Sentence of Dave

I recently saw two relatively difficult kids' movies: Oceans , which is a visual treat (especially the blanket octopus and the night- t...

Whether you blog about it or not, history (and stupidity) repeats itself; last night I lay awake wondering if I was itchy because I had come...

Apparently, the evolutionary trait "do whatever the fuck you want even if it's asinine and dangerous" is more useful to a youn...

The boys and I spent Rutgers Day on College Avenue instead of going over to Ag Field Day, and I highly recommend this if you hate crowds and...

Sunday 5:51 AM: Ian yells, "I need you to wipe my butt!"

I don't think I actually need to define this, your imagination will serve you better, but here is a new word . . . perhaps you can try ...

We shouldn't have found this so amazing, and the fact that we did is a clear illustration of how technology has fragmented our culture: ...

Alex, who just turned six, is onto us: at dinner the other night he slanted his eyes and gave my wife his most skeptical look and said, ...

One of my students bravely revealed that when she was young, she thought that the disc-shaped jellyfish that often wash up on the Jersey S...

The next installment in a series of daring arboreal adventures: you might remember last year when I pulled a a giant limb down with a foot...

The eponymous Tyson documentary is surprisingly moving, sincere and candid . . . plus you get to see all his fantastic knock-outs, plus you...

How many calls does it take from the dentist's receptionist before you schedule an appointment?

Special bonus here . . . it is my new advice column over at Gheorghe : Ask the Dungeonmaster (and now there's a special double bonus ...

After school, Alex and Ian immediately got up to something upstairs, I heard lots of banging and whispering, but no crying, so enjoyed the q...

Ian begins each new day in the same way . . . he yells down the stairs, in his high pitched voice, to whomever might be listening: "Do ...

Sometimes, after I have a few drinks, I like to sit down and start a sentence even though I don't know where it's going to end up, a...

I usually don't post clips, and this is the sort of thing that I think is incredibly addictive, dangerous, and dehumanizing-- and in the...

Compare/contrast: Thursday night versus Friday night . . . Thursday night I met some friends for half price beers at Charlie Browns and we ...

Do not doubt the power of the universal language--mathematics--when verbal communication is poor: I asked the Indian man at the Raceway sta...

Two days ago at dinner, we caught Alex in a private moment-- he had taken two peas and placed one of them on the edge of his plate and the o...