Peace Corps Service
“Just because you lived in a mud hut, it doesn’t mean your service was any harder.” -Thomas Ross (Peace Corps Ukraine Director of Programming and Training) I’ve been back a year.
Author: Danny Zawacki
My name is Danny and I like things to be simple. I believe that there’s beauty in a simply written text. There’s logic in less is more. And there’s clarity in writing things to be read.
Web Redesign 2013
I know I mentioned a while back that I wanted to redesign my site. It was probably further back than I’m used to for announcing website updates. And I realize, if you poke around this site, nothing has really changed yet. But don’t think I’m not working on it, because I am. I’m limited on […]
Thor and Other Nerd Thoughts
I watched Thor: The Dark World last night, and I wasn’t very impressed. While it I enjoyed watching, Thor is still my least favorite of the Marvel storylines on-screen now. Two saving graces are Kat Dennings and Natalie Portman, who are always great to see on-screen (can anyone else not get enough of Kat Denning’s […]
Dinner Shot
Dinner last night. I’m trying to make healthier dinners by adding a lot of veggies into them. Vegetables are good for you, generally low calorie, and they fill you up. Plus, they’re natural. I tried eating a huge salad for dinner the other day but I defeated the healthiness factor of it by covering it […]
Cat Feeding
I love that when I wake up in the morning, there’s a cat sitting on my chest, waiting to be fed. I love that she sits in between the shower curtains while I shower, waiting to be fed. I love that once she’s fed, she purrs. I really love that once she’s fed, she still […]
Dungeon Master
I don’t think I’ve talked about this much, if at all, but I really aspire to be a Dungeon Master for a game of Dungeons and Dragons. I’ve read great things about successful people playing the game and I want to be one of those people. I want my friends to be those people. I […]
PageRank 3
You want to hear a good one? My blog. This little old website I started back in 2007, has gotten a Google PageRank of 3 as of press time. For being such a little blog that I was under the impression of that no one reads, this is a big deal for me. Just for […]
September was Success
I got burned out. Or I fell back into my hole of seclusion. Something happened towards the end of September and I stopped updating. I was doing really well, then I missed a day or two and posted late and it became the habit. Life went on without me posting, but I still felt guilty, […]
Religion
Religion is not something I talk about a lot. I have my reasons and they’ll likely come up but I just wanted to start by telling you that I don’t think you need to join my religion. I don’t want to join yours. I don’t care which religion is best. I was born and raised […]
If I hadn’t Joined the Peace Corps
What might my life be like, if I hadn’t gone off to Ukraine with the Peace Corps? This question ran through my mind every single day I was there. I thought about it for hours upon hours. I’d sit on trains thinking about it, staring out at the Ukrainian countryside and sweating because everyone refused […]