Scott Curry:  

Life I left high school after my Junior year and joined Air Force. I became a linguist (North Vietnamese) but about the only thing I remember is, "Don't shoot me, I know secrets." The best thing about that experience was that it introduced me to Monterey, Ca. After I got out of the Air Force, I returned to Kansas, then hitchhiked back and forth to West Coast several times. What can I say, it was a different era. I settled in Monterey Bay area and came out shortly after that. I worked in restaurants for several years, then bought, lived on and sailed a sailboat for a couple of years. I moved to San Francisco, then to a sleepy town north of San Francisco. I worked in a wild animal reserve and took care of lions, tigers, wolves and a chimp; and also took them around to schools to try to raise awareness for species that were endangered. I came home again in the late 70's for a short time, and worked at Cosmosphere - when it was much smaller and before Max made off with the artifacts. I moved back to California again, then met a French woman whose visa was expiring and moved to Southern France with her. Stayed there for awhile, then moved to Kansas again. I'd played the piano since I was about 4, so I started playing in a band. We toured a bit around the midwest with a mildly successful band - mainly bacause of Martina McBride's voice, back before she was McBride's bride. I decided to study music, so I left the band and went back to school. College. After 7 years of studying in every major area, I graduated in Music, along with several other huge amoun...Expand for more