Dave Cook

Dave Cook
Dave Cook is a comic writer, video game journalist, author and former PR consultant living in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2014, he founded independent comic production house Card Shark Comics...
block men climbing
He was skinning a bear. I was terrified at first, because the corpse resembled a naked man quartered between two trees. He'd created a deadfall trap over some big talus blocks and the bear had fallen in. He used the skin for something and jerked the meat. If it wasn't astonishing enough behavior in a national park, the next day he made donuts, using bear fat for grease ! Surely, by now, he's created an empire somewhere in the world...
lying climbing brain
I became so desperate that I considered throwing Eric [Beck] off the ledge. I thought I could get down and then lie about what had happened. To my addled brain, this was plausible. Then I came to my senses and woke Eric up and told him that either he had to retreat or I'd throw him off. We went down and I never climbed again for a quarter of a century.
cost whatever
Essentially we wanted to do whatever had to be done. The cost of replacing it was so exorbitant.
both confidence early fourth guys job missing team time
Both of those guys have a lot of confidence. And we as a team have a lot of confidence in them. They were missing early but I tell them all the time a shooter's job is to shoot. Luckily, they warmed up in the fourth quarter.
cake hated icing kids losing met title winning
Winning the title would be the icing on the cake for Cody and David. I've never met two kids who hated losing so much.
defense half proud score transition
We can score from the inside, the outside, in transition or in the half court. Then we can play some lock-down defense too. I am just really proud right now.
call employees protecting realize trying virginia west
West Virginia was a wake-up call for everyone. We're trying to get employees to realize they're No. 1 for protecting themselves.
calm rest river water
Because of the dam, the water was so calm you could paddle up and down. The rest of the river is a one-way river.
stay
I'm already here and I already have my businesses. I can stay here one way or another.
defense great held playing team
We just keep playing great team defense. We held another team to under 40 points.
feeling goals high last month season team
We have set our goals really high all season and this was one of the things that we really wanted. I think we showcased what we can do this weekend. For the last month and a half, our whole team has been on a mission. We have a feeling that making it is not enough; we want it all.
dedicated great hockey last needed
It's something they've been doing for the last two years. They've got a great organization and have been very dedicated to doing what needed to be done to get hockey to this level.
feeling final great
It's just a great feeling to be going to the final four.
gold industry nevada takes topic
It's a topic the gold industry in Nevada takes serious.