Author Archives: DAK

Inspired by davezilla…Adventures with smarterchild You know, on second thought, this post wasn’t funny at all. At. All. Therefore, I have banished it into the ether…

Stuff and Stuff Answers Reader Questions: 1. Can you touch your nose with your tongue? Nope 2. Can you roll your tongue into a taco? Yup OK, so maybe no one actually wrote with questions…but maybe you should

Incidentally, while playing with the comments code to get the timezone right, I ran across this in my search to make sure that “PST” was the official name for my California lifestyle. I was hypnotized by all the little clocks, … Continue reading →

My comments system, Snorland, has moved servers, so I’ve temporarilly lost my newish template… I eagerly await the new functionality that will undoubtedly come. In other inane news, the counter at the bottom of the page doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

Among other things, I went faux-shopping this weekend (faux because it was a complete and utter failure) where I saw this: *speechless* Yeah, so I bought two.

A one-sided IM conversation I just had, when trying to get someone’s attention who was obviously not around:

The last two times I’ve gone to the market, on the way back home I’ve driven by a little old lady (literally, on all counts) pushing a shopping cart slowly down the street. She’s always hunched over, bundled up tightly … Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving In celebration I’ve added some color to the page…or something. (concept completely stolen from yeah, totally) PS What was once Ariel’s Urban Forest has returned triumphantly as electrolicious. Check out the new site…

Oh dear mother of toast on a stick. I’d been purposely avoiding looking at this page in Netscape, as I’m a Microsoft lemming. I did last night, though, and…I really must apologize for the appearance, sorry. I’ll make some Netscape-specific … Continue reading →

I had no idea who she was; but, she seemed to know me. “Hey,” she said, and that confused me. If she’d said “hello?” the last syllable rising into a question, then we would have been on equal footing; but … Continue reading →