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CoCoNuts! May 2007 Volume 3 Issue 2
T H E L I F E A N D T I M E S O F T H E C O L O R C O M P U T E R
Getting to Know: Steve Bjork!
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Steve has been missing from the
CoCo scene for a long time. When
someone challenged me to try to get
him back I immediately sent out the
email. After waiting for a short period
of time I pounced on him in the
CoCo3.com chat one evening.
“Steve's wonderful personality
quickly won me
over.”
The ball started to roll. Steve and I
agreed to meet at the fest and do a
video taped interview. I considered
this a great honor and was a bit
nervous. Steve's wonderful personality
quickly won me over. He is a very
polite person and was an absolute
pleasure to talk with. I am so proud to
offer this interview for this issue.
Now Steve is extremely active in our
CoCo community once more. Welcome
home Steve! This is the transcript
from that video taped interview. I
want to thank him for this chance to do
this, and also all the help he has given
me on this issue of the E-Zine.
Mary: We are here with Steve Bjork.
(Hi Steve)
Steve: Hi Everybody!
Mary: We will start off with "Where do
you live?"
Steve: First of all, I'm going to pronounce
my name so everyone gets it
correct, it's "Be-York". It's Scandinavian;
my father is 100% Swedish and
comes from Minnesota. (Bjork is a
common name back there.)
Anyway, I'm born and raised
Southern California. I'm definitely
a California beach boy, as you can
tell by my music and the time I
spend at the beach.
Mary: I can tell by your tan.
Steve: I definitely spend some time in
the California Sun. As we are recording
this, it's the end of March and
we've only two inches of rain since last
July. So that tells you that we get lots
and lots of sunshine.
Love the climate out here and love
being close to Disneyland. Hey, I
used to be a skipper on the Jungle
Boat Cruise for a while. I like to
think that I have a little bit of an
entertainer's soul in me.
Mary: Do you have any Kids?
Steve: I have one child, Jeannie and
she is my pride and joy and she will be
12 this September. My lovely wife Lori
and I met (believe it or not) on a hiking
outing with the Sierra Club.
Mary: So, you get out and do stuff.
Where's woods in Southern California?
Steve: Ah well, what is interesting is
that one of the largest city bound
parks exist in Los Angles by the name
of Griffith Park. There is an Observatory,
Zoo, Museums and lots of hiking
in the mountains. The Local chapter of
the Sierra Club host hikes on weeknights
in the spring with up to 500
people hiking in 20 or more groups.
That's a lot of people!
Mary: Do you have a dog or any
other pets?
Steve: No, not at this time. But I'm
fond to Basset Hounds. They have
such a sad face, with those long
droopy ears and big, sad eyes. Their
temperament is great, a kid could pull
there tail and all they would do is turn
with a sad, sorry-full look of "why are
you doing that?"
Mary Interviewing Steve
Z-89, Zaxxon for the CoCo 3
Article and Photos copyright
2007 by Steve Bjork
Other Photos copyright by
other sources.
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