Sentence of Dave

Yesterday, in a cascade of self-referential meta-madness, I explained that it is very difficult to consciously create an adage in the style...

I have praised the laconic anti-wit of Yogi Berra , and I even tried to invent my own Yogi Berra-esque adage -- and I learned that it's...

I swam at lunch on Monday-- we had a workshop, so no students all day-- and on the way back to school I stopped to pick up lunch, and though...

One of the exciting recurring features here at Sentence of Dave is called: "Dave Defines Science Fiction," and though I'd be ...

I learned about BitCoin in a pathetically analogue way (a hard copy of the October New Yorker 's "Money Issue" ) and though I...

As I grow older, my figure more and more resembles that of the late Kirby Puckett.

When I mentioned that I might start wearing sleeveless t-shirts (because I'm always hot) my wife said that she would not be seen with m...

Saturday, we went for ice cream after Alex's soccer game, and while we were waiting for the lady to scoop the cones, Alex, who is seven ...

I've read a few books on the current economic crisis and watched the documentary Inside Job , and while these works explained the com...

My son Alex told me that at school last week, he had to write a safety rule on a star shaped piece of paper, and that the teacher then put a...

Here is something fun and annoying to do to your friends: explain that you are about to tell a joke, but that the joke also doubles as test ...

Though I pride myself on my large vocabulary, I've had my troubles recently . . . and now I'm faced with writing the most difficult...

The boys and I took a trip to Sandy Hook last Thursday, and despite the rain, poison ivy and mosquitoes, we had a good time, especially out ...

When trying to improve at a sport, it's best to focus on one skill at a time: in the heat of competition it's near impossible to rem...

Last week during first period, one of my students announced that she had successfully passed her Road Test and was now the proud owner of a ...

I love the television show Community and I love claymation . . . but I hate the claymation episode of Community .

Lately, I've been obsessed with the TV show Community . . . it's a sitcom satirizing traditional TV Tropes  (and if you haven't...

My parents have a pinball machine in their basement, and my Dad was impressed that my son Ian could  use the flippers independently-- appar...

Fans of this blog may recall  Dave's Best Idea Ever , and might even be familiar with some of Dave's Bad Ideas , and so-- because D...

You might recall that I permanently damaged my iPod while swimming with it in a waterproof case called an Otterbox-- but I was lucky enough...