Name: Dave

Age: (35 36 37 38 39 40 41) 42 (As each birthday passes I strikeout my previous age. I was 35 in 2004 when I started blogging)

Hometown: Wilmington, CA

Residence: Long Beach, CA

Occupation: Proofreader

Childhood ambition(s): Baseball player, artist/cartoonist

Previous jobs: Ticket seller at Knott’s Berry Farm, photo lab tech, car lot porter, retail slave, magazine writer

Status: Married 18 years; one child

Started blogging: July 16, 2004

Hobbies: Writing, music, photography, sports

Favorite foods: Chinese, pizza, Tommy’s hamburgers

Least favorite foods: Olives, mushrooms, Olive Garden, Mimi’s Cafe, seafood

Other random yet totally true facts about me

• I used to be really, really fat
• My name could have been Valentin Caballero
• I was in a Pat Benatar video
• I was on the field shortly after George Brett got his 3,000th hit
• I’ve met Depeche Mode
• While waiting to see a taping of the Jimmy Kimmel Show, I rapped the Blu Blockers commercial with the man who made it famous, Geek
• I’ve flown in the Goodyear blimp more times (over 5) in my life than I’ve flown in a commercial aircraft (twice)
• I don’t drink, smoke or have ever used drugs
• While Hispanic, my behaviors and lifestyle don’t fall into that of the stereotypical Hispanic dude (like the fact that I’m listening to The Alan Parsons Project right now)
• My wife’s family lineage can be traced back to Abraham Lincoln
• I don’t drink coffee or energy drinks and rarely drink soda (but it’s diet if I do)
• I’ve been in a few TV shows

Much, much more to come…