I recently sat down with the incredible Charlie Baker to ask him a few questions about his upcoming blog. His writing is one of the most exciting things to come out of WordPress in the last 6 months. People are clamoring for his next post. They are subscribers who can’t miss a glimpse of what is inside that devilish mind of his. We sat down in his living room, a Day of the Dead sculpture of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo staring at me like I am a crazy Gringo. Baker is wearing pajama bottoms, a NIKE dri fit white tee shirt and fur laced slippers. He hasn’t shaved in a week and looks like a young Ernest Hemingway. He laid down on the couch and started rubbing his belly. His eyes were locked in on a spider crawling on the ceiling, while I took out my notepad and started in.
Q: How long have you been blogging?
A: I wrote my first blog in April 2013.
Q: Why did you start a blog?
A: I started writing to amuse myself.
Q: And how’s that working out for you?
A: I amuse myself a lot.
Q: So, you think you’re writing is funny?
A: Omigod, yes. But, I don’t want other people to think I think I’m funny.
Q: What do you like to write about?
A: Anything that comes to mind. Sometimes I’m witty, sometimes profound, and sometimes fatherly.
Q: Fatherly? What do you mean?
A: I have an opinion on everything and I think I’m always right even when I’m just making shit up.
Q: And what if they don’t take your advice?
A: I just wait for the moment to tell them I was right and to laugh uncontrollably.
Q: I see you’re quite the sports fan. When did you start to like sports?
A: Nearly at childbirth. My mother has a baby picture of me holding a wiffle ball bat. I’ve been a diehard gamer ever since.
Q: What do you do besides writing?
A: I’m an athlete. I was kind of hoping you could tell by looking at my body.
Q: You’ve written 24 posts. Can you give us a peek at number 25?
A: I thought I’d explore writing about people who like to talk to themselves.
Q: Can you give us a sneak peak?
A: I think I already have.