Mark Williamson:  

Life After working a series of mindless jobs in and around Clayton County, I decided that I needed an education lest I'd be trapped there my whole life. I worked for Cotter and Company, Winn Express and Clayton General Hospital, among others. So, I enrolled at West Georgia in 1988, and eventually earned a BS in Criminal Justice. When I graduated, I got a job as a bill collector. I hated every single minute of it. So I quit that, got hired on at UPS as a loader and went back to WGC for my Master's degree. I never got that degree. I quit school after finishing all the course work and with a 3.9 average. Buy me a drink somewhere and I'll tell you that story. I had a good time in grad school, majoring mostly in beer and girls. During summer break I spent 3 months in Europe, living off savings, doing nothing, traveling, getting my first tattoo. During my final year at grad school, my Danish girlfriend came and we ran off to Vegas and got hitched at The Graceland Wedding Chapel. With no plans for the future and a wife in Europe, I sold or gave away nearly everything I owned, bought a one-way ticket and moved to Copenhagen. I spent five years or so there, living the expatriate life of penury with my bride and our dogs, being a dishwasher, short order cook, bouncer, and "cellar master." On my off days, I'd ride around Copenhagen on my bike and just hang out. I fancied myself some sort of latter day Henry Miller. Ah, delusions. I'd take five-week long vacations to go fishing in the North Sea. I'd sit around and try to play blues on my guitar. I'd try to learn to do bunny-hops on my new BMX bike. I traveled a bit. I've been to England, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Mexico and Canada. In 1999, I flew into Seattle and rented a car and drove it across the country. My folks stil...Expand for more