It seems that the last blog actually touched a nerve in some of the most loyal fans of TAPKAE.com, and a few unexpected ones came out of the woodwork in response to the part about my father. Even he decided to go the most circuitous route and contact not me but my stepmother (a softer […]

While the dental drama has certainly been the commanding influence in my life as of late, I have cause to reflect on other things.
I got lucky in a Google search, and turned up a long lost friend from the glory days of when Hog Heaven Studio was just getting finished and beginning to be used. […]

Yes folks, you read right…the Exorcism, part four of three! It was all so good, there would be an encore!
I’ve sort of gotten out of the habit of getting up with normal people at a reasonable time close to when the sun comes up. But today was no problem somehow and getting up at 7:00 […]

We now return to the gripping drama of dental exorcism, TAPKAE style…
Today was to be the last of my surgeries, and it was to be the most involved for one day, taking on the remaining half of my mouth (left). I woke up at about 10 am for my 1:30 appointment. I was a bit […]

Welcome to the second installment of this gripping drama. For the previous episode, skip back a few entries, or search by category–”Modern Medieval Torture.”
Today started off at noon when I awoke to the sounds of Mike Oldfield’s Ommadawn album. Hearing a few opening notes is enough, and today I had to cut his 30 minute […]

Pup on a pantleg
Manifests reality
And it was good
Beauty like a thief
Invades the darkest places
Where’d the darkness go?

Rah Rah Say Rah Rah
A Hippo Birdie Two Ewe
Bad Beau Peeps Nigh Nate