Sentence of Dave

Not only have I never heard "the hum," but until a few days ago, I had never heard of the hum . . . but apparently-- according t...

Considering we were only away for one night, our trip to the City of Brotherly Love had plenty of highs and lows: 1) listening to Steve Bu...

This week on The Test , after weeks of fanfare, I finally unveil my first song quiz, and while I make my case on how it is far better than a...

I've been binge-listening to all the old episodes of Vox's policy podcast The Weeds-- and while I'm not sure if I'm retainin...

Nothing puts me in a higher state of dudgeon than having to look up exactly what "high dudgeon" means (and now that I know what it...

When it's cold and I'm tired, I fall into a deep, dreamless slumber, but when it's hot and I'm tired, I get listless and cra...

I knew Lance Armstrong had been involved in a doping scandal, but I didn't understand the extent until I listened to the Planet Money ep...

My older son gave this piece of advice to his younger brother: "You can't really make yo'mama jokes to me because we come from ...

While it's embarrassing and cheesy for folks over thirty to use the lexicon of the youth-- I try to never use slang in front of my stude...

This week on The Test, Cunningham teaches us a lesson about finishing strong-- not only does she quiz us on the closing lines of some famou...

I've learned a lot of new slang in the past two weeks, from both the youth and the elders of society: 1) mansplaining . . . this is w...

"The Good Wife's Guide," an article in the May 1955 edition of  Housekeeping Monthly, has been floating around the internet...

Everyone who reads this blog is aware that miracles bestow themselves upon me with incredible frequency, and so it will be no surprise t...

It was 6:30 AM and I had just finished getting dressed for work, but when I passed by my son Ian's room, I noticed he wasn't in ...

The more intricate the treads are on your fancy running shoes, the more difficult it is to remove the dog poop.

This week on The Test , Stacey challenges Cunningham and I to ponder seven existential questions, and Cunningham decides this is her "...

Yesterday, we played a team that slaughtered us 6-0 two weeks ago, and we were missing two of our best players-- both goalies-- so I wasn...

A Moon Shaped Pool , Radiohead's new album, is an easy-listening-electronica-opera, and it manages to sound like a missive from the futu...

My dog rarely chews up anything, but when he does, it's alway something special: 1) he chewed up this ; 2) and these (but he hasn...

American conservatives tend to be against abortion , but they also tend to be against paid-maternity-leave  . . . if there's anything up...