Papier mache Day of the Dead sculpture of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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.