[close] Danny Evans chose to write for a living in spite of his parents' contentions that he'd make a perfect rabbi, and the past two decades have confirmed the wisdom of his decision. Had he made the opposite choice, he would not have experienced ejection from a Major League clubhouse by a Hall of Fame manager wearing nothing but a scowl. He would have missed a Denver omelet breakfast with Tiger Woods, a terrifying stare-down with a Nazi hunter, four magazine cover stories, a rejection letter that included the word ?putz?, and a call from an associate editor declaring she loved his idea but wanted someone else to write the article.

Evans graduated from Fresno State University in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in journalism, and he spent the mind-numbing year after that as high school sports editor for a newspaper in the Mojave Desert. That was all it took for Danny to realize his dream of becoming a reporter was like dreaming of being eaten alive by the Teletubbies. He ran for his life and has spent every year since in the advertising industry, writing ad copy for (among other products) hazelnut-flavored coffee creamer and ?urinal burgers? (the little pink antiseptic discs used in high-traffic men?s rooms). While working as Senior Copywriter for a Fortune 500 HMO in late 2004, danny started a blog called Dad Gone Mad (www.dadgonemad.com), in part because he needed a distraction from the monotonous written regurgitations of Medical Necessities Your Health Insurer Won?t Cover Because Our Stakeholders Need New Yachts And Frankly We Don?t Give A Shit About Your Perforated Colon. DadGoneMad.com has won national recognition (St. Louis Post Dispatch Blog of the Day for June 12, 2007 -- need we say more?) and has lead to speaking engagements on Sirius Satellite Radio, Jumping Monkeys, and at SXSW 2007 (recordings available upon request).

Danny has been a contributing writer and consultant for Babble.com, Disney's Family.com and the now-defunct Snarkywood.com. His words have enlivened the pages of Good Housekeeping, Details (about 15 characters worth), Men?s Health (the aforementioned ?here?s $75 to make you go away?), Southwest Airlines Spirit, Orange Coast, the Los Angeles Daily News and Tall Magazine (yes, there is such a thing -- correction: was such a thing).

Danny lives in Orange County, CA with his wife Sharon and their two children.

RAGE AGAINST THE MESHUGENAH is his first book. [close]