Was machts du
What is the last thing you learned?
Who Knows
I am still figuring out what I learned here. I was at a blank, writing a story and all of a sudden the words came flowing out of me. I learned to be patient with the writing process and myself.
Simple Things
I recently learned I liked foaming milk in my coffee. I learned my wife has an interview in Seattle so we could be moving. It is always something.
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.
Hate is a very strong word because communication is a good thing. As couples we spend a lot of time on this question what would you like for dinner or where would you like to go for dinner?
As for what would you like for dinner? I cook all the time so I just decide that’s an easy one.
Where would you like to go for dinner is more difficult. The city of Vancouver Washington does not have great options for vegans.
We don’t eat out all that often and when we do, I don’t feel like driving into Portland.
Like I did said before it’s still communication and I am not cooking. So when someone else is cooking, I don’t complain. They’re just not a great answer to it. Where would you like to go for dinner?
Road Trips
This makes it so much easier as there are no choices so you’re stuck with a Taco Bell bean burrito, no cheese, extra onions, extra tomatoes.
And hopefully nobody asks me this
It was a parallel move of sorts or maybe it was a demotion who knows. I was offered the job and I thought about it for a while.
I was early on into my career. A company I was working for wanted me to move to the Home office. I was working for Black & Decker at the time.
I said no thank you and quit. I went back to grad school. It’s not often you get an opportunity like that.
About a year earlier for the same company, I was offered a promotion for a job in southern Georgia or maybe it was Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. When you’re in your mid 20s, your life can go in many different directions. I probably would’ve married Dolly Parton. She’s not my type. She’s better off without me.
At this point in time, I can’t imagine myself living in rural, Georgia, fishing for bass and drinking cheap beer. I didn’t have life figured out back then.
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?
My book opens with the line-
He was born at a very early age.
It needs a typo or something as I usually screw up the first line anxious to see where this story goes.
But the he second line would not read.
When he was younger, because that was always true and would be doubly redundant.
