Sometimes at intersections I use a banana phone, but I don’t have a handsfree unit which gets lots of disapproving looks from other drivers.

I still hold the high jump and 800 meters record at my middle school. I was an early bloomer. ​​

I was selected as a Washington Scholar while in college by the State Legislature. #HumbleBragMuch?​ ​

Broadway and TV actress Bebe Neuwirth is my cousin. She got all the talent.

I was 7 when my parents took me to see her perform in A Chorus Line. So inspired, I spent weeks dancing around the house singing the very inappropriate lyrics to “Dance 10, Looks 3” – Google it if you dare.

​​My parents moved us to the Northwest in 1973. We drove all the way from Connecticut in a hunter green Pinto station wagon with wood paneling. ​

I’m the shortest person in my family. My wife, daughter and son are all taller than me. I’m still hoping to grow. ​​

In college I took acting classes and auditioned for plays. During one audition the directors asked if I can sing. I can’t. But I tried anyway. The first song that came to my mind was “You are so Beautiful”. It was horrible and whenever I think of that moment I still want to crawl under a rock.

​​When I was a kid, all I ever wanted to be was an astronaut. It’s what I went to college for – so naturally I’m a newscaster.

​​I own a tractor. ​​