And now you know... the rest of the story

I have been pretty lucky to have a few friends who like my writing style. Although most like my writing in Chinese, some like my English writing as well. Very few know where the inspiration come from.

It is a radio host. The first time I heard him was when I was still in university, working my co-op program, it was a boring job with time slot from 5pm to 11pm. We couldn't really chat at our desks, so I started to listen to radio while working, back then, i didn't have an ipod.

There was one segment I really enjoy, it was called "the rest of the story", it was only about 5-10 min, an old dude would read a story, starting quite innocently, then it always ends with a twist that makes you say, "huh...", or "wow..."

I have spent about 4 months every weeknight waiting for his segment without actually knowing his name, until a few weeks ago. I googled "the rest of story", and found this person, born before WW1. The segment "rest of the story" was actually on air since WW2, and the old dude has just passed away this Feb.

This guy's name is Paul Harvey, inspiration for my English writing. Now you know... the rest of story...