Edhawk & Associates, again  --  1996-2001
		After the overwhelming demise of Cinnabar, I admit I was quite shaken, and my agoraphobic condition became overwhelming as well.  Some days I literally could not get out the front door.  The small house I had moved to was adjacent to a small shopping center anchored by a grocery store.  I could walk next door for food and such.  My pharmacy and my doctor, however, were across town.  At times, I would have have to call my retired father to collect my prescriptions and to take me to doctor's visits.  After nearly a year of this, my parent's felt that it would be best for all involved, for me to move in with them in the house I was raised in.  I had to agree.  This was the first time in twenty years I lived outside Los Gatos.       The first year in this situation, I was determined to mount a lawsuit myself, to reclaim some of my money, and some of my good name.  I worked doggedly at organizing my business files and discussing my situation with a variety of lawyers.  After months and months of work, I finally tapered off on the effort as it seemed my only real legal option was to hire a high tech speciality law firm.  The ones referred to me all had the same financial set up, a $25,000 retainer, and monthly billing due upon presentation.  Obviously I was in no position to use these firms.  Slowly my wrath and ambition gave way to the resolution that I really could not do much to salvage my success.       Concurrently, I began a job search, but not with much enthusiam, there were too glaring factors that worked against me; my lack of any formal computer education or training, and the agoraphobia, not that I advertised the agoraphobia, but the reality was how could I commute to a job, reliably, like everyother Silicon Valley employee?  Of the many dozens of resumes I sent out, the agoraphobia issue never came up as I never recieved a single call from any of the submissions.      I turned back to consulting.  During the time I had been so involved with my business, it's collapse and my attempts to resurrect or at least clear it's name, the World Wide Web grew exponetially.  I had paid no attention to it.  In our Bell Labs/Unix world, we had been using the Internet for years.  We viewed the World Wide Web as a toy for the uninitiated.  Likewise, the ever incompassing MicroSoft Windows operating system was pretty much ignored by the computer community I was involved in.  Trying to sell myself as an expert in this entirely new computer world meant I had a lot of catching up to do.  Additonally, in terms of getting a job with some computer related company, my age is a factor as well.  I have to compete with young college graduates, specialized in a specfic realm of the new computer world, having grown up with MicroSoft Windows and the World Wide Web.      I have come up with a business concept I feel to be unique and marketable, but it is still in development.  I have worked with a half dozen outfits to explore and clarify this idea, but it's still in development.  I continue to work on it.
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