Author Archives: DAK

It’s been an uncharacteristic 6 days since my last post, and I can’t imagine what might have been so important that it would have kept me from doing so. Unless it was the following: Tuesday I finally got The Call … Continue reading →

Now it’s just getting funny This weekend, I was helping a friend of mine working on his kitchen remodel (that seemingly being one of the things I do in my spare time for fun). I’m paid in pizza for my … Continue reading →

Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows everywhere With my new found positive outlook on life (or at least a reasonable facsimile) I have nothing but fantastically good and sunny news to report. Before that, though, that song lyric in the title is … Continue reading →

We all love you, Dave I went out to dinner with one of my best friends last night, and the “how are you doing?” “what’s up at work?” usual fare turned into a kind of intervention. Apparently, my usual cheerful … Continue reading →

Patrick Cranshaw 1919-2005 You’re my boy, Blue

Happy New Life Setting aside the arbitrary nature of the Gregorian calendar as a means of delineating years… I’m glad 2005 is over. Despite my good mood and the fact that I’ve been able to roll with the punches fairly … Continue reading →

Sometimes I love spam. I mean it’s already enriched my life in ways that I couldn’t have previously imagined. It’s made my penis so much larger, for instance, and it’s given me 10% of an amir’s considerable fortune just for … Continue reading →

There’s this thing we do in The Family, and that thing is play Hearts. Whenever we are together this is the thing that we do. And I love this game. The thing that we do not do is let my … Continue reading →

After 31 years of careful observation and scrutiny, I have finally figured it out: my mother is a Narrator. When anyone is within earshot, there is a non-stop monologue about whatever it is that is going through her head at … Continue reading →

Merry HOLIDAY!!! I’m in D.C., or just outside of it, having successfully navigated through the holiday travel hordes. It wasn’t so bad, actually. One thing about traveling to Asia for work is, you periodically get upgraded to First Class just … Continue reading →