Occasionally you can find me writing show reviews for Village Voice Media, touring architectural masterpieces for the San Francisco Chronicle, and attending cougar-cub conventions for national media outlets. Ink-stained newspaper reporter used to be my full-time gig. I covered a rotation of beats for the Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, and San Jose Mercury News. File it under "real world experience." I've interviewed thousands of people and written as many stories. Once, from inside an entire room made of David Bowie. Here are a few worth revisiting.