Football, Cooking, Classic Poets, Food Allergies, Cigars and Humidors, Cocktails, Education, Parenting, Restaurant Business, Bilingual Children, Electric cars
Football, Children's Books, Fishing, Hiking, Bicycling, Monkeying with Kids, Cooking, Czech Language, Pets, Spoken Word, Electric Cars, Alternative Energy
Eighty received a broad liberal arts education heavily focussed on writing. His professors exposed him to a wide range of books and authors. He produced poetry, short stories, scripts and essays every week. He decided his strength was telling a small story in a brief focussed form. Poetry and advertising are best suited to his style.
Eighty is a Seattle Seahawks fan deep into the team and the sport. He worked his way up from contributor to editor at The Penalty Flag. He is currently working with Rant Sports, a larger and more professional organization. He sees the larger lessons in the world of athletic competition and attempts to share them without being didactic.
Eighty writes about poetry, poets, writing tips, online education and the changing education industry. His own bilingual children are part of his motivation. He loves precise use of language. The rapidly evolving education world fascinates him.
Eighty has worked on the front lines of the hospitality business his whole life. The characters serving and being served fascinate him. His ear for dialogue and eye for personality developed in the F&B industry.
On his own time, he loves to cook for his family. He motivates himself through the work week by dreaming of the meat marinating in his fridge. His oldest son has food allergies, forcing him to be adaptive and creative.
He was once the fastest and most improvisational bartender around. He makes drinks with heart and also efficiency. Ask not if the cocktail takes too long. Rather, streamline your production and build the drink faster.
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