How about that...

Dan was once an extra in a movie starring Gerard Butler.

Dan's wife Robin lived in Valencia, Spain, for five years.

Dan's grandfather played on the 1936 United States Olympic soccer team and is a member of the US Soccer Hall of Fame.

Dan's Rhodesian Ridgeback Bo weighs in at 130 pounds.

Dan's first short story, written in fifth grade, was about a monster that could only be destroyed by salt.  (No word yet on publication.)