Sentence of Dave

When your mind strays outside the established box-walls, then you will certainly suffer disdain and criticism, even from those who profess t...

Station Eleven , by Emily St. John Mandel, adds nothing new to the apocalypse trope-- in fact, I think she keeps it simple on purpose: a kil...

Once again, it's time for me to arbitrarily choose my favorite posts of the year ; I hope you enjoy them and perhaps 2015 will provide m...

So I'm walking down the hall, minding my own business, trying to get to my period 10/11 Creative Writing class on time and in front of m...

If you've got a cool jazz DJ voice, like Venus Flytrap or Gary Walker (from WBGO out of Newark) then you don't need to use transit...

Does anyone else have trouble napping when the cleaning woman is doing her thing?

My wife is wonderful and amazing just as she is, but that doesn't mean she can't occasionally improve things . . . so this year, for...

So I'm walking my dog and it starts to rain and it's cold and damp and I'm hurrying home and he pulls me to a complete stop so h...

Sunday was the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and thus the shortest day and longest night of the year-- if you care to know how...

Having this blog has made it easy to keep track of the important things in my life, such as the number of tacos I ate in 2011  (200!) and th...

My son Alex came home Tuesday with a nasty scrape on his arm, an injury he suffered in what he named "the arena"-- a free-form fig...

Here is a piece of graffito I read on a condom machine in a bar bathroom: "this gum tastes funny."

The podcast Serial has finally reached its conclusion-- and while the ending might not satisfy the binge-listeners, anyone who listened t...

My son Alex explained to us that he was making a movie at school and then he asked: "Do we have any snow leopard costumes?"

Although I am a competent basketball player now, this wasn't the case in college-- in fact, the only basketball skill I possessed back...

Fans of my idiotic ramblings know that I hate surprise parties-- I think people should be allowed to prepare in advance for social events (a...

For the past two weeks, my children have been starring in an epic saga of forgetfulness; they forgot their homework and the materials they n...

There are only sixteen days left in 2014, so if you're looking to win the prestigious Sentence of Dave Comment of the Year you'd bet...

Black fleece pants + black jacket + black rainy night + black Nike sneakers + black dog = almost getting hit by a car while walking the dog.

It took me a while to get it, but I have a good excuse-- I was distracted by all the outfits: Meghan's beautiful outfits and Peggy's...