The Blog of The Dave

…and stuff.

A Few Random Bits

I don’t seem to post to here too often any more. Once upon a time I posted every single day. My life was different then.
On Friday or so I got that beginning of a tingle of a sore throat. I hate that so much. The anticipation of what’s to come makes me hate the world [...]

My Kruck

I had written a post and then Internet Explorer decided to crap out… The fucker!
Anyways, as I had tried to say but will now be more concise since I don’t want to re-write the whole thing…
Yesterday my mom and I went to the Toyota dealership in Auburn. My mom came so that she could co-sign [...]

Feelin’ Old

I walked into a Starbucks today, one where a number of the employees know my drink and know me by name. No, I don’t have an addiction! I can quit any time I want to! SHUT UP! What is this, an intervention?!?! Oh, wait… sorry. Got off track.
So I walk in and the gal running [...]

Car Problems

On Friday my car decided that it couldn’t hold its water. It’s had a coolant and oil leak for some time now but they’ve been slow, manageable leaks, which required frequent refills of the respective fluids. On Friday, after a brief stop at the shop before heading out to the job site, I saw a [...]

Thoughts on Going Bald

Let’s say you are having a huge party of, say, 100 people. By midnight 87 of those 100 people have left. They slowly receded out the door a few at a time and you just didn’t really notice until midnight. So, at midnight you look around the room and see those last 13 people just [...]

George Michael, Gay? No Way!

I’m watching some old George Michael videos right now and shaking my head, wondering how it is that people didn’t know he was gay back in his heyday. I remember people in my high school debating it and wishing that people would just shut up about the topic of “gay” altogether. I was still struggling [...]

Lay-Offs… Survival of the Fittest

I’ve survived yet another lay-off from my company. Contrary to what I was thinking, there seems to be less work right now and just too many employees. I was working in the office on Thursday, using the desk of one of the guys who had to make some of the tough decisions. I didn’t envy [...]