Author Archives: DAK

Being a dork, I have many dorky hobbies; one of which is keeping a reef aquarium. There is something different about this particular dork pursuit, though, in that whenever someone is in my apartment, they invariably gravitate towards my aquarium, … Continue reading →

I stumbled upon this cool and creative site where the author draws pictures based on the title you give him. My favorite so far: Stephie poo, I am still madly in love with you.

My apartment complex has a little laundry room down at the bottom of the stairs. 4 washers, 4 dryers, $1.00 each machine. Obviously, there’s a little bit of luck involved if you think you’re going to snag a machine after … Continue reading →

oh…my…god. I have found something that will seriously impact my future work performance. The Gen X-ers among you will certainly remember all of those awesome video games you used to play at the Flipper Flapper in the mall. One of … Continue reading →

I love this site: 19th Century Medical Curios/Elephant Man HomePage. If you’re feint of heart, I’d definitely recommend going to get a Twinkie instead. If, however, you’re into the deliciously disturbing, click away. Delve further by clicking the baby picture … Continue reading →

The “group” at work, and I, have reached local status at one of the diner-esque places down the street. At least two of us can confidently say that we’ll have “the usual” and have faith that we’ll receive what we … Continue reading →

Interesting article from FEED summarizing the energy situation in California. It paints us as being wide-eyed and naive with real hopes for a Hollywood ending. At least it also implies we have fashion sense, though: “The fossil-fuel business is the … Continue reading →

For those of you among us who believe that The Establishment is embroiled in an insidious plot to control and influence us in a highly technological and deliciously evil way, should take a trip to your local Post Office. There … Continue reading →

Things I wish I’d done by now but haven’t yet, Second in an increasingly unlikely Series:– become an artist– bought a new car– bought a house to enclose said car– invented a widget that everyone needs two of– led the … Continue reading →

Taking into account that she’s an intelligent, well-read, senior editor for a magazine, I for someone reason found it really funny that while playing Scrabble yesterday, Meg was heard to exclaim, “I only have, like, ONE consonant [pause, pause] I … Continue reading →