Hypothetical Schadenfreude Alleviates Dave's Misery

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Yesterday at school-- for the good of the children, the old people, the country in general, science, and my immune system-- I got both the n...

Battling Two Vaccine Shots While Writing A Review For One Battle After Another

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My wife and I saw One Battle After Another,  and all I can say is that I'm proud of Paul Thomas Anderson (and all the excellent actors a...

The Call Is Coming From Inside the Hat!

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After I play pickleball, I hang my sweaty baseball caps on the clothesline across our back deck so that they can air out and dry-- yesterday...
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Get Out of Your Car and Regain Ambulatory Autonomy!

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When I get to school early, I like to "pull through" and get a spot with my car facing out, and to get one of these coveted spots,...
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Just Give Me Some Time, Dammit!

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On the basketball court, I need a fair bit of time to set up for a three-point shot . . . and in the kitchen, I need a fair bit of time to s...
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My Back, Unlike World Liberty Financial, Is In the Red

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My back is no longer back in the black-- it's in the red, deep in the red . . . so I should NOT have played three hours of pickleball ye...

My Back is Back in the Black

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I was out of commission for a day, but now my back is back in the black so forget the hearse because I never die-- I played three hours of p...

Back to School: Not Great For My F$#king Back

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For the first time in a long, long time, my lower back has seized up-- probably from playing basketball yesterday morning and then teaching ...
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Sandy Hook, The Mule Barn, Idioms, Lanternflies, Always Sunny . . .

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My wife and I had no school on Tuesday (because of Rosh Hashanah) and so we drove our bikes to Sandy Hook and rode the multi-use trail throu...

Malcolm Gladwell: Explaining the Big Picture, Anecdotally

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New episode of We Defy Augury up-- "Malcolm F$%cking Gladwell" . . . my thoughts (loosely) inspired by his new book, Revenge of ...

The Four Rings of Marriage?

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There's an old joke about the "three rings of marriage" . . .  1) the engagement ring 2) the wedding ring 3) and the suffering...
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I Am NOT Eating This Chicken! (of the Woods?) or Will I?

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This morning, while walking the dog, I encountered this weird brain-like fungus-- and I am proud to say that Lola did NOT eat this thing-- e...

I Am Not Mechanical

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After my son failed to execute the repair, I watched several videos on how to replace a broken sun visor on a 2012 Honda Accord and then I r...

I'm One in a Million, Baby (and less racist than Axl Rose, I hope)

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When our civilization goes belly-up and the world is a hot, flooded, energy-depleted wasteland, I am quite sure one of the reasons for this ...

Disney Chooses The Easy Way (Which Might Make Things Hard for the Rest of Us)

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A few words on the Charlie Kirk shooting and the ensuing political consequences: 1. your thoughts and beliefs are your own and you are free ...
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Harvest Moon: Making Fairly Shitty Beer for Nearly Thirty Years

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For the first time in a long time, I went to Harvest Moon last night for a few beers with the guys, and I was duly impressed: the Firehouse ...
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That Would Be in the Ass, Jalen

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You may remember The Newlywed Game moment when Bob Eubanks asked this question: "Where is the strangest place you've ever made whoo...
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Bald-Faced Hornet = Elephant

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It's my 31st year teaching high school and my lessons just keep getting better and smarter and funnier and more relevant and more brilli...

Tail-gating?

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Yesterday afternoon, I was walking our dog back from the dog park, and just before I reached my block, I noticed that a dude was walking a w...
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Put the Cell in the Cell

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My high school has finally cracked down on cell phones-- for a while I felt like I was the lone lunatic preaching on the mountaintop that pe...

That's Entertainment?

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The Giants/Dallas game certainly kept me glued to the TV . . . 17 points in the final 52 seconds, and-- despite the penalties-- the Giants (...