Sentence of Dave

I recently learned that a number of people in my English department are "juicing" and have been at it for quite a while . . . they...

It's time once again for my annual epistle to Roger Goodell , beseeching him to move the Super Bowl to Saturday, and this year the impac...

Last week, I had a really great idea for a sentence while I was talking to Alec at the pub, but the next morning, I couldn't remember it...

You don't need to read Dave Eggers' overly long and polemical book The Circle to know that Facebook is a vast evil time-suck that ...

Sometimes, I get so hungry that I've got to eat before I sit down to eat.

The Danish film  A Hijacking  taught me three things: 1) if your ship is taken by Somali pirates, everyone on board -- including the pirate...

The folks at work claim that my braided belt is from the '90's, but that's not true -- my braided belt from the '90's di...

I saw three ex-students out-of-context in the span of three days and nailed all of their names: 1) saw a girl I had many, many years ago a...

Building a cardboard box in which to ship a banjo is harder than you think.

One of the great things about being a teacher is that you get to teach people things, and so when I show Marshall Curry's fantastic docu...

By Wednesday afternoon of last week, this was the list of Ian's infractions at school, as reported by his very forgiving and patient tea...

When I go to the gym, I leave my wallet and cell-phone in the glove compartment of my car because I think that there is a greater chance of ...

While reading George Packer's fragmented and arresting book about the fragmentation of America ( The Unwinding: An Inner History of the ...

Wednesday morning . . . 5:45 AM . . . and it's so foggy that I can't see the end of the road-- if I wasn't with my trusty canine...

Nothing makes me more unhappy that enforced pep ( you may remember my difficulties when I was compelled to "Dress Like a Holiday" ...

A few months ago, I rode through some dog-poop and the poop got all wedged in my bike's knobby tires, and I didn't feel like scrapin...

The only healthy snack that satisfies me is a quartered apple with globs of peanut butter on each slice-- but sometimes I pour chocolate chi...

I'm plugging away at  After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead and though I've read more than...

If you like "Men are from Mars, women are from Venus" type stuff ( men are waffles and women are spaghetti? ) then you have to lis...

Once upon a time, I learned not to take family viewing recommendations from people without kids , but I completely forgot this lesson a few ...