For me it was Jeff Kinney. I was meeting a different author I love, but there wasn’t enough room downstairs and we had to go up. Turns out that’s exactly where Jeff Kinney works! He’s the author who got me into reading so I thought that was so cool

  • Frater Mus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I am not a sportsball fan, but in the 90s worked in a couple (completely unrelated!) places where I met/interacted with a bunch of NFL dudes in a relaxed setting

    • Troy Aikman - serious, aloof
    • Emmitt Smith - extremely kind, patient with children. The kind of guy you would want dating your sister.
    • Daryl Johnston - quiet, private
    • Nate Newton - funny and good-natured. Not terribly concerned with the rules. Like standing next to a refrigerator.
    • Tony Dorsett - dick, rude, would leave his wife alone so long we used to sit with her to keep her company.
    • Jimmy Johnson - helmet-haired dick, belligerent, the law didn’t apply to him and he can do whatever the hell he wants. Voted (by me) most likely to ask “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”

    I also once was in a group dinner with Wayne Hussey (Mission era, rather enjoyable, center of attention but didn’t demand it, if that makes sense). Met Vince Neil at an EM club in Germany in the 80s (box of rocks and kinda rude).