LiberContrarion

Yes, comrade. I too live in the Americas, home of the Whopper and the baseballs.

Cold Stone. Is very delicious. Almost delicious as potato.

Edit: Gold. Is no potato. Can buy potato? So, is true: no one get potato without digging first. Спасибо

Did you think it might have turned out differently if you were working around... I don't know... maybe 1999 or 2000... sometime after 1998, when The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell in a Cell, who then fell 16 feet through the announcer's table?

I'm friends with a number of journalists and former journalists. I haven't heard any of them express this sentiment.

Do you find your optimism about your career unique in your circle?

I suspect if you described the taste of an unripe noni it might get you on a list.

Honestly not my intent.

Most of my friends referenced here are/were local print journalists. OP does video journalism on a national level.

Edit: Print journalists also talk shit about television journalism (though some do join the dark side). They are different worlds in many ways. It may be sunshine and lollipops for OP.