i attended st. anthony's grade school, roncalli high school and graduated the university of south dakota with a ba in english literature. i began delivering papers @ 8 began working @ 10 for a registered hereford ranch & as a milker for the largest dairy in the state. i've been a soda jerk, a haberdasher, worked in a music store, moved pianos and furniture, drove a garment truck in chinatown, tended bar, waited tables in san francisco and, for the past 25 years until 2008, was a loan hack for a fortune 500 company.