David Sam:  

"Tell us about yourself." That's usually the first question in any interview and the most dreaded. It's not only in interviews, but in any situation where you meet new people. Where the hell do you start? So, here's my attempt. Ugh! I'm a Midwest Yankee who has spent most of his life in the South. Yes, it does get hot in the summer, but I can deal with the heat as long as I'm not in 3 feet of snow in the winter. I'm a quiet person and can blend in with a crowd very easily. Family: I'm married but my wife and I do not have any children. We're kid magnets though. Every time we go out to eat, they always sit a family with small children next to us. We like kids. We have 15 neices and nephews and 4 great nieces, but we like the ability to 'give them back to their parents'. Sound selfish? Maybe. However, we have known for some time (for me it was since I was a teenager) that we weren't wired for parenthood. So, we think that it would be selfish to have a child, knowing that we were not wired for it. Vices: I used to have many (cigarettes, alcohol abuse, McDonald's Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese, etc) but today I only have a few. Smoking and heavy drinking I gave up in 2003. However, my cardiologist laughed when I told him that I only smoked about 6 or 7 cigarettes per day for over 30 years. He said "That's NOT smoking." He should know..right? However, he did say that I should have died in my teens, probably during PE Class, because of my heart condition. He couldn't believe that I survived 2 Boot Camps (Army and Air Force). Nowadays, my cardiologist doesn't want me to even cut the grass His diagnosis explains all the windedness and dizziness that I have been exp...Expand for more