And, believe it or not, here's Big Dave Nelson:

the current Mr. Los Angeles, and host of

Here's a whole threadful . . .

. . . of posts on the Dave Nelson no-fly rule.

One interesting (true?) bit of trivia: the twin towers were nicknamed David and Nelson.

Check it out:

Uncle Davey's Americana, Dave Nelson, Prop.

Naturally there are pornographic Daves

No link here, but here's a taste of the purple promotional prose: "Set one, set two… It's former pro running back Dave Nelson in his first XXX feature… thrusting up the middle, from the flank and even taking on two hot bodies at once. Even football didn't give his body this much of a pounding!"

Here's Yogi David

David runs Castro Yoga in San Francisco.

Oh, yeah, I could do that.

Three recordings from 1931 . . .

. . . by the jazz group "Dave Nelson and the King's Men," previously referred to, can be found here. And four more here, as "Dave's Harlem Highlights." [In Real Audio format.]

Dave the New Zealand seismologist

felt the earth shake when he met Cindy.

Global supply chain projects

are the specialty of consultant Dave Nelson. This must be the same Dave's book.

Dave's Near-Death Experience

Here's another Dr. Dave:

the California naturopath.

If you're looking for real estate at the shore . . .

. . . in North Carolina, don't overlook Dave Nelson in Sunset Beach.

The same goes for Billerica, Mass.--Dave's your man there, too.

This Dave works with autistic kids

"A former teacher of business communication, Dave is a parent of a fourteen year old boy who was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) at age three. Based on his experience using a developmental, individual-difference, relationship-based approach with his own son, he changed careers to work with children facing developmental challenges and their families. Dave has worked with families for over seven years helping them to learn floor-time, to put together effective home therapy programs, and to integrate their children into appropriate school programs. Dave has an M.S. degree in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University's College of Education. He is a National Certified Counselor, and is licensed as an Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC) by the state of Georgia. He is affiliated with D.I.R. Associates of Atlanta, a group of developmental professionals committed to helping parents and children."

Dave's a "warden" . . .

(whatever that is) in Peterborough County, Ontario. There was a also a "reeve" at the meeting of the "county politician's committee of the whole."

Dave likes the course at Coral Creek

Dave Nelson joined other former baseball and football players who participated in the second annual Outback Charlotte County Celebrity Golf Classic at Coral Creek to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte County, Florida. "This course is outstanding," said Dave, a coach for the Milwaukee Brewers who played 10 major league seasons for Cleveland, Washington, Texas and Kansas City. "I look forward to coming back every year."

The event raised between $15,000 and $20,000.

"I was a member of the Boys Club in Los Angeles growing up," Nelson said, "so I know how important tournaments like this are."

Here's another nice article about Coach Dave from a few years ago.

Quite a booster club:

Minnetonka, Minnesota, high school football coach Dave Nelson, hired away from a winning program in Blaine, MN, has "helped revamp the school's football booster club, the Touchdown Club. The club is expected to raise more than $250,000 this year - money that will help pay for stipends for the nine assistant coaches, equipment, artificial turf and an inflatable dome that during winter months will cover the school's football field, Nelson said."

A retired coach who won four state titles and is now a school board member at another school commented:

"Athletics are supposed to be the other half of education, not the better half. We're getting carried away with this stuff."

Here's another story on the same subject.

Dave's making music this weekend . . .

in the Richmond, Va., area. According to the live music guide in the Times-Dispatch, on Friday, "David Nelson and The Ordinary Way" are at the State Theatre in Falls Church, and on Saturday "The Dave Nelson Band" is at Alley Katz in Richmond.


(That's Dave in the middle.)

This is the David Nelson Band's first East Coast trip this year: you can enter a drawing for free tickets here.

Let's hope this guy doesn't find ANY Dave Nelson--

neither Illinois state trooper David Nelson nor any of the rest of us.

This Dave, chairman of the economics department . . .

. . . at Western Washington University, sees brighter days ahead for new grads looking for jobs.

"Unassuming Name" Still Red-flagged on Flights

"At first I thought it was a joke," said David Nelson of Tennessee.

"David Nelson" is a character on Judging Amy

Episode No. 75, "Roses and Truth," which originally aired November 5, 2002, was on TNT today. Synopsis:

"A high school teacher accuses a student ["David Nelson," played by Justin Lee Clark] of raping her and fathering her child and Amy must rule on whether or not he is guilty. Meanwhile, Kyle unhappily takes on nonmedical duties during his first days at St. Michael's Hospital, while Maxine tries to locate the mother of an abandoned newborn. Also, Amy has another meeting with her stalker, Jason."

(From what I saw, it was likely consensual, if anything "statutory rape" on the teacher's part. I couldn't sit through the entire episode.)

President David Nelson

. . . of Sierra Military Health Services, Inc., will be taking part in a conference for research analysts and institutional investors in New York next week.

You can catch the web simulcast Tuesday, December 2, 2003, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time, by going to the investors page at sierrahealth.com.

"Sierra Health Services, Inc., based in Las Vegas, is a diversified health care services company that operates health maintenance organizations, indemnity and workers' compensation insurers, military health programs, preferred provider organizations and multi-specialty medical groups. Sierra's subsidiaries serve over 1.2 million people through health benefit plans for employers, government programs and individuals."

Dave hits headlines as "death-driver"

In Northern Ireland, 20-year-old David Nelson of Belfast was given a suspended sentence more than two years after he lost contol of his vehicle, killing his friend who was a passenger in the vehicle.

The Attorney-General had appealed for a harsher sentence "in the light of the carnage on the roads and the devastation caused to victims`families."

In part because of disabling injuries that Nelson himself received, the Court of Appeal decided not to send him to prison, despite what Lord Chief Justice Sir Robert Carswell called, in what would seem to be stereotypical British understatement, "a bad piece of misjudgement."

David Nelson and the Last Poets

. . . are cited as influences on the current black poetry scene in Memphis.

"Almost two years old, Still Black See-Memphis stems from the original Chicago chapter founded by Orron Kenyetta. Both followed the path of the Last Poets, the Black Panthers of verse who made their names with obstreperous confrontation in the late '60s about the power structure.

"David Nelson, Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, as well as Gil Scott-Heron of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised fame, were influential to these contemporary poets and untold numbers of others."



David, you may recall, is now known as Dahveed ben Israel.

BBC Journalist David Nelson

will be a featured presenter at the Southwest Florida Holocaust Museum (appearing somewhat incongruously amongst all the rich people and tropical plants and exotic animals). According to the Naples News:

"Southwest Florida Holocaust Museum, which grew out of an exhibit created by seventh-grade students and their teachers at Golden Gate Middle School, aims to promote tolerance by teaching the history and lessons of the Holocaust. At 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, BBC journalist and senior producer David Nelson will present a documentary video production titled Death March: A Survivor's Story at the museum. Following the one-hour presentation he will answer questions and discuss the video. The program is free but donations are appreciated. In addition, the museum features artifacts from the Nazi's 'Final Solution' including prison camp uniforms, gold fillings taken from victims and arm bands, including one that identified the owner as an exempted employee at the factory made famous in the film Schindler's List."

The legendary University of Delaware football coach . . .

. . . previously mentioned, has a sports complex named after him:

"The fall sports festival for Special Olympics Delaware will take place from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22, at various locations in the David Nelson Sports Complex at UD."



Here's a biographical note.

"Know thyself," David figures, despite fans

From R.K. Shull's "Indiana Living" column in the online edition of the Indianapolis Star:

Dear R.K. Shull: What is some background you can provide me about my favorite actor, David Nelson of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"? Does he plan to return to TV acting soon, instead of directing? -- C.C.

Dear Reader: David, now 67, never considered himself a great actor. That's why he spent most of his adult career behind the camera.

There's even a David Nelson into food logos, believe it or not.

"A new Peterborough [U.K.] company which has developed the technology to incorporate company logos and images onto food products such as ice-creams, is confident of boosting exports after exhibiting at the world food and drink trade fair, Anuga, in Cologne."

David Nelson is the managing director of the company, Extrusion Advanced Technology, or E. A. T.

Some guys give David Nelson a bad name

A Palm Beach Post report today on Law and Order-type conflicts between police and prosecutors has dredged up old suspicions that David Nelson killed his mother in 1991. This was while he was out on parole for strangling and stabbing an attorney. Brother George Nelson was quoted:

"Get that son-of-a-bitch, pardon my French, and if they fry him, they fry him. I don't care. He should get what's coming to him."

Texas lawyer David Nelson honored

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Northeast Tarrant Chamber of Commerce named Dave their Member of the Year for his service on their board and numerous committees, and his help with major fund-raisers.

Every once in a while, David Nelson changes his name.

That's what the founding member of the prototypical rap performance troupe The Last Poets did. He's now known as Dahveed Ben Israel.

Here's Dahveed's account of a black poetry festival in St. Louis.

Dave's going to bat . . .

. . . for some German exchange students in Southern Illinois.

Follow up: The on-line headline reads "Judge grants temporary injunction for exchange students." The catchier print version: "Judge gives imports his OK."

Dave's higher than neutral on Kellogg

Credit Suisse First Boston Analyst David Nelson was moved to new alliterative heights in his most recent report on Kellogg Co.'s stock, attributing the boost in confidence to "product pipeline and productivity."

And sticking with the Ps, David's bullish on pork, too.

(This may be the Dave Nelson most frequently in the news, if Google news alerts are a true measure. See the previous mentions here and here.)

The campaign for equal justice

. . . did very well its first year in the Land of Lincoln, with a committee including yours truly.

Target 11 Pittsburgh a tad slow on the draw?

(Just now picking up on last summer's David Nelson airport security issue.)

Not that the issue has gone away, unfortunately . . .

"It certainly was really terrific."

That was the reported reaction of furniture industry lobbyist David Nelson to the House of Representatives' passage of a bill, in the works for eight years, which would allow private manufacturers to compete with the federal prisons in supplying furniture to federal offices:

David Nelson, who served as Herman Miller Inc.'s chairman from 1995 to 2000, worked with [Michigan Congressman Pete] Hoekstra and his 141 co-sponsors to lobby the issue in Washington. An office-furniture steering committee consisting of seven manufacturing companies joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AFL-CIO, and members of both houses of Congress to form a bi-partisan caucus around the issue, Hoekstra said.

"We were very pleased with the vote today," Nelson said. "It certainly was really terrific."

If you're near the Arts Cafe in Mystic, Conn., . . .

. . . Friday evening, don't miss the reading by poet Meena Alexander, author of Illiterate Heart.

And by the way, "a thematic interlude of music from Southern India will be performed by percussionist David Nelson and vocalist B. Balasubrahmaniyan."

Dave's bowling . . .

. . . in PA, checking out the EMFs in MO.

Voted one of America's strangest people. Who?

Why Dave Nelson, of course, the self-anointed "Ed Wood of the 1990s and beyond."

He didn't think much of low-carb catsup . . .

. . . as was reported earlier, but Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Dave Nelson is high on cereal--in fact, he says it's "ggrreeat!"

Do you think the new George Junior High School . . .

. . . in Arkansas was named after the president?

Anyway, David Nelson, "an exemplary instructional leader," will be its first principal when it opens next August, it was announced today.

Troutdale, Ore., police chief

Dave Nelson helps interview for new chief in neighboring Sandy.

Wouldn't you think the policeman's lot would be a happy one in towns with names like Troutdale and Sandy?

On the legal front lines . . .

. . . in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, is State's Attorney David R. Nelson.