Patrick Mullin, social-media project manager, answers The Pitch‘s questionnaire

Name: Patrick Mullin

Occupation: Social-media project manager

Hometown: Overland Park

Current neighborhood: Downtown Overland Park

What I do: Social media by day, more social media by night, occasional beer blogger, frequent beer drinker, constant father.

What’s your addiction? Twitter. It’s my favorite mix of comedy, news and commentary on everything happening from a local to global scale. If they ever invent rehab for Twitter, I should probably go, but I won’t because I don’t have a problem, all right, lay off me. (Also, shameless plug, follow me: @PatsHoppedUp.)

What’s your game? I’m a miserable athlete. I tried wrestling in high school and went 1-16 or something. Conversely, I’m a prodigy when it comes to tailgate games and can’t wait to dominate in ladder golf/washers/etc. this summer.

What’s your drink? My beer ADD is so bad, there is absolutely no way I could narrow this down to just one thing. But this summer I plan to drink a lot of Contact High by 4 Hands Brewing Co. and EOS Hefeweizen by Nebraska Brewing Co. Both are great canned beers from Midwest breweries, and I expect they’ll be making a lot of appearances with me at pools and tailgates.

Where’s dinner? I’m convinced that everyone’s life would be a little bit better if they made it a point to go eat the Wildcard Mac N’ Cheese at Martin City Brewing Co. (Make sure to add chicken.) It doesn’t hurt that they have a nice beer selection to accompany your meal.

What’s on your KC postcard? It would probably be a collage of snapshots from all the breweries and beer bars around town, with an overlay of some obnoxious font that says, “Wish you were beer!” God, that is just awful and corny. But I don’t take it back. That’s what I’d do. Not sorry.

Finish this sentence: “Kansas City got it right when … ” The City Council tweaked the law to allow places like Bier Station and Bridger’s to open up in town as combination bottle shops and bars. The change allowed Kansas City to open a place that was the first of its kind in the Midwest, and gives us that much more credibility and recognition in the beer world.

“Kansas City screwed up when … ” They rushed to institute a law banning Lyft from operating. I understand both sides of the debate in the ride-share argument, but that move made the KC government look way too eager to halt and chase away innovation.

“Kansas City needs … “ A puppy rental company. I don’t even know if this is legal. But I’m not allowed to have pets at my place, and sometimes I just want to play with a puppy for a couple hours. Anybody want to work on putting a Kickstarter together for this?

“I’ve been known to binge-watch … ” Bob’s Burgers and Parks and Recreation on Netflix. I feel like my personality is some weird amalgamation of Tina Belcher, Ron Swanson and Tom Haverford, so I really identify with these shows in an awkward, meat-loving, world-hating, sarcastic, hip-hop-loving sort of way.

“I can’t stop listening to … ” When I’m with my daughter, the Frozen soundtrack. Over. And over. And over again. But when I actually get the chance to listen to grown-up songs, I still dig late ’90s/early ’00s hip-hop like Big Punisher, Three 6 Mafia, Trick Daddy, etc. And yes, I’m that guy you see at a stoplight getting way too aggressive while car-rapping.

“I just read … ” Arthur’s Pet Business for the 400th time. I still think it’s pretty irresponsible that Mrs. Wood had no clue her dog Perky was pregnant, but whatever. She clearly never listened to Bob Barker about spaying and neutering.

My dating triumph/tragedy: My entire life has been a dating tragedy. But if I had to pinpoint one rock-bottom moment, it would probably be the time I met a girl from OkCupid (red flag No. 1) who asked me to pick her up at her place for our first date (red flag No. 2), and she ended up being some kind of animal hoarder who had five large dogs in a two-bedroom duplex, with kennels stacked in the living room and a lovely aroma of pet urine wafting throughout (RED FLAG RED FLAG RED FLAG).

My sidekick: It may be the obvious answer, but my 4-year-old daughter is my best partner in crime. I was scared to death to be a dad, and now it’s my absolute favorite thing in the world. It’s pretty great teaching her things, then having her turn around and teach me how stupid it is to take things so seriously, and that sometimes I just need to be a kid again.

My brush with fame: When I was a kid, former Royals player José Offerman lived up the street, and he paid me to water his lawn for a while. (I’m not sure why they couldn’t just buy sprinklers.) I got fired eventually, and looking back, I’m glad he didn’t hurl a bat at me or anything because the dude is pretty aggressive. I also once ran into professional wrestler Kevin Nash at an airport. I ran up to him in a Rey Mysterio mask (yes, I kept a Rey Mysterio mask on hand), and he ridiculed me publicly. I deserved it.

My recent triumph: I’ve been working with my friends at Martin City Brewing Co. to create a special beer in honor of my good friend who passed away in November, Jordan Fields. It will be a barrel-aged imperial coconut porter, and we’ll be doing a special tapping party on July 10, with proceeds going to Unleashed Pet Rescue and Adoption, a charity that he and his family have been involved with for a while. I miss Jordan dearly, but as a fellow beer nerd, this is the kind of tribute he would have wanted.