Recently I was interviewed by David Robbins.  He showed up when I wasn’t expecting him.
Or was I?  I wasn’t.
He really put me on the spot.
It was a little unnerving, and it didn’t help that he was wearing a giant taco costume.

You can read all about it at (imagine I drew an arrow back up to David’s name)…

If you could choose anyone in history to interview you (besides David Robbins), who would you choose and why?

The last time I tried to schedule this interview, the timing was not good.  That is why I had to have a sit down with the Easter Bunny around St. Patrick’s Day.  He wasn’t busy, but Leprechaun surely was.  Naturally, now that it is Easter, I was able to track down Leprechaun and have a conversation.  All it took was a little persistence and the ability to find the end of the rainbow (which is harder than you might think).

Me: (Trying to get comfortable on a stump in the middle of the forest.) Well.  You are a tough one to track down.  It took me 3 days to find you.  I almost died twice.  I also was run up a tree by a bear.
Leprechaun: (He runs around me as I sit.  He laughs uproariously and the bells on his little feet jingle annoyingly.)
Me: Lets get started.  ( I start the recorder.)
Leprechaun: (Continues to run and laugh.)
Me: So.  You are a leprechaun which means that…
Leprechaun: (Hops up on a log across from me.) …which means that you just want my gold!  My pot of gold!  Well you can’t have it!  (Runs wildly into the woods expecting me to give chase.)
Me: Screw this.  I’m outta here.

The following is an interview with fellow Beardy, Cole Harden

I sat down with Cole at a crowded little coffee joint on the campus of Gardner Webb University.  I have known Cole to sport a pretty fat beard in the past, but this time, his beard was “neatly” trimmed because apparently Cole “needs a job”.

Me: Hi, Kevin here from Broad River Coffee Company right across the street from Gardner Webb University in… are we in North Carolina?

Cole: Yes.

Me: Okay, in North Carolina.  Could you please, for official reasons, state your name — your full name?

Cole: Brian Nicholas Harden, otherwise known as Cole.

Me: Could you please spell that for me?

Cole: (Begins to trouble me by spelling his name)

Me: That’s, that’s good enough.  Could you please describe for me when you realized you had potential to grow a beard?

Cole: Well, I guess I was…15?

Me: 15…that is kind’ve early.  Did you start with the Thinstache or go right for the beard?

Cole: I went all out.  I’m kind’ve lazy so I just kinda went with it to see what would grow.

Me: Now, with your beard, is it a full wrap-around beard that connects from the front to the back or is it mostly confined to the front portion of your body?

Cole: (Offers a humourously puzzled look)

Me: Does it connect with your chest hair?

Cole: No, I wish.  I’m not quite that lucky.

Me: Nor am I.  What have you noticed about having a beard that proves to be troublesome?

Cole: It’s not so much having the beard that’s troublesome.  It’s shaving.

Me: Mhmm.

Cole: That is the troubling part.

Me: So the trouble with your beard is that it interrupts your laziness?

Cole: It does.  It just keeps growing and I can’t do anything about it.

Me: Thanks a lot.

For the full interview, double-click below for your listening pleasure.

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