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Graduating and Finding My 1st Computer Programming Job

Graduating and Finding My 1 st Computer Programming Job My brother-in-law, Ron, who I've been friends with since the 7 th grade, once accused me of just wanting a chance to prove that money meant nothing to me. I had decided that I was ready to move on from college. I went down to the University office to apply to graduate and found the degree I was planning to graduate with (General Social Sciences) had been discontinued and since I had not previously declared it as my major I was “shit out of luck”. OK, I looked at all the various graduation requirements and at the hodge-podge list of classes I'd taken. Using my superior analytical skills I figured out that my quickest path to graduation was to make Computer Science my major. I needed a secondary emphasis and I had plenty of philosophy classes to qualify. Well those dirty rats rejected my philosophy choice. The reason given was philosophy was not a suitable secondary emphasis for Computer Science. I

Racing with a Snow Storm

Racing with a Snow Storm A 1970 Toyota Corolla I have both a brother and sister. I am the oldest, 2 and a half years older than my sister Babs and 9 and a half years older than my brother Pete. Being the oldest I could usually get my way and was not above taking advantage of my siblings. Well that was mostly Babs as it didn't apply to Pete much because of the large age difference. I indeed took advantage of my sister a number of times but have to point out she was not a pushover by any means. I once traded all my old 45's to her in exchange for a couple of albums she had that I wanted. I then borrowed back the 45's. When I decided I wanted to learn how to play the guitar, I got Babs' to sell me her guitar for $5 but never actually paid her. Those are two examples I remember. I am sure Babs remembers many more and some of them might even be true... The Divorce was done and now I needed to sell the Toyota for no profit. It was a 1970 Toyota Coro