Which one of your parents was the fun one?

They were both fun, but in different ways. Mom was outgoing, she and I had music in common, we both played the piano and I could talk to her about that, she also enjoyed finding adventures and we did some traveling together. She and my father traveled all over the world after they retired.

Pop has always been rather quiet and low-key but has a wonderful deadpan sense of humor that still surprises people. Some of my best childhood memories were him teaching me to play chess and watching late night tv together, shows like The Twilight Zone, The Prisoner and One Step Beyond.