Author Archives: DAK

Daring to be different, CNN’s story about Jeopardy’s Ken Jennings’ impressive winning streak possibly coming to an end, was prefaced with: Editor’s Note: The Associated Press provided this story to news outlets, and gives details below. If you’d prefer to … Continue reading →

My dental insurance, in a show of good faith, sent me a double-edged toothpick (I know that seems obvious, but this is some kind of super-toothpick with exciting angles and alternate pick settings) and two pink Post-It note pads in … Continue reading →

It’s been broiling in Hollywood the last few days. It’s the kind of heat where your pants stick just so to your legs and you wonder whether there might just be something to that whole “global warming” conspiracy. I’m not … Continue reading →

Happy Day Afer Labor Day, the day on which we bow down to the all important god, Labor. Conceived not by perpetually pregnant housewives, it was instead contrived by the American Railway Union in what seems to be the strongest … Continue reading →

For all the talk of California breaking off and sinking in to the ocean (tectonic plates being delineated by state lines, you see) it seems like God is trying to drown Florida, instead. I think the idea is to streamline … Continue reading →

Something that you’ve been wondering about, and something that I am willing to tell you is that, without a doubt, and unequivocably, Sour Skittles are indeed very very sour. Not that I won’t go back for more and more, no … Continue reading →

Never let it be said that I don’t care about your health: Drinking urine can eliminate sinus trouble, turn grey hair black and even cure cancer, a Thai academic said, citing a study of local Buddhists who engage in the … Continue reading →

I’m back in the Bay Area again for a few days, which marginally explains my reticence. I’m not in the so-called “hip” part of the Bay, but I am in perhaps the most recently famous one (that being Silicon Valley). … Continue reading →

The packaging for my Spree candy (a.k.a Wannabe Sweet-Tarts) says, in blue drop-shadowed “crazy” lettering: it’s a kick in the mouth! This seems like a pretty interesting marketing tactic and I suspect to see Pete’s High-Colonics: it’s like a stab … Continue reading →

Spread the word: Some 1.3 million Americans slid into poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor rose 4 percent to 35.9 million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the U.S. government said on Thursday in a … Continue reading →