Sentence of Dave

Two good (but unrelated) local reviews: 1) Healing Points Acupuncture has done wonders for my lower back and hip-- it's surprising ho...

William Gibson, the acclaimed sci-fi author, has often said: "The future is already here-- it's just not very evenly distributed,&q...

Another gem of a quiz by Stacey-- and she thought of it all by herself!-- listen to the rules and then identify the corresponding movie . ...

When I walk my dog, I carry extra poop-bags in case I find some stray poop, which I bag and toss--  dog poop contains lots of gross bacteria...

Yesterday, a student came to the door of the English Office, looking for his teacher-- but this teacher, a diminutive blonde pixie-like pers...

My students were typically appalled at the moral stance in environmental scientist Garrett Hardin's essay "Lifeboat Ethics: The Cas...

The recent Women's March was very effective in empowering my wife-- she took the train to Trenton early Saturday morning, leaving me to ...

If you're a straight American male and you're going to tackle Aravind Adiga's new novel, Selection Day , you'll have to t...

A magical meta-moment occurred on Friday in my kitchen; we were hosting an eclectic crowd: my good buddy Whitney and some other W&M folk...

This week on The Test , the premise is relatively simple: I describe a death and you identify the person that died in this manner . . . b...

Once a week, I've been forcing my kids to watch an oldish movie that I unilaterally select and while they always initially complain, ult...

The Obama administration scrambled to finish the Stream Protection Act, a set of rules that detail how to enforce environmental protection ...

Readers of this blog are probably familiar the TV show Battlestar Galactica and the story of Laura Roslin, Secretary of Education of the Twe...

I'm too tired to write anything coherent . . . which is odd because instead of exercising this afternoon, I went to the acupuncturist . ...

Mark  Schatzker's The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor  is a quick and easy read, but while the science is ...

'Tis the season . . . or 'twas the season, and it's never too late to learn something about all the holidays that everyone ju...

I tried to play soccer this morning and I was foiled again-- my left calf and my right upper glute are both knotted up, and it's affecti...

We finally finished setting up our bioactive vivarium and purchased a crested gecko-- half price at Petco this week!-- which my children...

Beloved UCLA coach John Wooden famously said: "The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching," bu...

There have been a number of academic studies indicating  that people enjoy stories more when they are provided with spoilers , and I've ...