Bubble Gum Interview- Jim Duncan
Just when you thought you knew your favorite bloggers, along comes the Bubble Gum Interviews. We ask the really tough questions about things like food preferences, high school stories and favorite hair products. Today we chat with Jim Duncah of the Real Central VA blog and boy was this a fun interview; let’s get started!
Tell us a funny story about one of your children. If you don’t have any, make one up.
I’ve picked my brain and can’t pick one simple vignette. Every day with my kids brings laughter.
Oh come on, Jim…
From a letter sent home from day care:
(Three year old) was not a good listener today. She climbed up on tables and chairs and jumped off. She wouldn’t help clead up the toys before circle time and has ignored me at other ties during the day when I asked her to do something.
If you had to listen to radio for an hour, would it be Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern or silence? Why?
Silence. Both tend to blather on too much for my taste.
What’s your favorite pair of shoes?
A pair my wife got for me in New York last year. A pair of Cole Haan shoes that not only look snazzy, they’re Nike Air and wicked comfortable.
What is the best show on TV right now?
SportsCenter and Squawk Box. Unquestionably.
Do you believe in man purses (or uh, over-the-shoulder-briefcases)?
Yes - my mac goes with me wherever I go (for better or worse) and I have an Empire Builder from Tom Bihn. Not only is it wildly functional, but they also have brilliant customer service.
What is the greatest threat to the American civilization?
Our education system, our culture’s complacency, lack of innovation, sacrifice and drive to improve.
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So, there you have it. Jim is a man-purse enthusiast who uses the word “wicked,” has an affinity for Berman and may actually have a monkey as a child. Now that you really know Jim, what do you think?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:59 am
just say no to the ‘murse’ but I say yes to the Cole Hauns with Nike support and having a monkey for a kid is very in right now. =] great interview
October 27th, 2007 at 4:03 am
My daughter was 3 when she dropped her first (and to date only) “F” bomb while at day care. (Okay, she said it again in the retelling to me that night and again the next day when I picked her up.)
My ex-wife wasn’t anywhere close to mollified when the very first question I asked was whether my daughter’s use of the word had been grammatically correct.
It had been. I thought that was worth something at 3 years old.
October 27th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Ha!
A few months ago she started with, “Oh Sh**” … at appropriate times. We’d something away and she’d respond with a head shake and oh, sh..
She learned it from her mother, I swear.
Lani - thanks so much for this interview. I sincerely appreciate all the time you spent on this one and the entire series.