Author Archives: DAK

Roughly verbatim quote from the lead-singer of The Waifs, an Australian folk-ish band playing at the Santa Monica Pier last night: We’ve been travelling for eleven years now… It’s really easy to travel around Australia, there’s only one major highway … Continue reading →

Yeah. So I’m commuting again, for at least a week, joining the work-a-day world as a contracted employee. It’s for that company that I wanted oh so badly, only to find out later that they didn’t have a permanent postion … Continue reading →

You know what infuriates me? Voicemail. Voicemail is the thing that infuriates me. And here’s why: voicemail is the only technology (to my recollection) that coddles us more in its present advanced stage than it did when we were neanderthalian … Continue reading →

I was on cam briefly tonight. I’m betting you missed it. You can, however, see the sexy, though washed-out, results via the link on the left. Ah sexy results; if only all activities ended so grandly… as they would if … Continue reading →

Going to The L.A. Times and having a smattering of pop-up ads, err, pop up makes me feel dirty.

This sort of thing really doesn’t fill me with confidence: I think the intelligence I get is darn good intelligence. And the speeches I have given were backed by good intelligence. And I am absolutely convinced today, like I was … Continue reading →

As far as slow, laborious processes go, trying to find work in your dream industry during a difficult recession may be one of the slowest and most laborious.

Edison Reduces Power Rates: Southern California Edison customers will get a rate reduction of between 8% and 19% beginning August 1, giving millions of Californians their first tangible relief from the 2000-2001 energy crisis that paralyzed the state and sent … Continue reading →

The thing about living near the beach is that everyone wants to visit you… everyone. There’s your family, and your friends, and your girlfriend’s friends, and your girlfriend’s family. Salty water is, for some reason, the great equalizer and is … Continue reading →

I get a lot of hits (and I mean “a lot” relatively, not absolutely) from my “old” site at www.floorpie.net/stuff.htm. You see, back in the day I thought I was going to be coming up with new and exciting non-blog … Continue reading →