Sentence of Dave

Last year I introduced the "These Might Be The Best Sentences" feature, in which a completely biased and rather lazy judge (me) h...

Counting tacos was fun, but it did get a bit tedious (plus, I prefer tamales to tacos, and there were a few times when I had the opportunit...

Lest you think I stumble upon all the great books that I review here, or, as I have been accused, simply give a fantastic review to every bo...

The other morning my wife and I were doing a "reverse Gatsby" ; we were discussing when the shortest day of the year-- the Winter ...

My wife is an incredibly thoughtful gift-giver, and this year was no exception . . . she got new knobs! what more could any man ask for! a ...

My kids and wife insist they see someone, but I just can't make out the "man in the moon."

So the other day I watched my son Alex mule kick his younger brother in the privates, and when I made the mistake of trying to get the botto...

If you don't know the distinction between "loath" and "loathe" and/or you want to know the eight songs that I am lo...

Several weeks ago we had an unseasonably warm day and so I took my stand-up paddleboard (or SUP, to you paddleboard aficianados) out on the ...

Regular readers may be familiar with the many Awkward Moments of Dave . . . and fans of this recurring feature will appreciate how this inc...

I went to Costco yesterday to stock up on booze and produce and it was a roller-coaster ride . . . at first it was all highs, they had Mena...

This sentence is about a word that I learned you should NOT to call your wife on a Friday afternoon . . . to explain: my vocabulary lesson b...

In his new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature , Steven Pinker traces the decline of human sacrifice, and suttee in particular (the now i...

You can leave food in the car and it won't spoil.

I am slogging my way through Steven Pinker's new and very thick book called The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined ...

So this is annoying: for a week, I didn't drink beer and ate only healthy food, and I felt great . . . I had lots of energy, didn't ...

In a Feature That You Hope Will Never Recur , I take a long and hard look at my buttocks: once upon a time I was strong enough to "pre...

It's impossible to remember what it's like to be a kid . . . your body lives in a world of a different scale and your brain, though ...

As I've gotten older, I have learned that it is usually best to take two trips.

Parents: you might not have time to read this really long, excellent article on raising kids ( All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parent...