About


In the office bathroom, January 2008

A slightly thinner me in the office bathroom, May 2008

HolographicMeatloaf.com is maintained by me, Dave. I’m a 37 38 39-year-old father and husband that works full time as a Web proofreader. Just because I do that for a living doesn’t mean I’m not susceptible to making an error now and then, so don’t bother to point them out :)

When I’m not working I spend time with my family. It’s definitely time well spent.

I’ve held many jobs in my lifetime: amusement park ticket seller, photo lab tech, magazine writer, car lot porter, and retail slave. All had their pluses and minuses.

Writing is something that has always come easy for me. The problem, of course, was getting my opinion or commentary to a broad audience. The Internet solved that problem tenfold as is evident by the bazillions of blogs out there. And if you’ve read this far, let me say thanks. It’s obvious you have some interest in the person behind the keyboard.

This little blog is just a glimpse into my world, a world seen through the sarcastic eyes of a writer at heart. I hope you enjoy what I’ve done here. You can also visit my dormant Blogger blog if you dare.

With all that out of the way, here are some interesting—or not—facts about me.

Enjoy!
Dave

Note: This section is still in progress.

I was in a Pat Benatar video.
You can see proof and the story that goes along with it in this post.

I rapped with Geek of BluBlocker fame.
Remember that BluBlocker commercial back in the 80s? The rapper goes by the name Geek, a street performer that still makes the rounds in L.A. We met him while waiting to gain entry to the Jimmy Kimmel show a few years ago. He freestyled using our names and he still carries around his little beatbox. I reminded him of the commercial and while he remembered it, he couldn’t recall the words. I decided to help him out a bit and then it all came back to him. So there we are in the middle of Hollywood-Effing-Boulevard, rapping the Blu-Effing-Blocker commercial with Effing Geek. I. Effing. RULE!

I was on the field after George Brett got his 3,000th hit.
My brother was working for KMPC at the time and he gave me media credentials for the season. Brett went 4-for-5 that night—and then got picked off right after his 3,000th hit. Here’s some proof of that magical night:

I met Depeche Mode in 1990.
It was the night before the infamous Wherehouse fiasco. Words and images are here.

My brother is listed on IMDB.
He’s done various jobs for TV and movies, including playing a TV reporter on NBC’s American Dreams:

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I still have most of my old video game systems.
Okay maybe not all mine, and we did sell our Sega Genesis and Sega CD system at a garage sale years ago. But Ann still has her Atari 2600 and NES, while she gained an additional NES and an SNES after we got married. We’ve added on since then: Playstation and PS2, GameCube with Gameboy adapter, and now XBOX 360 and Wii (we never had an N64 or Dreamcast). I still have my original Gameboy and Mattel Football II handheld, and would like a DS Lite sometime I have a DS Lite now. Gamers? Us? Nah.

I’m Free.
Drugs? Nope. Smoker? Not a chance. Alcohol? Negative. Sheesh, I even stopped drinking diet sodas about a month ago. Does that me a dull person? Nah, my kid thinks I’m cool. But I suppose it’s all subjective, yo.