The Crew

Because brother Dan doesn’t like to talk about himself, I will do it for him…

Dan Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, some years back. The first of 5 kids, Dan spent most of his formative years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s sprawling west-suburban hinterlands. From there, Dan left for Dartmouth College “out east.” Sometime thereafter, he moved to Chicago (I think) in order to continue his studies. Then Virginia at some time. Then out to Iowa City with his wife. In Iowa, the couple welcomed the first of 3 children (who is now going off to college himself). Dan has lived (and taught) abroad in Italy, Mexico, and the Czech Republic (among others). Dan speaks Spanish, Italian, and some form of Guinness-tongue (Guinni?) none but his closest friends can interpret. He speaks each a whole lot better at the local pub after a few pints. He loves all things Renaissance literature, devours music, and has a voracious appetite for the written and spoken word. He has a playful disposition and an incredibly kind heart. He is also one of the most curious people one could ever hope to know. Dan currently resides in Vermont with his lovely wife and 3 children. – Enoch

Meep is a member of the Irish Catholic mafia, having a suspiciously high number of green-eyed, red-haired friends. While she doesn’t have red hair herself [except when she goes into the sun (rare for any vampire)], she does have green eyes. She’s a raving Papist and is a life actuary on the side [i.e., she counts dead people]. An amateur pain-in-the-ass [willing to go pro!], she likes covering retirement, mortality, math, and education issues.

KillTruck is a wife, mother, blogger and native midwesterner now living in Eastern Washington state. She writes about politics, pop culture, parenting, wifing and a few other subjects she has no authority to write about. She has macabre fascinations with prostitution and/or cannibalism. In her free time she enjoys eating and/or drinking her feelings, liveblogging Lifetime movies, thinking about Scott Brown and mocking things she doesn’t understand.

Enoch_Root is a thousander who lives in SE Wisconsin with his wife and five rats. Enoch was raised on the outskirts of Milwaukee, the fifth of five difficult children. He toured various middle and high schools, snuck his way into Cornell College, IA, and then went on to study International Relations at a International Business Management grad school in Glendale, AZ. Enoch went on to spend 7 or 8 years making noise with a touring rock band out of Mesa, AZ. In 2000, Enoch realized he could not reconcile the rock n’ roll lifestyle, as interesting as it was, with being a father and husband. Why his wife put up with him during his twenties is unknown. Enoch works in the field of Interactive web development and marketing, occasionally writing things, making snag-it edits for POWIP, struggling to actually live his Catholic faith, and still finding himself unable to get along with most people.

Falahime Blah blah blah, Wyoming, blah blah, massage therapist, details cars, used to sell beer, blah blah, hunts big game. That’s about all there is to me; I’m pretty simple.

Dahlhalla is a professional troublemaker and classical musician living in New York City. Schooled in Seattle (with Liz Mair), and college-d in San Francisco (where she played with the Grateful Dead once, no joke). She truly lives the plots of several telenovellas on a daily basis. Yeah. Just ask any anonymous blogger you know. Currently dating her way through the former Bush Administration, Dahlhalla is gathering enough material to hopefully post more than once every other month. But until then…OMG SHOES.

Rocketman