Sentence of Dave

The Cipher by Kathe Koja is one of the weirdest, darkest, most disturbing things I've ever read. It was originally published in 1991 and...

Here's some basic math so you can get a grip on the back-to-school situation in New Jersey. For the past week, 426 cases of COVID-19 hav...

Though it didn't help my poker game, I really enjoyed Al Alvarez's classic portrait of the 1981 World Series of Poker: The Biggest G...

Like many of you, I've been reading a lot during this pandemic. I've already read thirty-five books in 2020. And that's just the...

My extended family-- aside from Sue, who got pulled over while walking a friend's dog and broke six ribs and her clavicle the day before...

I got a pair of GoSports Bamboo cornhole boards for Father's Day. Regulation size. But, apparently, if you want them to hold up, you ha...

If you're in the mood for something a little apocalyptic-- and something that sounds a bit like a modernized Kurt Vonnegut-- then check ...

Dear Ms. Etiquette: What is the protocol if an old Asian lady is in the middle of the running trail by my house, taking pictures of some d...

This year, this oddball year, my family was kind enough to allow me to combine my annual guy's get-together-- Outer Banks Fishing Trip X...

My wife is a beautiful, wonderful, generous woman. Any time I can do something for her-- as long as I understand exactly what she wants to ...

If you're looking for a fun and entertaining sci-fi read, check Becky Chambers sci-fi novel The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. If you...

My wife holds some position of power in our community garden. I'm not sure what the title of the position is, nor do I know the exact r...

Gods of Tennis, I Beseech Thee . . . What do I have to sacrifice, in order to hit my two-handed backhand the same way in the match as I do...

Yesterday, just before noon, my sixteen-year-old son Alex called and said he was biking to Princeton with a few of his friends. They were go...

If I were (hypothetically) pilfering rocks from the park to outline my wife's garden, it would be very difficult to do so during the pa...

This morning my son Ian and I got up early to play tennis. There were three courts in the shade and only one was taken. We left a court betw...

It was Father's Day Eve and everything was wonderful. Tennis in the morning with Ian. A game of Small World in the afternoon. Ping-pong ...

If you've ever wondered what Star Trek  would be like if it were written by a woman, check out Becky Chambers sci-fi novel The Long Way ...