Sentence of Dave

Another perfect sentence not written by me, and an apt one to end the year on-- this one is attributed to the timeless quipster Yogi Berra:...

Here's a perfect sentence that I wish I could claim as my own (and honestly, if I had flat out plagiarized it, you probably wouldn'...

Tom McCarthy's novel Remainder is only worth reading if you like movies like Adaptation : on the surface, the book is a compelling read...

It takes a long time to build an igloo.

Your body works in mysterious ways: just before break I wished that I could lose a few pounds because I knew of the holiday gluttony ahead,...

We were discussing the death of Brittany Murphy in the English office the other day-- she was raised in Edison, New Jersey-- and the impact ...

In the spirit of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, I promise to reduce my cynicism by 80% by the year 2050, but until then: Merry Christmas an...

Just a taste of some of the worst album art of the year, as chosen by Pitchfork-- if you have an appetite for more, go here.

So here's what happens when you fish for compliments: the other day when I went to the doctor's office for a physical and some vacc...

While I was shooting baskets at the gym, I decided on a radical plan of action: I would gradually become a LEFTY . . . I would start doing ...

I got into a debate with a student about vaccines the other day in class (because I mentioned I was getting my swine flu and tetanus shot) a...

I finished my first Slavoj Zizek book the other day, First as Tragedy, then as Farce , and now I need to read seven other books to figure o...

Just when I'm about to kill my son Alex (his teacher sent a note home because he mooned some kids in the hallway . . . he thought it wou...

I was really the woman of the house Monday night: I cooked dinner for both my wife and the kids (Catherine was at physical therapy) and I d...

I had to call my father's secretary to tell her my e-mail address so she could send me a document to edit for him, but when I called she...

Ian woke me up at three in the morning because one of his Spiderman socks slipped off while he was sleeping and his foot was cold.

The unemployment numbers created by this recession are scary, but I feel better when I remind myself that as long as people keep having unpr...

One of those magic moments with my son that makes all the fecal accidents, loss of sleep, stubbed toes on stray toys, time, money, and strug...

I should not be the one to point this out, but no one else has: there is an ironic paradox inherent in this economic meltdown because the v...

On the way into Highland Park, we drive past the VFW and there are two old Howitzer cannons in front of the building and we pass these thing...