Rebirth of the Interview Meme

[thebitterguy]

Gracias a tenzil

1. Uday. Qusay. Splain.

I have two brothers, Adrian & Eugene. During GWII, Adrian went down to NYC on a business trip (or possibly booty call; we're not sure). While there, he recalled me expounding on my great covetousness for a pack of Iraq's Most Wanted playing cards. He got me one (a knock off since about 15% of them had silhouettes instead of photos).

Saddam, as everyone knows, had two boys, Uday & Qusay. After finding their cards (King & Queen of Spades, IIRC), I took to calling my brothers Uday & Qusay.

2. Bitterness. Pre- or post- SF?

Science Fiction? Sex Fantasy? Single Fatherhood?

The whole Bitter Guide was brought about as a result of mindrobber hosting the Canadian Science Fiction and Resource Guide a few years ago, now sadly deceased. One day, he asked our writer's group to provide for him a list of suggested books. Mine was titled "The Bitter Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy".

I was bitter because of a horrid, HORRID relationship/relationship ending that had happened just before I graduated J school and Interned with The Wolf. I then ended up spending several months jobless in smalltown Ontario, before being shipped off to TO to start new training.

I swear, I'm not that bitter. It's just a title.

3. What kind of beer do you like? Focus on beers served within a few blocks of my upcoming downtown hotel stay.

Question to be answered later.

Edit: Beer is not my poison of choice. Beer serves best with serious food; if I'm just having a few drinks, I'll go with hard liquor (cuba libre!). I prefer lager n' ale to stout. It works best with a grilled food.

Really, the best beer is a free beer. Second best is the nearest beer.

4. What's your stance on the whole Iraq thing? Don't be shy.

I'm never shy. Just tactful.

I think it's great that they deposed a horrible, horrible dictator. I think it sucks that they had to lie to everyone about why they were doing it. I think it sucks more that revisionists and spin doctors are now going "it doesn't matter if their arguments were lies, their results were noble!"

It's all turned into some mad, mad Ends vs Means debate, and now people are still dying at a steady rate. Oh, yeah. And they've done the whole 'alienate traditional allies' thingy.

5. Would you come to the States for a job with a money truck associated with it? Not that I have one of those. I know Canuckistanis who would love to live in the States and others who'd rather jump off of, um, something tall.

I'd move to Beirut for a good enough paycheck, and the States has a lower crime rate. If it involved a decent pension plan and company provided health care to compensate for the loss of my native born system, in a heartbeat. Snra would need work too, though.

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