WTIT: The Blog

Saturday 9: All of Me (2013)

1) John Legend sings he loves his woman’s “perfect imperfections.” Tell us something quirky or imperfect about a loved one that you would not change. MaBelle keeps bringing her sister to me. She three years younger. I said each, “What would your twin Michelle think of it?”.  I’m not gambling a sure thing.

2) John wrote this love song to his wife, Chrissy Teigen. The couple recently lost their baby after pregnancy complications. To whom did you most recently send a sympathy (or “thinking of you”) card or message? I refuse to responded by the constitutional right to forget. If I think of it I’ll email all of you. Fair?

3) While adventurous in his creative career choices, John admits his taste in food leans toward the tried and true. His favorites are chicken (rotisserie or fried), macaroni and cheese, and steamed vegetables. What’s on your weekend menu? I think steak tonight. My sis bought me a cow for my birthday. Kansas City steak. You gotta love it! (I have to say I am pissed that have not got your present yet!)
 
4) When he was growing up, John’s mother, Phyllis, helped support the family as a seamstress. Are you any good with a needle and thread? Nope. I couldn’t sew my way out of a paper bag. Oops. Well, you know what I mean.

5) As a child, he was such a big fan of Andy Griffith and Matlock that he wanted to be a lawyer. If you grew up to have the same occupation as the TV character you liked best as a kid, what would you be doing? Johnny Fever from WKRP. All I ever wanted to do since I was ten, was to DJ. We soon have the anniversary of their Turkey Contest. “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”.

6) John is a judge on The Voice. Do you watch that show? Or America’s Got Talent, or American Idol? Idol. I’ve tried others but the first one is usually the best.
 
7) In 2013, the year this song was popular, twin baby pandas were born at Zoo Atlanta. Their panda parents had been given to the US as a gift from the Chinese, with the understanding that any offspring would be given to China. So, in 2016, the panda cubs were flown to a Chinese conservation center. They had a hard time adjusting at first, confused by jet lag, unresponsive when spoken to in Chinese, unimpressed by their new diet. Have you ever found yourself similarly overwhelmed when you traveled far from home? (BTW, the pandas are doing just fine now in their permanent Chinese home.) Not in a “wish I hadn’t come thing”. My last trip was a few years ago to San Diego to visit him & his new girlfriend, Wanda. She is now his wife & their daughter three. There is a plan a foot to have them move back by my sister. At first I thought it was “wish full thinking” but, through her, he hast a very good job offer. More to come.

 8) Also in 2013, The Pope posted his first tweet. What social media platforms do you regularly use?I have WTIT accounts in all of them. But only Facebook regularly. That one uses my real name, facebook.com/WTITRADIO is our site address. Twitter it’s @wtit. Instagram I believe its @WTIT. The only WTIT page is on facebook.
 
9) Random question: Have you ever a) written something on a public wall or b) carved anything into a tree of bench? In the 90s I sometime would mark WTIT on a wall. Since no one ever knew what it was, it easy not to get caught…

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