About Me:
My Experiences
I've lived all over the world. I've been to Mexico, Okinawa, and
Venezuela. I've visited Asia and South America. I am a world
traveler. But it wasn't by choice.
My father was a career naval officer. So, every few years, my family would pull
up its roots and move to a new place. I went from California to Seattle to
Hawaii and back to California. Then to Venezuela and New Jersey and Corpus
Christi (Texas) then Japan and finally back to my spiritual home - Texas!
My parents have retired to the Northwest, my brother lives on the East Coast and
I'm staying in Texas. Out of all the places I've visited, Texas is by far
the best. It has the best people. It has the best weather (hace muy
caliente!), and it has the best food.
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the Coliseum..........
I have plenty of funny stories about my life. This is one that everyone can
appreciate.
I had just started a new job and was in the office doing some web design. One of
the senior staff members bursts into the office. He had obviously had a day that
was both frustrating and long. As he walks by me, I notice that he has a small
bag with a bottle in in (the kind they give you when you visit the liquor
store). So the fellow yells out, "You know why I like Texas? Because there's a
liquor store on every corner! " He then proceeds to open up his bottle of
Maker's Mark and pours himself a nice long drink. He asks me if I'd like some. I
look around uncomfortably because it's 3:30 in the afternoon on a Thursday and
there is lots of work to be done. I tell him no thanks and try to get back to my
work. Then, another senior member of the staff walks by me with two beers in his
hand and asks me if I want one. I tell him no but he insists that he'll go and
get me one (even though he has two already in his hands). At this point, I'm
wondering what kind of firm that I've joined. I didn't recall a check box on the
application form that asked if I liked alcoholics or was a heavy drinker. Only
later did I find out that my firm has a tradition on Thursday afternoons called
"Wine and Whine " where everyone gets together in the office and vents while
having a drink or two (after all, we are all very much older than 21).
What is the Rob Hiltbrand experience? Well, it's what
I've done and where I've done it. It's who I've done and where I did it.
It's what I've seen and where I've seen it. If one was to look up the
phrase, "been around the block " in the dictionary, my picture would be
the example.
Shari Ellen Harris
My wife Shari and I met while I was working for Covenant Technology Services.
She was a teacher at Wesley Academy in west Houston. I would go in and break the
computers in her classroom just so I'd have to go back later. She never figured
out what I was doing until it was too late. It took my wife a bit of time to
figure out that I was interested in here, but in the end she figured things out
and we have been together ever since.
My Life In Pictures.....
Opinions are like.....
Of course I have an opinion or two about life and what is going on in the
World today. Politics, the environment, Corgis, the Internet, human rights, the
Dallas Cowboys - all very important subjects. So check out my very own
blog.
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