Jack Netek:  

Life: New improved federal restrictions on boredom outlaw the posting of my full bio. But the drier parts are... Graduated from DPHS in 1986. (Duh!) Cum Laude and National Merit Commended Student. (All you had to do was send in the box tops!) Went to UofH for a semester or two. Skipped classes, hustled pool, got a lot of parking tickets. Have worked in: -Fast Food: McDonald's, Godfather's -Retail: Wal-Mart, Stargel -Industrial: Parkem (now defunct, I think), Brown & Root, & Shell (DPMC), ICO Polymers -Technology: Patriot Computer Services (My consulting/service company), SMA Microsystems, Enron (Broadband Services, Net Works), Lyondell-Equistar -Other entrepreneurial endeavors: Quorum, Nikken, a salon (owner/manager- No, I didn't do hair!) Presently, living in NE Harris County, working for American Fire Systems. Playing music and singing wherever I can... Most importantly, being dad and husband to my family. School: Growing up in the public school systems of Pasadena & Deer Park was at least fairly entertaining. In high school, I was placed in advanced/honor courses where I would get bored, stop doing homework, still ace the tests, and get kicked down to the regular -or worse: remedial - classes. The next year would start the cycle over again. I had some fans among the teachers; yet many others seemingly resented the fact that I would not brown nose them or live up to their estimation of my potential in their classes. To all my teachers, thanks for the info and laughs and apologies for the hijinx and scorn. You probably won't know who I feel gets which, but it's said more for my closure anyway. All in all, I learned well enough and slacked strategically, graduating in the top 12% of my class. Some will remember the columns I wrote for the newspaper; some will remember me from band; still others will have no clue about me and may not remember anything of their high school years other than they spent a lot of time in ISC. College: I don't know that two semesters of University of Houston - University Park qualifies me to have an actual college bio, but I shall sally forth with this one anyway. Hopefully, the College Bio Police will be merciful. All in all, my college career was cut short by a equal parts lack of discipline, lack of desire, and wanderlust. As a full time student, I spent more time in the Honors underground playing Dungeon-something on the ...Expand for more