Author Archives: DAK

I just saw three consecutive commercials for varying products featuring young, chipper characters talking happily on their cell phones in public spaces. I am not sure what it is, but I am fairly certain that there is something wrong with … Continue reading →

Happy New Year? Well, I haven’t posted in something just short of forever. Why is that? Part of it is the continued lurking of the aforementioned stalkers, who are still doing their best to scour my site for further information … Continue reading →

You know how your parents are in a state of arrested development when it comes to thinking of you? Despite your being an adult, maybe even a grown-up, your mom still sees you as 12, and your Dad maybe a … Continue reading →

I’ll tell you one thing about the East Coast… or, perhaps more correctly, one thing about somewhere other than LA: people here are polite. The guy at Blockbuster, even though he is blinged-out and looks like a thug, wants to … Continue reading →

Here’s a question, and it’s just a question: what is the fascination with tagging bathroom stalls? I’m assuming that this is more or less relegated to the men’s room as all of the women’s restrooms I’ve been in didn’t have, … Continue reading →

What the hell is this? I mean seriously, what the hell is this? McDonald’s claims that it’s something called a Filet-O-Fish® and is described as: Golden crispy fish filet, American cheese, special tartar sauce on a toasted bun. Really? I … Continue reading →

Ah. So this might help explain why my truck got rear-ended (that should yield some interesting search results) 4 times in almost as many months. According to a study by InsuranceHotline.com, a Web site that quotes drivers on insurance rates, … Continue reading →

Stalkers are disturbing. Especially ones that choose to use this forum as a way to harass or disturb people other than me. Which, by the way, is why I typically use codenames for people I refer to on this site; … Continue reading →

Pearl Harbor at 65 Pearl Harbor survivors are meeting for the last time today on the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The reasons are pragmatic: the nearly 500 remaining survivors are in their 80’s and 90’s… and … Continue reading →

As variously reported, c|net senior editor James Kim has been found dead in the Oregon woods after trying to find help for his stranded and lost family. He is survived by his wife and two young children. I remember James … Continue reading →