After Tom graduated from college in 1991, he moved to San Luis Obispo and started a mobile bicycle repair business. Although his idea for that business was ingenious and innovative, and he was very good at it, he discovered that the market for that service was limited. So he ended up moving to Santa Barbara […]
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Tom wrote the following letter in February of 1991. He would soon celebrate his 22nd birthday. At that point, he was still living at his mom’s place in Santa Monica. He was going to college in the Valley, and in May of that year he would graduate with his bachelor’s degree. Dear Dad, Since I […]
When Tom was a child, he and I wrote each other a lot of letters. Unfortunately, the two of us were apart a lot. During his infancy and early childhood, I was often at sea, and later, when Tom was four years old, his mom and I separated. Tom lived with his mom in southern […]
Tom graduated from college in May of 1991. One of his first projects after graduating was to research, and then start, a bicycle repair business in San Luis Obispo. Although the business ultimately did not prove profitable, it was an interesting adventure for Tom, and one he approached with his usual energy and enthusiasm. That […]
