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The Required Amount at the Prescribed Rate (Handcrafted From the Finest Corinthian Leather)
The Breathtaking Beauty of America's Backroads and Byways . . .
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Yesterday, as I drove through Milltown, New Jersey, I had the privilege to ride behind a monster pick-up truck with the words "Sinis...
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The Test 30: Stacey's Songs (Continue to Have It Going On)
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This week on The Test , Stacey delivers yet another clever song quiz: identify the title and artist of each track, and then -- at the end-- ...
Ring in the New Year with Chick Lit
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I forgot to bring my Liane Moriarty novel Three Wishes on vacation, but my wife came to the rescue and lent me her Jojo Moyes novel One Pl...
Reality vs. Mario Kart 8
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This sentence is in no way indicative of the entirety of our Vermont vacation, which mainly consisted of snowy hikes with the kids and do...
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If You're Reading This, Then the Bad News Probably Doesn't Apply to You . . . or Does It?
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Robert D. Putnam (the Harvard social scientist of Bowling Alone fame) has a new book, titled Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis , whic...
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2016: More of the Same . . . Plus a Little More
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In 2016, I resolve to continue doing more of the same -- this worked well for me in 2015-- and in addition, as a bonus, I am resolving to d...
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These Just Might Be The Best Sentences of 2015
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If you didn't keep up with Sentence of Dave this year, then shame on you, but you can redeem yourself before the New Year by reading the...
Falling Down When No One is Looking
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A few weeks ago we did an "evaluating technology" unit in Composition Class, and I stumbled upon a This American Life excerpt ab...
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Rebus and Bosch . . . A Fitting End to a Great Year of Crime Fiction
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Though I didn't plan it, the last two books I read in 2015 were a Harry Bosch mystery ( Trunk Music ) and a John Rebus mystery ( Hide &a...
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The Bright Side of Elimination
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Our first full day in Vermont was a wet one, foggy and cloudy and damp and rainy, but we braved the weather (it was fairly warm) and took a ...
A Disembodied Voice Gives Dave Good Advice
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The first night of our balmy Vermont vacation, I walked from our rental to Manchester Discount Beverage to stock up on local beer, and I im...
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The Test 29: Let Freedom Rev (Art History)
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In this episode of The Test , I describe famous works of art and the ladies try to identify them-- but things get a bit weird along the way...
Bread and Circuses Defeat Dave's Grouchiness
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I wish I could write something more angry and intellectual today-- one of my typical Christmas rants about materialism, environmental devas...
Serial Acronyms
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While season two of Serial is fantastic, and swinging for the fences as far as big journalism goes, it's also a bit more difficult than ...
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Meta-Bosch
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In Michael Connelly's novel Trunk Music , Detective Harry Bosch is in trouble with Internal Affairs (again!) and he is interrogated by a...
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Winter Solstice Miracle!
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Let's try to remember that the lesson of this post is that Dave is a Super-Genius (not an idiot) and that The Subconscious of Dave is co...
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Happy Gheorghemas! Your Gift = Seven Books
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I've got a really annoying post up at Gheorghe:The Blog today in celebration of The Twelve Days of Gheorghemas . . . I have selected my...
The Test 28: Common Threads?
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Another weird and wonderful episode of The Test this week: Stacey administers a menacing word association quiz she calls Common Thread, and...
Something to Look Forward To
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In the olden days, old people aspired to be wise-- they were the keepers of history, knowledge, and sagacity-- but now, with the rapid pace ...
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Yours For the Taking
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While I generally appreciate leftover beer from a party, someone left two bottles of Traveler Jack-O Pumpkin Shandy in my refrigerator a...
Awkward Dave and the Cheesesteak
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Last weekend, we took a road trip to my brother-in-law's new place just outside of Harrisburg, and I wasn't terribly excited about m...
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This Might Be the Deal
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I highly recommend Dan Carlin's podcast "Common Sense" -- he's logical and knowledgeable, has a great voice, and makes pol...
Bonus: Happy Gheorghemas!
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While not quite as involved as Festivus, we are celebrating Gheorghemas over at Gheorghe: The Blog, so head over and enjoy "Five ...
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The Test 27: Alcohol (the cause of-- and solution to-- all of life's problems)
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I'll use any chance to whip out my favorite Simpson's quotation of all time, and this episode of The Test is no exception-- while ...
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Is There Something Wrong With Us?
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The Pew Research Center did a survey on "U.S. View of Technology and the Future" and one of the questions asked was what futuristi...
Benjamen Walker's Theories About Uber
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I have been listening to Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything podcast . . . it's the first podcast on a list of favorites by Roman...
I Hope My Kids Don't Read My Blog
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I broke down and bought a Wii U for my kids for Christmas (along with Super Smash Bros) and while this is ostensibly because they are doing ...
Dave Pleads His Case About Being Overwhelmed
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I finished Brigid Schulte's book Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No one Has the Time in the perfect setting: at jury duty, just a...
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Will the Benefits of Global Warming Last through the Winter?
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Usually once fall soccer season ends, that's it for outdoor sports-- aside from snowboarding and sledding-- but this year my son Ian and...
Undefeated (and a turtle) defeat The Affair
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My wife and I put the nix on the first season of The Affair -- despite the good acting, the show is SLOW-- so after seven rather repetiti...
The Test 26: The Moral of the Story (No Napping on the Job)
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You can either rest on your laurels or get off your ass and listen to this week's episode of The Test . . . and you certainly can'...
Let's Get Ready to Coddle!!!!!!!!!!
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The Atlantic article "The Coddling of the American Mind" by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt is an excellent and comprehensive ...
Just In Case You Thought You Had Things Under Control
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Just in case you haven't read Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" lately . . . or recently watched The Matrix , here is a fr...
The Music is Coming From Inside the House!
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It was Thanksgiving and we were about to leave the house for the afternoon when I heard music coming from the kitchen-- so I checked the com...
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The Host: Something to Stream on Netflix
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If you're looking for a streaming movie on Netflix that is a little edgy but still fairly appropriate for the whole family (there'...
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Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland and USA! USA! USA!
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According to Brigid Schulte, in her book Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time , the United States "ranks dead last...
The Test 25: Phone Smarts
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This week's episode of The Test is a little different . . . Stacey created descriptions of seven hypothetical smart phones-- apps and c...
How Many Tabs is Too Many?
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Today is my wife's birthday-- Happy Birthday Cat!-- and while I'll preserve her feminine mystique and not reveal her exact age, I wi...
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Is It Responsible to Name a Food After a Dangerously Addictive Stimulant Drug?
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My wife made an appetizer for Thanksgiving called Maple Caramel Bacon Crack . . . crack as in the drug crack . . . we had to explain what t...
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This Kid Is Ready For College (Aside From His Grades)
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Friday morning, my ten year old son Ian rode his longboard to Stop & Shop, bought a package of strawberries, made it home without incide...
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When You Leave the Doll's House You Become . . . Overwhelmed
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I finished Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House this morning-- if you haven't read it (and I hadn't until now, though many of...
Dick Gibson Puts on Quite a Show
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Stanley Elkin's novel The Dick Gibson Show-- published in 1970-- is the story of an itinerant radioman on an infinite apprenticeship wit...
Do Radical Islamic Terrorists Desire Red Mercury?
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According to urban legend, "red mercury" is a incredibly rare substance which is attracted to gold and repelled by garlic, and it ...
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The Test 24: Stacey Demands (More) Numbers
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Stacey demanded another quiz about numbers and I was more than happy to comply; the result is the best episode of The Test yet . . . Cunnin...
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Sorry Ian, But It's All Downhill From Here
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Normally here at Sentence of Dave I like to focus on the life's negatives -- this is where I do my literary grousing and grapple with ex...
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Forever Phones
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I recently went off my parent's cell phone plan, and since I'm cheap and a disciple of Neal Postman -- and I sincerely haven't m...
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Forever Stamps . . . Literally
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Yesterday, on my wife's instructions, I went to the post office and bought a roll of one hundred Forever Stamps and I had one envelope t...
Dave Unironically Attends a Zumba Class
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After school on Thursday I attended my friend Stacey's renegade zumba class (it's renegade because she's not certified) and I am...
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The World 2.0 Gets Dave All Wound Up
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A perfect confluence of bizarre events nearly brought my brain to its knees recently, but luckily I have this blog where I can mix metaphors...
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The End of an Era . . . The End of Madmen
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I'm very sleepy this morning because we watched the final episode of Mad Men last night, and while I won't reveal any spoilers to t...
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I've Only Known Enrico Palazzo For 27 Years
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Friday night my wife went out with some ladies, and the boys and I were left to our own devices; we decided on take-out burgers and film a...
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An Autumn Miracle
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Last week, I was walking home with the dog, annoyed that when I got back I would have to rake up all the wet leaves on my lawn and bag them-...
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The Test 23: Princess Cunningham
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In this week's episode of The Test , Princess Cunningham quizzes Stacey and I on all things Disney; I do poorly-- which is to be expecte...
The Truth About About Cats & Dogs & Fish & Birds & Pigs
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Although people love to pontificate about the differences between cats and dogs, in a gastronomical sense they are the same: we don't ea...
Tennis for Men?
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I always though a two-handed backhand was for kids and women, but apparently most men are hitting it now as well . . . and while I have a s...
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This Might Be Farewell
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In case I don't make it through the next couple of days, I'd like to thank all my readers for their encouragement and support . . . ...
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Who Needs Chelsea?
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While I was certainly impressed by the breadth of hip restaurants in Chelsea, if you don't feel like schlepping all the way to the city,...
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More Wild News From Dave's Closet!
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Not only did all my white socks disintegrate on the same day, but both my belts -- black and brown-- fell apart within a week . . . so I w...
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The Test 22: Stacey's Songs (Have Still Got It Going On)
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This episode of The Test is another musical clip quiz by Stacey: listen to the song snippets, identify the artists, and then see if you can...
Is Winter Coming?
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Weirdly warm weather continued in New Jersey on Saturday, and to celebrate we played many outdoor sports-- aside from soccer . . . we've...
Reality Break
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On Thursday my wife and I ditched the kids and the dog and all soccer-related events and essentially took a break from reality-- we went to ...
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Instrumental Paradox
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Why is jazz music so good and jazz singing so unbearable?
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At a Loss to Avoid a Gain
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If anyone knows how to avoid eating Halloween candy-- which now resides in giant bowls in my kitchen and is a very attractive nuisance-- wit...
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Allegorical Cacti
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At work on Monday I was called down to the office-- and teachers feel the same way as students when they are put in this position, as usuall...
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Paper Clips, Trombones, Safety Pins, Coat Hangers and Bicycles
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My son Ian forgot his trombone at school, but he did drag home the innards of an old desktop tower style computer because he thought his bro...
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Dave Learns Three Things (and Connects Two of Them)
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I learned two valuable things while listening to Dan Carlin's newest episode of Common Sense : The Show That Should Not Be . . . 1)...
The Test 21: Poker Face Off
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This episode of The Test , which focuses on gambling and probability, might have simply been a straightforward display of Stacey and her bro...
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