Fast Facts
- Dream job: It’s obvious. The one I have.
- Favorite “real” job: Working as a reporter for The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, right after college. All the editors had just been promoted and weren’t embroiled in nasty power struggles.
- Worst job: Food runner in the college cafeteria. That lasted for two weeks.
- Favorite television shows: The Office and Big Love
- Favorite place to visit: Any beach
- Favorite way to travel: Bicycle
- Favorite way to spend a Saturday: Kayaking
- Greatest mentor: My mother, who suffered a paralyzing stroke at age 66 and fought so hard to live a great life. She is still alive at age 82, with Alzheimer’s.
- Best part of my job: Writing and speaking.
- Part of my job that takes the most time: Marketing. That’s 90 percent of it.
- Worst part of my job: Too many e-mails. Hundreds and hundreds of e-mails every day
- Favorite interviewee: People always Can’t say. I’d never get another one.
- What I like to read in the sauna: US Magazine (I am very highbrow)
- My life at home: I can’t cook and rarely try. Plus, I am messy. Call before coming over.
- Animals: Too many. Two dogs. Three cats. The cats were not planned.
- Children: None.
- Politics: It’s pretty obvious.
- Favorite movies: Shirley Valentine, Thelma and Louise and The Sound of Music
- General mood: Always optimistic. Usually happy. Forever grateful.
- Favorite place to live: Where I live right now. Clearwater, Florida.
- Hometown: Flint, Michigan
- Spirituality: Always.
