Author Archives: DAK

Seriously though, why do high-end toiletry manufacturers insist on calling their products gel douche? Don’t they know what we, the immature tittering masses, are thinking of?

Especially considering the space program’s recent milestone, it seems almost too unlikely that something like the events of today could occur. Unfortunately, it’s all too true. I saw Columbia when I lived in Texas. It came through the Air Force … Continue reading →

Conversa-bot Every now and again I waste my time chatting with a bot. Here’s the latest: Lion-O says: yo yo yoSmarterChild says: Hi again, d_kleeman! Let’s talk!Lion-O says: totally! What’s up?SmarterChild says: The usual. What’s up with you?Lion-O says: I … Continue reading →

Because people have been asking: no, I am not moving to Victoria. It was a cool job, but we couldn’t agree on what it would take to get me there, so I pulled out with only minor hurt feelings. Ce … Continue reading →

For an engineer such as myself, fixing things is very satisfying. Even when it’s your beater-truck with 160k miles and a cracked windshield that you can’t replace (the truck, not the windshield) until you get a job. Also, seriously: toilet … Continue reading →

Of cold medicine So maybe you’re not feeling exactly great. You’re congested, mainly, and are finding your ever-growing pile of Kleenex to be simply tedious when it starts to grow over your shins. It might be allergies, or some little … Continue reading →

Last night, ADG rewarded me for who knows what with a Shark’s game. It’s the first time I’ve been to a hockey game since the actual first time I’d ever been when I was maybe 8 or 9. Then, I … Continue reading →

“Obviously… a major malfunction” Today is the 17th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger accident; a day that would become the X-Generation’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Personally, I remember being taken into my elementary school’s cafeteria to sit cross-legged on the … Continue reading →

I do not, at all, understand the allure of bobbleheads.

So the Raiders lost the Super Bowl. I suppose some of you might say the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl, but I prefer to think of it the other way. It’s disappointing that the MVP of the league had to … Continue reading →