Ajdin the Bosnian Bear: interview

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Friday, May 10, 2019

Secretary interviews

As you probably know by now, I fired my secretary and then posted a job opening for a new one. After sorting through hundreds of applications, I have finally narrowed it down to a few dozen candidates. Today, I'm bringing them in for interviews. Finally! I hope to find someone really good.

Here's our first candidate.

"So you'll be helping out a lot with my blog..."

Candidate #1: "What's a blog?"

"Uhhh... NEXT!"

Okay, we are just warming up here. I'm not sure how that candidate made it through the initial screening. Let's move on.

"Tell me about a weakness you have."

Candidate #2: "Well, I can be very ANGRY, and very UNORGANIZED, and sometimes I do SLOPPY work, and I've been told that I am also RUDE, and I'm usually LATE for everything. And sometimes I JUST DON'T CARE AT ALL."

"Okay, thank you! NEXT!"

At least that last candidate was beary honest about his weaknesses.

Let's move on to candidate #3.

"Are you comfortable working on a Mac computer?"

Candidate #3: "I only use typewriters."

"NEXT!"

"If I gave you a task with little or no instructions, what would you do?"

Candidate #4: "I would -- RING -- oh hold on a second." (answers cell phone) "HEY DUDE, WHAT'S UP? Hahaha, that's awesome, cool to hear that? Me, oh nothing, I'm just at an interview right now --"

"NEXT!"

"What's your opinion on pants?"

Candidate #5: "I LOVE PANTS!"

"NEXT!"

"This job needs someone who can communicate well."

Candidate #6: "SQUAWK!"

"NEXT!"

"My secretary needs to be well versed in Facebook and Instagram."

Candidate #7: "What's Facebook? What's Instagram?"

"NEXT!"

"You seem like the perfect candidate. What is your expected salary?"

Candidate #8: "One million dollars."

"NEXT!"

"Woof!"

"Parker, what do you mean that's it? That was everyone? There are no candidates left?"

"Woof!"

"Maybe my last secretary wasn't so bad after all!"

It's hard finding good help, isn't it?

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Stuffie Spotlight - Alexander Mackenzie Bear

Hey everyone, this month a beary good friend of mine is in the Stuffie Spotlight. Please welcome Sandy Bear (aka Alexander Mackenzie Bear)!

1) What is your name and where do you live?

My name is Alexander Mackenzie Bear, but you can call me Sandy. I'm named after Alexander Mackenzie, one of the great Canadian/Scottish explorers! I live in an old coal mining town called Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

2) Tell us about how you got started blogging/writing.

Well, it sort of started off as a dare... could I post/write about an adventure every day for a year? It took a bit, cause human sekrebearies are NOT the most reliable, but I managed it! During that year, I discovered that there were other stuffie bloggers out there who were also writing about their adventures. And the rest is history.

3) What other pursuits do you have?

Well, let's see... I love exploring new places. Travel, hiking, photography, kayaking, camping, road trips. All of that is great fun. I'm also a bit of a home body when I'm not traveling which means gardening, cooking and home repairs. I have several alter egos: Handy Sandy, Chef Sandy, Farmer Sandy... and, of course, Sherlock Sandy!! Whenever there is a mystery... I get called in to solve it. I don't take on "Missing Honey" or "Where's the Salmon?" cases though... I'm also a member of the RCMP Bear Squad, a duty I take beary seriously.

4) What is your favorite food and favorite thing to do?

Other than honey and hot chocolate? Well... I think roasting bratwurst over the campfire with beet/potato salad. My favourite thing to do is hiking in the forest!

Here is the link to Sandy's blog: http://bearistabear.blogspot.ca/

Will YOU be next in the Stuffie Spotlight?

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Stuffie Spotlight: Teddy Tedaloo

Hello everyone! Today I am going to be doing the first ever Stuffie Spotlight interview. This will be a monthly feature where I interview a stuffie friend of mine. Today's guest is Teddy Tedaloo!

What is your name and where do you live?

I’m Teddy Tedaloo, and I’m a famous author and celebrity bear! Right now I live in the Pacific Northwest. But I’ve lived all over the place—California, Florida, Washington, the mountains of north Georgia, and for a long time in England.

Tell us about how you got started blogging/writing.

My mama’s an author and we thought we should write some books together, so we finally did. We had an idea to do a cozy mystery series about a bear character named Thelonious T. Bear, but it wasn’t until we spent time in Norfolk England that we came up with how to go forward. So far I’ve written two books: Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles) and Normal for Norfolk (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles). Thelonious is a photojournalist bear from England. He drives a Mini Cooper and always gets in trouble even though he doesn’t do anything wrong. I’ve already got the third book planned. I just need to wait until Mama is done with some books for her new horror series. Then we can get cracking with the third Thelonious T. Bear book!

What other pursuits do you have?

Does drinking pints count as a pursuit?

I have a newspaper The Teddy Tedaloo Times. It has lots of news about animals and us bears, with plenty of rescue stuff because I’m an animal advocate. I think animals are way more important than people so I try to help them any way I can! I also do cross-posting in social media and administer the Charlie to the Rescue Crossposts group on Facebook. Me and Mama helped that group get started. It now has more than 15,000 members.

I also have the Teddy Tedaloo Store at my website. I have a real cool beans 2017 calendar and some coasters for sale. I’d like to expand with more products in the future and offer a calendar every year. A portion of everything I sell goes to National Mill Dog Rescue, which is an excellent rescue organization in the United States.

What is your human like?

Well, I better be real careful what I say about Mama in case she reads this. Mama’s a very busy author like me. Her name is Mitzi Szereto. Of course I’m way more famous and popular then she is even though she’s written more books than me. I always have to supervise her or she wouldn’t even know what day it is. She drives me around to see and do stuff and we travel when we can. Okay, so her cooking isn’t too good, but she loves me!

What is your favorite food and favorite thing to do?

I like all kinds of food, but we stopped eating meat because it’s not nice to eat animals. I really like fish, and salt and vinegar crisps, and aged cheddar cheese. And ice cream. And chocolate. My favorite thing to do is go to brew pubs for a pint of craft ale. We have some real good ones in the Pacific Northwest. It’s my goal to visit them all!