Grant Klein:  

Let's see what this "story wizard" wants to ask. "How do you hope old friends remember you?" With fond, positive memories. How else?. "I always wanted to be a ____ when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a ___ idea. As it turns out, they were ___." I never knew what the heck I wanted to be when I grew up and my family thought that was a lousy idea. So did I. Of course they were right...but that didn't help. "How do you blow off steam? Describe your favorite way to relax." I don't really. I don't stay mad very long. I'll get annoyed and churlish for a short time then get over it. The best way for me to relax, though, is to cuddle with my wife. Nothing better than that! "What's the wildest thing you ever did in school?" Ha. I wasn't wild at school. At all. Ever. Those who knew me will know this to be true and shake their heads sadly thinking I should have "loosened up". Ah, well. "If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have ___, ____, and ___ to be able to deal with the day-to-day." Hmm. Well, for dealing with day-to-day stuff, I guess something like good co-workers, a supportive supervisor, and something meaningful to do. "Do you have a hero? Talk about where your inspiration comes from." Hmm. Well, alas, I don't think I have ever truly been "inspired" in this way, nor do I recall ever looking at anyone as my personal "hero". I consider folks like the firemen and police and military personnel who put their lives on the line to protect me and mine to be heroes, but that's more generalized than a personal inspiration kind of figure. I've never really looked at someone and said "gosh, I wish I could be like ___." "Where have you lived? Why did you move?" I've lived in San Bernardino and Riverside, California. I was born and rasied in S.B. and moved to Riverside for college. I moved back to S.B. to find a cheaper place only to have the good fortune to have moved right below the woman I later married. May not have been many miles, but boy, was that the move of a lifetime! "The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is __ __, because ___." Well, if we talking about *anyone*, I'd pick my father--we never had a chance to really say goodbye before he died and I'd love to tell him about my wife and his grandchildren. If it is only limited to people in my life who are still (hopefully) alive.. hmm... Anthony Reed. He was a good friend and I have nary a clue as to what happened to him. "Sports. Reality TV. Pets. Share your obsessions." Well, if I'm obssessed with anything, it's my family. However, if this was to only mean things I'm really interested in... I'd probably point to science fiction, although I would call it something I'm interested in and really like more than something I'm truly "obsessed with." "Life doesn't always turn out the way you expect. What's been your biggest surprise?" The one thing that surprised me, really, about how life went for me was how I ended up spending, up until last year, my entire adult life at UC Riverside as a student and then a staff member. I thought I'd be there for 2 years and have to leave (I never managed to stay at any school prior to that more than 2 years). Four years at the most. But not 22 years! "If I could improve my home I'd remodel __ and add on a ___. My dream home would be ___." I'd remodel my kitchen and add on an ...Expand for more