Answering this last batch in reverse order:
who stole the pocky
That kid with the ironic three wolf moon T-shirt who likes to pop by the office just when we've all ordered pizza for lunch. That kid's a dick. We should do something about him.
If not Iceland, what other country you think you would like to settle in?
Hm. Probably either Sweden, Holland, Switzerland or Norway. But especially Holland, for multiculturalism, liberal social policies, and some fairly decent beer.
Will we ever hear the tragic tale of your carjacking days?
Not until the statute of limitations runs out.
Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
Wish I knew. Now let's get back to our paperwork and pretend this whole silly war is something happening to someone else.
You are 40 years old, what would you see in the next 40 years from today? despair? hope? what say you to the generation today growing up with what they have now, instead of what you had then?
Over the next forty years, I hope to see myself teaching, writing and publishing short stories, travelling, watching my daughter grow up, and sharing my life with someone who loves me as much as and the same way that I love them.
I won't talk down to the generation coming up. Of course there were things I didn't have growing up that many of you do, just as your kids will have things you never dreamed possible. In the long run, the only advice I can give to this generation is:
Look at the mistakes your elders made, and really understand them. This will help you avoid them. Don't let them impose their obsoleting worldview on you. Treat those younger than you with respect and kindness. And try to leave this world a little bit better than you found it.
Yes. I think this thread has run its course now. I'll be locking this up now.