Wake up, Fiery Scarecrow!
Last night I woke up to the phone ringing. It was 11:30 p.m. and I was out cold. I’m always nervous about answering the phone at that hour because everyone knows I get up really early (3:00 or 4:00 am) to go ballooning and it could only either be an emergency, or the occaisional call [...]
Drinking Beer Not That Exciting Anymore
The great thing about being a hoarder and never throwing anything away, is that you are often nostalgically surprised when you pull something out of a box you’ve had stored in the attic for 20-years. Take this Farfrompüken t-shirt I discovered this morning. This thing brings back memories. Memories such as waking-up under a freeway [...]
End of the Line for Lewis and Clark
I recently stood on the very spot where, in 1806, Lewis and Clark, after an historical 2-year expedition to reach the pacific ocean, looked at each other and said, “we came all this way for this?” I’m sure an accurate history of the Lewis and Clark expedition is fascinating, but I am much too lazy [...]
Dead Rooster: Confessions of a Dot Com Trillionaire
I make so much money online that I often just sit around the Dead Rooster Mansion puffing on Tiparillos which I carelessly light-up with actual Mexican currency totaling as much as 100 Pesos! I know what you’re thinking: Hey, William, you may be way more interesting than that Dos equis guy, but if you’re such [...]


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