Partying Like It's 2020

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  I can't really complain about this New Year's Eve . . . I got the kids to play darts with me while we listened to Beck and "T...

2020 Winds Down . . .

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2020 is winding down in typical form: 1) I wanted to heat up my leftover half-burrito last night and when I opened the aluminum foil I found...

It's Never To Late to Listen to Wonder

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While I was hiking with the dog this morning (hiking with the dog, online chess, drinking beer, and indoor tennis are my go-to activities du...
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Does Dave Possess Agency?

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Agency  is book two of William Gibson's "Jackpot" trilogy and while it's not as difficult a read as the first ( The Periph...
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Xmas 2020: The Weird and the Mundane

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On Christmas Eve, we met Catherine's brother and her niece (and her niece's boyfriend and their dog) down at the Asbury Park Dog Bea...
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Coastal Elite Intellectual Liberal Xmas Snow Creatures

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Highland Park is the most liberal town in Middlesex County -- and Middlesex County is a pretty liberal place in itself . . . so we're ta...
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I Give Up: Here's a Bunch of Random Stuff From "Why We're Polarized"

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I highly recommend Ezra Klein's new book Why We're Polarized for both liberals and conservatives-- and it should be the last thing y...
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Dave Cancels Canker Sores (Canker Sore Cancels Dave)

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Today's sentence is canceled, due to a festering canker sore under my tongue. 
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The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

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Adam Alter's book  Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked  doesn't offer up any big su...
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Dave (Barely) Beats an Old Man: Charlie Kaufman Doesn't

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Yesterday in the indoor tennis league I played Barry, and my scouting report was that he was a good player, but "a grinder, who could h...
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Meta Worlds Collide!

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In the new season of the super-excellent sci-fi series  The Expanse, Amos Burton-- who is one tough motherfucker-- finally returns home to E...

School Is Virtual, But Snow Is Real (and so is cash)

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The boys played hooky from virtual school today so they could earn some scratch shoveling snow-- they amassed sixteen jobs (with the help of...

The Avalanches on a Snow Day!

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I am giving the new Avalanches album (We Will Always Love You) all the stars that are available: it's smooth and groovy and it's sn...
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Celebrity Sighting (Pandemic School Style)

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Ian and I were on the way home from playing tennis today and we stopped at Wawa for snacks and the cashier said, "Mr Pellicane?" a...

Nostalgia For Aneurysms Past

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It's nice to know that though my kids are getting older-- they're fifteen and sixteen now-- they can still bring me back to when the...

Dave Defeats Bud!

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This morning, I notched my first victory in the Saturday indoor tennis league; I came from behind to defeat a heavy-hitting, big-serving guy...

Pandemic Pub Night: Sleepy Dan Delivers

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Sleepy Dan did a fabulous job hosting pandemic pub night at his house last night; we sat around an efficient, miniature smoke-free, phone-co...
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For the Record: Remember These Dumplings, as They Are Tasty

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A wee little South Korean leprechaun told me to try O'Food Pork and Vegetable dumplings . . . and if you believe that, then I've ano...

Deacon King Kong: Read It!

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Deacon King Kong  is the 51st book I read this year-- 2020 was good for something-- and it is the best piece of fiction I've run into in...
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A Slow Developing Crisis . . .

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  All of our avocadoes ripened at once!