Sentence of Dave

Last night, I was enjoying our A/C, watching the Argentina vs. Cabo Verde World Cup battle, when—suddenly—the sky turned black, and the wind...

My wife and I found ourselves in Woodbridge today-- we were driving Ian's girlfriend home-- and so we decided to grab some lunch out of ...

It's really fucking hot out, like actually hotter than the kind of heat that I normally complain about, but our neighbors are still havi...

  I woke up early this morning and finished a massive tome (900-plus pages) I've been reading for two years:  Reaganland: America's ...

I just did some laps in the pool at the YMCA, and while I wouldn't call myself a strong swimmer, I'm certainly a smooth swimmer—but ...

Today was the first real day of summer for me—a weekday when everyone else is working, and I have no obligations, so I can do shit during of...

Widow's Bay , a show that perfectly balances horror and comedy, follows the struggles of Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) as he tries to ...

Although my plumbing skills are abysmal -- as is fitting and proper for an English teacher—I am capable of measuring, drilling, and screwing...

My buddy Whitney (a.k.a. Les Coole) and his co-host Penny Baker do a fantastic radio show on Tuesday nights on WODU , and last Tuesday they ...

Another school year in the books: we loaded the kids on the bus, I cleaned up my room, we chatted in the English office, I ran over to the v...

The women in the English Department like to do things communally, especially get coffee from WaWa and pay too much for food delivery . . . a...

I went to the dermatologist today, and she used a liquid nitrogen spray to freeze off some actinic keratosis on my nose and the top of my he...

  My wife makes her own granola (and now I'm spoiled: it's much more delicious than store-bought).

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there . . . but honestly, considering how easy it is to become a dad-- I won't get into th...

If you're looking for some music recs, my buddy Deatz has started a zine-like blog called Deatz Beats , where he posts playlists and odd...

At my age and fitness level, the rules of the game seem to be: no impact sports (pickleball, basketball, soccer, tennis) two days in a row--...

Teenagers don't know who Paul Simon is.

It's nearly summer, and so I'm taking a break from Robert Caro's twelve-hundred-page bio of Robert Moses, The Power Broker , and...

Today was the best possible weather-- sunny and dry and 78 degrees-- and I know other parts of the country experience this regularly (fuck y...

  The last days of school with seniors are taxing and silly-- there's nothing at stake, most of them are exempt from the final exam, and...