Mark Donaldson:  

Life Three high schools and three universities has left my school years scattered around the country. I started high school at Penn-Trafford High, PA. I did two years at Murray High School, KY and left there about two-thirds the way through my senior year and finished at Fairhope High, AL. My father's job changes were the driver for this and I don't regret it much. Each change led to new opportunities to remake myself a bit and try to leave behind the pains of teenage high school life. All things being equal, I would've liked to graduate Murray but Fairhope had its southern charms (and my first real teenage romance that'll always be special despite my stupidity during that time. {Hi Michelle, hope to hear from you someday}). I graduated from Fairhope High School (AL) in 1983 and started college at the University of South Alabama. I transferred after two years to later graduate Auburn Univ in '88 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. I spent some time getting a graduate degree and left Georgia Tech in '89 to go to work for the phone company in Kansas. (Wow. 10 years summed up just like that.) I have been working as a corporate computer geek running high-end computing systems for most of my career. I've been in the Denver area the last 11 years managing large database systems for various employers. I just missed the profitable part of the internet bubble so I'm stuck with having to work everyday. Married twice, divorced twice (sigh). The second divorce was just completed in late July '07. No kids from the first marriage but three in the second. I got a bit of a late start at this so all the kids are elementary school age. Two boys and a girl and all have their individual sparks and quirks. I'm just restarting this post-divorce life again with everything I had right out of college (except the three kids part). I drive a 17 year old SUV with over a qu...Expand for more