And now, to close out the Reader Request week, short thoughts on a bunch of topics:. Are there any out there that interest you? That said, I frequently enjoy reading sports journalism, which I think is often livelier than most other sorts, and more fun to read.
I also, interestingly, wrote a sports newsletter for AOL that went out to hundreds of thousands of readers weekly, and it deeply amused me to do it. My highlight with that was the time I called the winners all but one of the college bowls.
I should have run a pool. This comes in handy when meeting people outside my usual circles. If so, then what would you have mounted? How many people do you know who are in the same careers as their parents? Did you ever consider it. Would you want your kid to consider it? My parents had jobs, not careers, and in any event I knew very early on that I wanted to be a writer, which neither of them were, so that solved that.
My own daughter happens to be a very good writer, and I would be happy to see her try her hand at it for a career. But what I would rather see is for her to do the things that interest her. If not, great. How did this come about? Did you experiment in college? Was there something you preferred, back in the day, that went off the market, and this was your next-best thing?
Do you occasionally peruse other beverages out of curiosity or a sense of novelty? When I was younger I preferred the taste of Coke over Pepsi or other colas, and as I got older I switched over to no sugar versions because the sugared version was making me fat because I drank too much of it.
