Sentence of Dave

Someone smart and well-read could develop this idea into a full-fledged essay, but I don't have the time or the mental stamina for that,...

Soccer . . . soccer soccer soccer soccer soccer . . . soccer . . . soccer soccer . . . soccer . . . sometimes when you say a word too many t...

I took a day off from school Thursday, and so I was able to walk the dog at a reasonable hour (7:30 AM) and on my return . . . on my way dow...

The media claims that California's Anti-Revenge Porn Bill doesn't have enough teeth, but there's an easier way to deal with thi...

Sunday morning, instead of screaming and smashing it with a thick novel, my wife reached down and picked up a large black hairy spider . . ...

The administration has finally unblocked YouTube at my school, and although it can result in pedagogical mishaps like this one , I think I&#...

Saturday, I was zooming across the Morris Goodkind Bridge, driving home from Gasko's Family Farm and Greenhouse, with a van loaded with ...

In my Creative Writing class, I teach my students a very important lesson: what you learned in kindergarten is a lie, and it's not what&...

Between school and coaching two soccer teams, I've been too busy to follow the news, but -- luckily -- on the bus ride back from Spotswo...

I usually wait a few days to write about current events -- I like to detach myself and let my thoughts solidify -- but I'm going to tack...

After a long day of coaching soccer, I found a dead spider entwined within my leg hair.

I'm writing this at 7:51 PM on Sunday night, an hour before the Breaking Bad  finale -- and I am very excited, as this is a rare occurre...

A student that I taught at the start of my career became a teacher and was hired in East Brunswick during the period I spent in Syria -- and...

While teaching is a fulfilling and generally entertaining job, there are scary moments of repetition that remind me of Matthew Broderick i...

While I am driving, I see a lot of folks running alongside major roads -- roads with heavy traffic and no sidewalks -- and usually these roa...

Last weekend, I walked into New Brunswick with my wife and kids to get some dinner, and we stopped at the Wells Fargo ATM, and my son asked ...

In the first days of school, I make a point to learn the names of my high school students and I also try to learn a thing or two about them ...

Some things are more awesome and miraculous than others -- and while this may not be quite as awesome and miraculous as my perfect punt, I t...

My incredible punt last week has propelled me to new levels of confidence and motivation, and so on Saturday I tackled two rather involved t...

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