Robert Tyson:  

I graduated from the University of Florida in the spring of 1981. I married and returned to Lake City for about a year. During that time I worked for 84 Lumber and my oldest daughter was born at Alachua General. I did a short stint (very short...don't ask) at WGRO-AM. I moved to Washington, North Carolina and worked at WITN-TV. It was a small station in a really small town, but the place had a interesting history as one of Blackbeard's chosen spots. That got me started on a pirate history kick in recent years (also credit the internet with making it easy to research such things). My son was born during my years in NC. I managed to end up in video engineering during my stay at WITN-TV. I eventually ended up in my current location, near Richmond, Virginia. I worked for WRIC-TV as a Master Control Operator, but eventually left television for the computer industry (yes folks, I became a proud computer geek). I worked for an army contractor in automated logistics and wore a variety of hats for 13 years. The contract eventually ran out and the company folded up. I worked as a temp for a few months and landed a job as a mainframe operator at Virginia Commonwealth University,...Expand for more