Newsroom Archive for 7/6, 2006

Name: Norman Leahy
Age: 40
Born: I was born in Augusta, GA and raised in Denver, CO.
Current digs: Henrico County
Occupation: Senior Copywriter and general creative menace
Favorite part about the job: Putting words in someone else's mouth
First job ever? Mowing lawns
Favorite book? The Brothers Karamazov
Favorite movie? The Life of Brian
Must See TV? The Simpsons
Comfort food? 7-11 nachos
What's in your car CD player right now? No CD player in the 'Disco, it wasn't standard equipment.
Next journey? London, England
One thing people might be surprised to learn about you? I was a radio DJ in high school. Sinatra and The Who...the perfect double play.
Last gift you received? A pen with a big sunflower taped on its end from my son.
Best advice you ever got? Don't leave dirty dishes in the sink overnight.
Whom do you admire and why? I admire anyone who can navigate their way through the supermarket. It's beyond me.
If you could have dinner with any one currently living, whom would it be and why? I'd sit down with Governor Mark Sanford again and discuss things you'll never find in a candidate's briefing book.  He's one of the smartest and most frank politicians I've ever met.
Ambition, political or otherwise? I have no political ambitions.  But I do want to go to Antarctica.
Describe a perfect day. Each day has it's own perfection.  To single out one would be an injustice to them all.