Sentence of Dave

Yesterday, in an attempt to get some vitamin D and dispel the cold and dark winter blues, my wife and I tried to take a hike at the Rutgers ...

To kick off 2026, I finished yet another Clifford D. Simak classic sci-fi novel, Ring Around the Sun , and this one is full of big ideas: p...

My wife and I rang in the New Year with a trip to the Rutgers Cinema to see Marty Supreme , which was a highly entertaining way to start 20...

1) The Birdwatcher  by William Shaw 2) Doomsday Book  by Connie Willis 3) IQ  by Joe Ide 4) Save Our Souls: The True Story of A Castaway Fam...

We are back from Philly, with to-go sandwiches from Reading Terminal (including roasted pork with sharp provolone, peppers, and greens from ...

Typical day in Philly: donuts from the Amish bakery at Reading Terminal Market, a visit to the new Calder Sculpture Garden and Museum, a che...

I thought of an apt name for today's Giants vs. Raiders game-- both teams sport a 2-13 record-- and so I came up with "Stupor Bowl...

The cold weather, my swollen knee, the crusty snow, and the lack of sunlight-- these have put me into hibernation mode-- and even coffee is ...

I am assuming Chris Pavone's The Doorman  will be the last book I finish in 2025, and it was my favorite-- a thriller with plenty of soc...

My wife and I had a lovely Christmas Eve with the boys and Ian's girlfriend Kyla-- my wife made chicken cordon bleu and some fantastic m...

Yesterday, Ian and I picked up Alex in New Brunswick, we ate some cheesesteaks, and then we all went to the YMCA and played some three-on-th...

I made a musical trivia quiz today for my Music and the Arts class and part of the quiz was about which artists were popular in each decade,...

Donald Trump-- in one of his most deranged moves to date-- continues his quixotic battle against windmills, halting five developing wind far...

Today is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and thus the darkest fucking day of the year . . . but tomorrow we will have a coupl...

I did my usual "Seven Books for Reading" post over at Gheorghe: The Blog today . . . if you're looking for a good book, check...

Does anyone actually: 1) rinse and drain quinoa thoroughly in cold water before cooking? 2) determine doneness by the visible germ ring on t...

I'm not sure how-- serendipity, I guess-- but I just finished another sci-fi book written in the 1950s that details a war being waged th...

I decided to give working from home a try today-- I've got a cold, and I'm losing my voice, so I didn't feel up to inspiring the...

Time and Again is more profound and serious than most of the Clifford Simak books I've read ( Mastodonia,   They Walked Like Men , The G...

Despite the cold and the ice and the preponderance of delayed openings in the surrounding counties, Middlesex County schools did NOT have a ...

Today was an apt day to finish  Omar El Akkad's book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This  (a title which reminds me of ...