Dan started writing at the age of 14 during November 2003 as he watched his mother writing freelance on the household's lone computer. He'd grow into ghost writing under her name, and finally stepped forward as a freelance writer in mid-2004.

His knowledge of sports is wide spread but stems from NHL hockey and NASCAR racing. He is friends with the Boston Bruins' center Marc Savard, former CHL player of the year with the Oshawa Generals and keeps track of other Oshawa alumni such as Florida's Nathan Horton and Bryan Allen, Nashville's Jason Arnott, and Philly's Ben Eager.

As far as favourite teams are concerned, he likes the Mets in MLB baseball, Chargers and Saints in NFL football, Ottawa Senators in NHL hockey and both Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin in the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Marcos Ambrose is a Nationwide Series favourite, but Dan and his grandfather were robbed by Robby Gordon for $149 at the Montreal race with the tour bus lottery.

He has always strongly disliked Robby Gordon.