1. I’m from Nashville.

2. My motorcycle is named Rosario Dawson.

3.Go Celtics!

4. I make my bed every morning.

5. I got no tattoos.

6. I cook. You can get drunk.

7. I wish I lived closer to my parents. I miss them a lot.

8. I still buy CDs.

9. No advertising awards, but Erykah Badu grabbed my butt when we danced together. So I've won something.

10. I’m the youngest of three.

11. 88 degrees with some humidity is temperature perfection.

12. I prefer Thanksgiving over Christmas.

13. I can name all the states in alphabetical order.

14. McDonald’s makes the best pancakes. Period.

15. I went to Dave Chappelle’s Block Party.

16. I really like crappy bodega coffee.

17. City of Thieves is one of my favorite books.

18. Steely Dan is my favorite band. No irony!

19. The streets is watching me, I watch back that's the policy.

When it comes to my job and why I love it, it’s very simple, I just want to solve the problem. Are we gonna solve it with words? Are we gonna solve it with pictures? Will it be a mixture of both? Or is there some solution we haven’t even invented yet? Whatever the case, I just wanna fix the problem and move on to the next one.

The love I have for my 1977 Honda CB750F is a prime example of this. To some, it's a thorn in the side of progress, but to me, it's a gas powered riddle that has made me smarter and more ingenious with each passing day.

Because solutions, in all their different incarnations, are wondrous. The eraser off the end of a pencil to fix an earring, hemorrhoid cream to treat the swelling under your eyes (yeah that’s right) or… free earplugs for employees when promoting “Bring your Kid’s to Work Day.”

Whatever the problem, there’s always a solution, lurking, hiding, and waiting to be found. A solution that can’t wait to put your problem into a figure-four-head-lock, and have it scream for mercy, like a nine-year-old-boy that’s tested the patience of his much-older and much-cooler sister, one too many times. And standing behind that solution, laughing maniacally, and eagerly awaiting the next problem, will be me, because when it comes to me versus problems. Problems don’t stand a fucking chance.

Hi there. My name is Mikal Cook. I’d love it if you hired me.