We Survived Dunkirk . . . and the Ride Home

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The boys and I saw Dunkirk today and we survived-- but just barely; Christopher Nolan's film is loud, frantic, relentless and visually ...

The Test 94: The Blues Sisters

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The ladies make me sad and mournful on this week's episode of The Test   because they don't know nothin' about dem blues . ....

It Might Be The Shoes

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Big day for our family: after attending a funeral in South Jersey, we stopped at the Jackson Outlets to buy athletic shoes for the kids and ...
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Things I Learned at the Bar Last Night

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Just because you're drinking beer, doesn't mean the learnin' stops . . . here's a very incomplete, completely abridged, and ...
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Target at Target (Awkward Dave Goes to the Store)

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This is embarrassing and it's taken over a week to process, but since I'm sorting out the situation this morning, I might as well su...
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My SAT Scores Were Actually Quite Impressive (But There Were No Questions About Wasps)

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A true sign of intelligence is learning from past mistakes . . . for example, when I was eight years old and my younger brother Marc was...
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The Test 93: That Girl is Poison (Ivy)

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This week on The Test , Stacey presents something linear, traditional, and very important: a review of poisonous (and venomous) things th...

You Had to Be There (Not That You'd Want To)

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Mark Bowden's new book Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam recounts the Tet Offensive, the capture of the ancient p...

These Guys Beat Clubber Lang?

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We took a midday break from the beach last week and watched Dodgeball -- my kids thought it was a laugh-riot, though I'm not sure th...
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This Post Is Not Beethoven's Ninth Symphny

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A couple weeks ago, I brought a stack of books home from the library and told my kids to choose one and start reading . . . Ian chose I Am L...

Dave Uses Data!

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While I understand I'm not breaking any new ground here, technologically speaking, this post is a big deal for Dave, as it's the fir...

One For When We Are Old

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Everyone is still sleeping soundly this morning, after an epic beach day yesterday; here's a quick outline of the events, for posterity ...
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The Jersey Shore and Asia . . . So Many Borders, So Much Insanity

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Placing your chairs, umbrellas, and ocean sporting equipment on the beach in July in New Jersey is a bit like setting up for RISK:The Game o...
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Who Do You Root For?

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After my favorite morning sequence at Sea Isle: a 6 AM minimalist run on the beach-- barefoot, hat, sunglasses, shorts, spandex-- and then a...
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The End of an Era?

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It's that time again . . . yet another trip to Sea Isle, and yet  another LeCompt show . . . but this one was a more significant th...
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Beach Injury #2

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If you feel the need to sneak up on me, whether to knife me in the abdomen because I owe you money or to sting my leg (presupposing you are ...
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Chacos: Pros and Cons

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The pros for Chacos sandals are numerous: they are simple, elegant, comfortable and nearly indestructible-- made with proprietary a lightwei...
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Parallel Humorous Spare Tires

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I watched The Jerk  with the kids yesterday and it really holds up; Pig Eye Jackson the cat juggler, Navin grabbing a second dog to obsc...

Keynes vs Friedman . . . with Madrick as Referee

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Jeff Madrick's book Seven Bad Ideas: How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World pits Keynesian economics-- the idea th...
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Kids and Sports . . . Highs, Lows and Digressive In-Betweens

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This was supposed to be yesterday's sentence but after coaching soccer in extreme heat and humidity last night, my brain melted out of m...
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