on 40. He gets bored very easily except when on the computer. He's probably smarter than all of the r...Expand for more