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, &qu...

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 the...

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...