Kyle Nielsen
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78 appearances
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
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The best set of knives I own.
I mean, I think it's, to me, it's, it's very grounding. Um, I mean, I didn't come from, from money either. Like I'm one of six kids. My dad worked as a, owned his own plumbing company. And then, you know, that wasn't working as well as he would have liked it to work. And so we worked as a, as a. got a job as a foreman and worked our way up through like a plumbing company and stuff.
But being a plumber, making a six figure income with six kids in California, even back in the 90s, didn't really go very far and things. And so we grew up, if I wanted to play baseball, You know, I had to sell chocolates door to door if I wanted to go to scout camp and I had to sell pancake breakfast tickets.
And, you know, and so I didn't really if I wanted a pair of shoes and a backpack for the next year, that wasn't the hand-me-down ones for my older brothers. I had to go out there and drum up money and things. And so for me, I...
I think that everybody has, whether it was a longer period of time in their lives or a smaller period of time in lives, or at least the fear of not having, everyone can relate to that. And I think that it's important to give back. And yes, donate with your dollars, but more than that, give with your time and your energy.
And if you don't have dollars to donate, you don't have to donate with your dollars. You can give, honestly, as simple as a smile or a hug or going to a shelter and serving up meals. Charity, I honestly think that charity is as good for businesses and for the economy as sales is. Charity also cures all. If you're in a bad mood or you're dealing with your own sorrow and your own grief,
go serve somewhere, go give. And like, it is so like, it's funny, like, cause I throw an elf costume on for, I wear this more than I wear my normal clothes from Thanksgiving to Christmas every single year. And, and putting this on, like, I can't be like an angry elf. Like, you know, like I put this on and like, I have to smile.
But what I've realized is that like this really, this elf thing is really just an outward expression of, of a feeling that I feel inside that the world needs more love. Yes. Needs more smiles, needs more goodness, needs more grace, needs more empathy, needs more forgiveness. Like, I want people to feel that through me. And yes, sometimes that is with dollars.
Sometimes that's with, you know, a plate of cookies to your neighbor's house. Sometimes it's with donating some old clothes you don't use anymore. The two years too long thing that you do. Like, I think that, I mean, I honestly, I think that to give is to live. Like, if I'm not giving, I don't feel alive. Wow.
Yeah. So at the great elbow is my kind of my primary one. Okay. Wait, you got to explain that. What is the great elbow? Um, so, um, yeah, so it's, it's, uh, a nickname or I was told I had an elbow on my face, uh, a lot of years ago and I didn't let it really bother me. And then kind of my circle of friends was like, Hey, elbow, this elbow, that the elbow, that, and, um,
And so, yeah, so instead of letting somebody, you know, make fun of my big side profile nose that I eventually grew into, now it became the great elbow. And back when I started my Instagram account, it was when it was made for just, you know, hey, my friends and family are going to see my pictures. And that was it. And then, you know, fast forward to...
me getting, you know, selling sneakers to NBA players and like a few shout outs from, from some, some big influences on my birthdays and stuff that kind of have amassed a little bit of a following. And like, I mean, one of my, one of my buddies on the jazz, like he knows my name's Kyle, but he calls me elbow.
Like, like, so like if I was to change at this point, it's, I don't want to get lost in the, you know, in the ether with that. And so I'm kind of stuck with the great elbow on that one for at least the, the foreseeable future. Got it. So yeah. My nose is that. And I think Mark Birbiglia has like a comedy bit from like back in the early 2000s about a nose on his face and stuff too.
So elbow on his face. And then also the NBA elf is kind of what I'm leaning into around the charity side. And it won't just be like I'm active on it during the Christmas months. I'm going to be pumping content into that throughout the rest of the year as well. So those are my two. And then obviously LinkedIn, Twitter, all that kind of stuff.
So, I mean, honestly, I want to hit up a lot of, I mean, any sports arena anywhere. So if anyone has any type of event or arena-based thing or just some sort of charity event that they want an elf to show up to.
I'm happy to be here.
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