• I've met the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. (And Carl Bernstein, who — as far as I know — is not in a boy band.)

• I broke my humerus playing kickball. No, it was not humorous.

• I've seen Hamilton from the front row.

• Despite being terrible with numbers, I spent a summer as a math teacher for kids.

• I'm unusually good at Galaga and Bananagrams (a natural pairing, right?).

• I once broke news from 25 years ago. Ask me how!