Name:
Dave Askman

Birthday:
3/30/1962 (shared with Eric Clapton, man).

Birthplace:
Sidney, MT.

Occupation:
Drycleaner, lawyer, student.

Working On:
My ice hockey skills.

Worst Job Experience:
Trimming Xmas trees with a really sharp machete (that's right, they don't grow that shape) when I was 10 years old. Bleeding grade-schoolers everywhere.

The Last Good Movie I Saw:
Pan's Labyrinth - seriously twisted.

The Book I've Been Reading:
The Dogs of Riga, by Henning Mankell. It's a slow Swedish mystery.

Favorite Pig Out Food:
Sushi. I'm a bottomless pit.

Nickname:
Mookie, tater-boy, the Ass Man.

Favorite Performer:
Greg Dulli. I don't know why he's not a huge rockstar.

Prized Possession:
My big bag of ticket stubs.

People always think I'm:
Ed Norton. I also get a few "aren't you Chandler Bing?"

I'd give anything to meet:
Sarah Silverman.

Favorite Annual Event:
The New Orleans JazzFest. Hands down.

A really great evening to me is:
A couple great bottles of wine and the perfect mix tape on a hot summer night on the patio.

My Fantasy Is:
Playing bass for the Who; or playing in the Stanley Cup Finals with the Washington Caps.

The One Thing I Can't Stand is:
Tow truck drivers.

If I Could Change One Thing About Myself:
I'd eat onions. Can't stand the things, and they're in everything.

I'm Really Good At:
Remembering college teams' nicknames. I'm pretty good at bad '70s music, too.

My Most Irrational Act:
Adopting two children 8 months apart. What the hell were we thinking?

If I've Learned One Thing In Life It's:
Good manners and a big vocabulary can open a lot of doors.

Major accomplishment:
I was trial counsel for the U.S. Justice Department on the largest environmental prosecution in the history of the United States. So far, we're winning.

Hobbies:
Skiing, traveling, team sports.

Three words that best describe me:
Mellow, late, pale

KEVIN CONNECTION
Dave is the husband of Mandy Rafool, who is a life long friend of Julie. So I met Dave, when I started dating Jules. Ours is a friendship forged by a love of good music, good food and the women of Peoria.

FAVORITE DAVE STORY
A week before dave and mandy got married, Dave went jumping on a friends trampoline and did a beautiful face plant, resulting in a rather nasty looking facial scraping. Ouch! Mandy made him wear make-up at their wedding so that he looked pretty for the pictures. Ha-ha.

Dave and Mandy live in Denver and their wedding was in Aspen, so to get from Denver to Aspen, Dave naturally rode his motorcycle...up and down the twisting wet roads of Colorado. Then, just to make things interesting; on his wedding day, Dave decided to go skiing in the rapidly melting snow. One has to ask themselves; what was Dave's motivation for all of this daredevilish behavior? Was he subconsciously looking for a way out of this wedding? Nah. He's just a nut. Which is why we love him and wouldn't have him any other way.

Keep on keeping on Dave. Keep on keeping on.