Author Archives: DAK

Is that me rocking out to Nelly and/or Limp Bizkit?

I’ve been tasked with updating Mighty Girl’s blog while she’s on vacation. Does this mean I’m prostituting myself in the hopes of getting hits from visitors to her much more popular site? Yes, yes it does. Oh, and welcome, welcome…

Observations of the day: – The bird stuck inside Home Depot was flying around in the Home & Garden section instead of, say, plumbing.– At Fry’s (an electronic’s store), they have a long stretch of numbered cash registers. It is … Continue reading →

If you always feel like you’re walking through Life in a fog, you may not be alone according to this article from the New Scientist. An excerpt: PICTURE the following, and prepare to be amazed. You’re walking across a college … Continue reading →

Overheard from 40-ish guy playing frisbee in Golden Gate Park: “Man, I gotta get this throw down, I don’t know what’s up!”

ah yeaahhhh…

From my old days at Lockheed Martin I learned such luminary business phraseology as, “That sounds like a real slam-dunk solution, Bill”. Also, when in meetings where you are desperate to say something if only to look like you know … Continue reading →

Someone has finally taken the time to carve the hallowed Shotgun Rules in proverbial stone (thanks Ben). It seems to me that calling Shotgun is primarily a guy thing (pardon my male chauvinism). I say that only because I can … Continue reading →

Reading Ernie’s post about Shenmue II got me thinking about Zork. The older dorks among you will undoubtedly remember that text-based treasure. It went something like this: You are West of the houselookYou are standing West of a housesouthyou are … Continue reading →

Back in Junior High, I was in a Youth Community Basketball League. Typically, teams were picked at random by culling from a list of guys who signed up for the short, 14 game season (plus playoffs). My team, however, was … Continue reading →