Physics and Math
What can I say; I liked smart men. He showed it early. Read More …
Author: admin
Sue Christensen is Kurt's wife and this website is a labor of love. I built one other website in 2013 for carrollgardenclub.org and also maintain a Facebook page for that group. This website, being hoodelesque will mutate over time into something useful but difficult to describe!
1974
1974 Alexandria, VA Teaching Asst for AP Physics without Calculus. Dating Debbie Blinn. Somewhere around here Grandfather Mitchell dies. Wrecked Chrysler Newport.
High School Yearbook Photos
Interesting to see the progression. You can also guess when he got new braces and new contacts. Read More …
High School Buddies
This is an area of Kurt’s life that had a lot of stories associated with it. Read More …
Rock and Roll
I understood that Kurt used to play in a garage band with his buds from TC Williams. I know he played strings as a child (viola or violin, ukelele maybe?) but he didn’t read music. He could play guitar in Read More …
While Dad’s Away…
When Dad was in Tehran, turning the Persian Gulf into a swimming hole for the Shah of Iran, Mali slightly over-harvested the asparagus. Meanwhile, I made the command decision NOT to go off to Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, Read More …
College Bound? Not yet
At a crossroads about college, apparently Read More …
GMU
1975 Alexandria, VA Started as Jr. in Physics Program at George Mason U. Wrecked Torino. Got a Javelin.
Tinker Toy Tech
1976 Alexandria, VA Dropped out of GMU. Started engineering curriculum at NVCC. Annandale campus was called Tinkertoy Tech on the Turnpike. Started working as a TV Repairman for Halls TV and Electronics.
In Between Times
1977 Alexandria, VA Completed reading the entire RCA Receiving Tube Manual. Wrecked the Javelin. Bought AMX for $400. Needed some parts I already had from the Javelin. AMX exceeded 150mph on I-395.