Sentence of Dave

I am giving this season's flu a big thumbs down (and so next year I'm getting the flu shot, as my wife and children -- who all got t...

Snapshot of the English office over the past week; English teachers (mainly male English teachers) glued to the two computer monitors,...

If you're only going to read one book this year, it should be War and Peace , but if you're going to read two  books this year, then...

If you're an athletic dad, who believes that sports that don't incorporate a ball are joyless and stupid (swimming, cross-country, b...

While yesterday's quiz hasn't gone viral, I have: for the past three days, I've had achey joints, glassy eyes, and I've gone...

Internet quizzes have become incredibly popular, both as a "data mining tool" and a method of humble-bragging on social media, so...

Friday, I took my kids, one of their friends, and my dog for a hike at a local nature preserve that will remain nameless for reasons I will ...

Back in the '80's, I distinctly remember Robin Williams doing a bit about the ten week conflict in the Falkland Islands; his joke wa...

When I visit weather.com, I want to know if I'm going to need hat and gloves, or if I should carry an umbrella ( actually, I hate umbrel...

When my son asked me if a tyrannosaurus rex could bite its own tongue, I wanted to give my boilerplate answer to ridiculous kid questions, w...

Nebraska is slow-paced and laconic, but don't let that put you off -- it's an awesome movie: funny, entertaining, and full of a...

My son Ian has come so close to good behavior at school the past two weeks -- both weeks he had good days Monday through Thursday, but both...

The Interestings , by Meg Wolitzer, details the lives of a group of friends that meet as teenagers at an artsy summer camp called Spirit...

While the usual inclination in our youth-obsessed culture is to never admit how old you are -- or at least to massage the number a bit -- th...

The only thing more boring than listening to folk music is watching a movie about a folk musician -- and while I normally love the Coen b...

God knows why, but everyone decided to have soccer practice on Thursday night, though it was below freezing and extremely windy, but I did a...

A recent study found that negative social media posts can have a domino effect  on the mood of readers, sending them into a moody spiral of ...

Wednesday morning, I reached into my pocket for my cell phone, and mistakenly pulled out my wallet -- so I reached into the same pocket agai...

Two things that people make funny faces while doing: 1) shooting darts; 2) opening a jar with a very tight lid.

For the past six months, my wife and I have been contemplating the purchase of a bed (and maybe even a bedroom set ) because our old bed, wh...