About Me

I’m so glad you’ve chosen to read about me! How nice. As if a blog is not egotistical enough, this page is all about who I am and why I am. I’m not totally sure why I am sometimes but never mind that.

My name is David Clark and I grew up in Grand Rapids, MI about 3 hours to the south of where I’ve ended up. I’m single now but I spent 10 years of my life living with my partner Jirar who’s now gone off to find what he was missing in life. I’ve asked him to be sure and let me know what it is when he finds it…if I’m still on the planet by then. I’ve got a wonderful 9 year old Boarder Collie / Golden Retriever mix named Gavin and recently had to separate from my 2 cats KD and Pooh.  KD is now in cat heaven, and Pooh is living on a farm up here in the northwoods. The animals make up my own personal zoo where I am merely a visitor with an extended stay pass. They keep me in line now that my partner is gone.

I work for a big home improvement store in Traverse City, MI where I am currently a Department Manager with several people working for me. It took plenty of ass kissing to get this job since the only real skill required is an ability to work with the general public (something most people either can’t or won’t do). I like what I do except for the dip shit rednecks who live up here who call themselves DIYers.  Never in my life have I run into so many people who have absolutely no concept of reality (or work).  I’ve lost a lot of faith in humanity as a result of this job, or I guess it would better to just say that my suspicion that people are generally stupid has been confirmed.  That aside, I don’t tend to write much about my work.   To say the least I work for a huge company and I’m a little pee-on in their world.  My attitude towards work tends to reflect my displeasure towards making other people very rich while I struggle to stay within the middle class. Anyhow, that is indeed another story. You’ll find plenty of posts here on this blog detailing my experiences with morons, fools, and dweebs, I do however try not to mention my fellow co-workers nor do I discuss any details of my employment that might get me in hot water. I know how far I can go and what I can say to stay out of trouble.

My personal time (when I have it) is primarily devoted to snapping pictures of the amazing area I happen to live in. At least once a week, I pack up the dog and drive somewhere new to take pictures of the ever changing landscapes in Leelanau County and beyond. I will post some of my better pictures on the blog but if you want to see the full range of what I’m seeing, you have to check out my photography web site from time to time. Leelanau Photography is where I put my portfolio. When I am not snapping pictures, I am usually found over at my parents house sitting in an inner-tube floating in Lake Leelanau or out on their boat with Gavin. It’s very hard to do much else up here in the summer. Nothing compares to sipping cocktails by the campfire discussing the rather bizarre political atmosphere up here with a non-judgmental audience who makes me dinner and puts gas in the boat.

Speaking of politics, every now and then I will go off on tangents in my posts detailing my rage and frustration with the ass-backwards way people do things up here. I have never lived in such a goofy place in my life. Embezzlement, high percentages of drug use, taxes, part time residency, poor schools, Native American Casinos and Farmland preservation to name a few politically charged issues that I’ll bring up from time to time and offer my opinion. I can get pretty fiery about some of these fools. Oh well, they deserve what they get.

So without further adieu, sit back, relax and enjoy my blog. You’ll find a little bit of everything here.

I don’t (and won’t) have kids of my own so I am content to be known as Uncle David to my Niece and Nephew.  They have no idea yet how spoiled they are.