Ron Bartleet:  

Life Okay so I read this all the time, but here goes.... My adult life truly began 12 years ago with the birth of my son. Strange how such a little thing puts all the rest of your life in perspective. From a professional side, I am involved in the technology field and have been for over 20 years. If pressed, I would probably say my specialty is considered startup, integration, and mergers and aquisitions of companies. I have been part of the start up of a couple of mortgage firms, and then ridden the merger and aquisition bus a few times with those companies, and been on both sides of the fence. Personnaly, it seems I work too much, but I still enjoy the things I have always loved, riding my bike to the beach, golfing, and surfing, although it has been a struggle finding free time. Besides my son, I also have a big yellow lab who decided that I am his best friend. Between the two of them, I always feel the love. College College..... Leaving Torrance for New York at age 18 was probably the smartest thing I did. It forced me to be completely independent, while also showing me that there is no better place for me to live than in Southern California, and no better place to be than close to family..... Did you know in parts of this country they have 4 different seasons? West Point, New York: The Heat - I first survived a sweltering summer of heat, humidity, and daily 3:00pm rain storms. Life revolved around getting as much done as possible outside early in the day, before the weather breathed like Hades into the lives of the undead. I arrived at school in New York on July 1st at descent football playing weight for a freshman of 227lbs, but after 6 weeks on this crash course of heat, sweat, and a West Point Plebe diet, I emerged at a mere 195lbs. When I flew back to Torrance to play in the 1979 Lion's Charity game, no one could believe that the 2 years of work that was put into gaining weight for football could be wiped out in a mere 6 weeks (yes you read it right, I had to work at buking up for football in high school). Come to think about it, maybe it's time to revisit that West Point diet. The jewel of the seasons was definitely the fall. My first...Expand for more