Mike's Past...

1970: Born in Twin Falls, ID.

1974: Gained a new relative... my sister Helen Joy.

1975-77: Attended Lincoln Elementary.

1977-1983: Attended Twin Falls Christian Academy (Babtist doctrine).

1981-1987: Cadet in Civil Air Patrol, which is the Air Force auxillary. Attained rank of Cadet Captain and got to order a whole bunch of other kids around. Gained an affection for the Air Force, especially F-111's.

1983-84: Attended public school once again at the Vera O'Leary Junior High School (9th grade in Twin Falls was upper-class Jr. Hi.).

1985-88: Twin Falls Sr. Hi.

1988: GRADUATED (*cheers*) fellow graduates include: Sean Larabee.

1988-90: Moved to Moscow, ID. Attended the University of Idaho. I started out in Chemical Engineering, but I regret those years. I lived on campus as a GDI in Borah Hall.

1990: Changed major to Computer Science.

1991-1994: Worked summers for the State of Idaho Department of Water Resources, southern region (Twin Falls). Mostly, I administered on-site water right licensing exams, but also strayed into well safety/inspection and Snake River Basin Adjudication (SRBA) territory. Many proud Vandals work for IDWR.

1993: Left the dorms, and wished I had done so one year earlier. Moved to White Harlem, lightyears ahead of the dorms. Roommates: Clay Youngblood, Jeff Tiegs.

1994: Gained two new relatives. My bro-in-law J.Carlos Santos, and my neice Cora Luz(born August 10, 1994).

1995-96:Worked for Computer Services's(now called ITS) Networks and Systems for Scott Mix. Mainly, I maintained software on the student lab novell servers.

1996-:Fell into the best job ever! (Thanks Bengt!) Check out First Step Internet.