Author Archives: DAK

I’m sure every person with a semi-regular blog in the world is posting about Michael Jackson’s death today. I’m no different. I grew up in the 80’s, I listened to the music, I had that poster, I wore my Thriller … Continue reading →

I’m not the greatest of sons lately. Well, maybe that’s not true, but I’m not the greatest in terms of gift-giving. For the past few years, I’ve only been able to muster a call on father’s/mother’s day and no gift … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, I saw a dead body for the first time outside of a mortuary. Yesterday there was a fatal gang shooting across the street from the studio…which also sadly ended in death. I had my DSLR … Continue reading →

Way back in the late 20th century, when I was still in school, History was my absolute least favorite subject. Even less so than math, which is why I became an engineer…wait, what? It’s not that I was bad at … Continue reading →

I have a bunch of completed and near-completed stories on my harddrive. Where by a “bunch” I really mean like ten. I’ve written stories on and off my whole life, but i have no idea where they are. I don’t … Continue reading →

I have a love/hate relationship with flickr. I love it because I can put my pictures up and feel like I have a pretty good eye and have some measurable kind of skill. But then, as is inevitable, my eye … Continue reading →

I’m falling apart, America. The eyes are going fast, the hair is on its way out, the fat is stacking up…It’s a sad sight. I can’t help but think that it has a lot to do with the 50-60 hour … Continue reading →

Got an invite to Blogger Prom 2009…which is awesome though also weird as I have a spectacularly unpopular blog; and, over the last year or so I’ve updated less and less. Even so, I’ve been doing this since early 2000. … Continue reading →

As an addendum to yesterday’s post about my mini-tragedies in threes, everyone that I’ve mentioned my string of bad-ish luck to has, to a man, gasped the loudest, had the deepest sighs, and choked back their streaming tears when I … Continue reading →

My life is not that hard. There are people that are much worse off by far. However comma, I could do without my back-up harddrive failing and taking years of pictures and documents with it, my TV failing, and getting … Continue reading →