In the last few months I’ve decided that good dental care should be a priority in my life since over the years I’ve mostly neglectful of my teeth. I’d been avoiding the dentist over the past few years because I had found a great one. I had found one that actually didn’t make me hyperventilate…

April is good about identifying and assigning her friends their “special super power”. My super power is “defeating internet hoaxes one e-mail at a time” according to April though I really think it’s “dispensing justice one nasty e-mail at a time”, but I’m not in charge of the designations. It started back in the day…

That job listing drew me in while browsing Craig’s List the other day (thank you April for introducing me to that site). Something you need to know about me is that I occasionally think I’m 100 times more capable than I actually am and the under fed optimist in me pops open the listing thinking…

Now before you start here, you need to make sure you’ve caught up on Anna’s post in her Arena: In Real LifeWhat I’m going to write isn’t going to be so much a story as random anecdotes from that trip. For starters, I knew Anna would remember the details on why Pete was a twerp.…

In Real LifeI’ve been around the internet for quite some time. Granted, I wasn’t there at the inception of the ARPANET, but I have had an account of some sort since around 1991 when UNIX ruled and no one had yet seen the wonders Mosaic. What I’m trying to convey if you haven’t quite gotten…

I was reflecting on the Lady Bird story this morning and how I’m 100% certain I will die in some really stupid, front page worthy and ridiculous way. This lead me to thinking about the times I have actually made it into the media. I like to call this further proof that I’m destined for…

Again, this is an OLD story that everyone has heard some version of, but remember guys you told me to practice – you all and your silly notions that I’ll get better with time. Back in the day I worked for a PBS station in my home town. One of the joys of working in…

I’m getting old. I know this not because I’ve given up Saturday cartoons (well, I have… but only because they’re bad) nor is it because my teeth have all decided to mutiny and fall out of my head. It’s because of a dream. I had THE best dream the other night about toothpaste. Yes, toothpaste.…

This is an old story… well, not quite Ice Cream Man old, but a couple of months. As the site gets going the stories will be fresher, but in the mean time I’ve got to keep Lori entertained. It’s a job I take quite seriously. Every year for my birthday I force my friends to…

I just want to acknowledge April and all the hard work she’s put into making the website really sizzle. April, you’ve done a bang-up job! It’s better than I could have ever imagined it. I can’t begin to express how grateful I am for your taking the time to make the website look so great.…

Just last week I had the vet drop by to check on my cats. Their vaccinations were long overdue and one of the cats was a bit under the weather. I couldn’t find my old vet so I went with someone new who was listed under “mobile vets”. Anyone who has ever tried to wrestle…

One of my gifts in this world is the ability to rant. Some of my friends are talented doctors, others are gifted techno-philes as well as scientists and the like. Me, I complain. It’s a God given gift that I can’t ignore because I feel that it would be wrong to deny my true nature.…

I just wanted to address some requests I’ve received about sharing my work stories. I know, I know, I know, you love ’em and people like Ed’s Grandma feel like an old family friend by now; however, I just can’t do those stories here. At least not the current stories about where I work these…