| After I left Liberia, I made
a switch to geology and went to the Univ. of Montana for a couple or years and
finished up at the Univ. of Chicago. Until 1995, I worked on the
properties of geological materials at high pressures/temperatures at the USGS in
Reston, VA. During that time, I got married and divorced. In '95, my
division at the USGS downsized by 25%, the end of my geology career. About
that time, Cindy and I got serious; I made a switch to programming; and
we moved to Urbana, IL for 3 years. Much too flat and isolated! Two years
ago, we packed up and moved here to Portland. We're real happy here --
good friends and neighbors. |