a Daniel Howell blog
Posted in Life on Feb 18th, 2010
You’re a teacher and you want to write a book for Prentice Hall. Perhaps you are writing a textbook or an educational pamphlet. What are you gonna do with those double-spaces after periods? “Always double-space your manuscript so that it can be easily copyedited. Type all copy flush left, rag right, including heads. Use a [...]
Posted in Life on Jan 31st, 2010
Arm and Hammer Baking Soda for Carpets is worth every penny. If you have a pet, use the stuff. Not only is the scent acceptable, it really does make the pet-hair release itself from the carpet fibers. My oriental rug is green! I remember! Star Wars Lego. We’re not there yet, but I can’t wait [...]
Posted in Life on Nov 10th, 2009
The only picture I have of me at college, circa 1988. That’s the wind-tunnel at my almost all-male engineering school in the background. I wish I had a good college story for this, but I really don’t. Share on Facebook
Posted in Life on Oct 7th, 2009
Did you really quit WoW in May? How many times did you see Christy Brinkley in something other than traditional clothing? What kind of car did your grandfather drive? What’s the best nickname you’ve ever heard in WoW? Where did you live while going to elementary school? Who was the first girl you ever kissed? [...]
Posted in Life on Oct 5th, 2009
Well, it took a while but we’ve accumulated enough reader questions that we can do an entire post on them. So with no further ado, Our Answers: Yes. Twice. Datsun. The Diet Coke of Evil. Lexington, KY. She was blond, we were both five years old, and I broke her arm totally accidentally because I [...]
Posted in Life on Sep 28th, 2009
I love to drive. No, you don’t understand. I LOVE to drive. Driving is how I learn about myself, it’s how I reflect on my mistakes, my successes, and my hopes for the future. Driving helps me pray. Some people burn incense, some people read the Bible, I drive. When I was in high school, [...]
Posted in Life on Sep 19th, 2009
Now listen, I grew up with the greatest cartoons ever made: Bugs Bunny and Road Runner. What’s the equivalent in today’s cartoon market? Nothing. Phineas and Ferb is pretty darn good, though. The weak link is the pet platypus, which is why P&F doesn’t beat out Bugs; Warner Bros had no weak links in their [...]
Posted in Life on Aug 30th, 2009
There is a LOT of stuff going on in my life, and I’d love to write about it, but I can’t. Not because I’ve been legally barred from doing so, but because, frankly, sometimes doing the right thing means not doing anything. I would absolutely LOVE to vomit a 10,000,000 essay about my life. But [...]
Yes, I logged on WoW. I was not my decision. Certain people did certain things but didn’t get those certain things done so I had to do things to get things done. I got my things done, and now that they’re done, WoW is gone again. If you don’t understand — and you probably don’t [...]
Posted in Life on Aug 26th, 2009
/ring ring! Hallo? Daniel, this is your attorney. Hallo! You’ll be at your appointment tomorrow? Yes. Good. Do you like coffee? I make the best coffee in Orlando. I like coffee, but probably not your coffee. I make the best coffee! Yes, but I only like lattes. Lattes? Yes, raspberry lattes. … So what you’re [...]
