Occupation: Senior blogger, CBSSports.com
Hometown: Harrison, Arkansas
Current neighborhood: Waldo
What is your sidekick? Definitely my trusty, two-keys-missing, beaten-to-crap keyboard.
What career would you choose in an alternate reality? Definitely a teacher. A terrible, often-mocked, bearded teacher.
What was the last local restaurant you patronized? 75th Street Brewery, which is a staple for my wife and me.
Where do you drink? Lew’s and 75th Street Brewery
What’s your favorite charity? Harvesters. I like the simplicity. People need food. Give them food.
Favorite place to spend your paycheck: Cellar Rat Wine downtown. Such a phenomenal selection in terms of interest and diversity.
What local phenomenon is overrated? Whether this is a football or baseball town, with college basketball as popular as it is here.
Where do you like to take out-of-town guests? Waldo Pizza, Jun’s Sushi, Loose Park.
Finish this sentence: “Kansas City screwed up when it ...” Failed to adjust to an emerging economy and bring in companies to provide a backbone for the city in order to help provide services like, you know, cops.
“KC got it right when ...” It approved the building of Sprint Center, not based on the economic impact or the decisions surrounding its tenants, but on a surface level, that’s a phenomenal building and a gem for the city, if used right.
“KC needs ...” More infrastructure and a legitimate vision for moving into modern times and out of an archaic approach to solutions and window dressing.
Describe KC in 10 words or less: Passionate people struggling to find their way through complicated times.
What TV show do you make sure you watch? Parks and Recreation
_____ takes up a lot of space in my iTunes: The Old 97’s
What movie do you watch at least once a year? Rounders
What local tradition do you take part in every year? Cursing out the intersection of 75th Street and Ward Parkway when it snows.
Celebrity you’d like to ride the Mamba with at Worlds of Fun: Kobe Bryant, so I could say I rode the Mamba with Mamba. Like Xzibit.
Favorite person or thing to follow on Twitter: @realtimeww2, going through World War II one day at a time, with updates. Phenomenal.
What subscription do you value most? Spotify for my iPhone. GameChanger with music for me.
Last book you read: Lamb by Christopher Moore. I read it this time of year every year.
What is your most embarrassing dating moment? Was going out with a girl in college when we ran into a guy … who was under the impression he was her boyfriend. Awk-ward.
Interesting brush with the law? I got busted for hosting a Halloween party in college while wearing a Catholic-priest outfit. The cop was Catholic. Again, awk-ward.
Finish this sentence: “People might be surprised to know that I ...” Used to run poker games at bars and restaurants in Austin, Texas.
Describe a recent triumph: I watched 18 episodes of Community in four days while working the busiest time of my season. I’m not proud of it, but it’s a triumph.
Follow Matt Moore @HPbasketball throughout the NBA season, which began Sunday.
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