let me finish tonight with a suggestion for your christmas eve dinner table. i have advice if you re wishing for a way to obscure the red state/blue state divide at your holiday gathering or seeking to steer conversation away from obamacare. maybe you re anxious not to antagonize the in-laws. fear not, help has arrived in the form of this year s college application essay questions. the current subject of angst for american high school seniors might provide the fodder that you need. some of the essays, they re great conversation-starters. take the university of virginia, which this year is asking to tweet or not to tweet? that s not a bad first course. during dinner, if you re looking to spark story-telling, well, you can offer one of stanford s inquiries, like, what were your favorite events, meaning performances, exhibits, sporting events, et cetera, this past year? or what historic moment or event do you wish that you could have witnessed? holy cross has a great one for the
tatto tattoos? the tattoos. where are they? the army insignia is on my back. what were you thinking when you got them? that s one of the things i told my father of three daughters, i said swear to god you ll never get a tattoo. what were you thinking? i wanted people to ask me about them. they are conversation starters. they remind me of my past, my present and my future. i wanted people to say tell me what this means to you and that would be way for me to get my message across. you were based in fort levenworth. my dad was stationed there and that s where i competed for my local title. how are folks on the base responding to your success? they love it.
the military or you having tattoos. the tattoos are more controversial for sure. where are they and what did they say? the serenity prayer runs down my right side and the army dental insignia is on my back. what were you thinking when you got the tattoos. i have three daughters among my five children and i say please swear to god you will never get a tattoo. what were you think something. i wanted people to ask me about them. they are conversation starters and remind me of my past, my present and future. i wanted people to say tell me what this means to you and that would be a way for me to get my message across. reporter: you hail from, or you were based in fort leavenworth, is that where it started? my dad was stationed in fort leavenworth and where i competed for my local title. reporter: the folks on the base, how are they responding to your great success? the fact aud terrific run and
be conversation starters, right? if you ve heard, a picture is worth a thousand words, that photo is going to start a conversation with you and a total stranger. the more that your photo can be something a little bit out there and interesting, the better. if it s you in some very interesting setting. then the person looking at your profi profile has something to talk to you about. and background should be blurry because you want you to be the center. you re a pleau. my blackberry has after big cracked screen. and people look at it and say oh, you need a good blackberry, so it s a conversation starter. so i keep it. you should take a picture of you and your cracked blackberry. a long list of men caught in
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