Sentence of Dave

 No matter how clearly I explain it, my dog does not understand Halloween.

The Giants and the Jets performed more realistically today, thus proving we do not live in a simulation.

This morning I went to the gym and I did some rowing and some upper-body lifting; then, on the way home, I stopped at the pickleball courts ...

If I'm in such good shape-- which I am . . . I still play soccer, badminton, basketball, tennis, and pickleball; I lift weights, I run, ...

Highland Park lost a 1-0 heartbreaker and was eliminated from the state tournament tonight, but I'm so proud of my son Ian-- he had a ro...

My wife claims I am "too dramatic" and "curse too much about silly things" and if there was a video record of today'...

Brett McKay had Laura Vanderkam on his Art of Manliness  podcast  and she had some good advice about achieving tranquility with time managem...

We had an in-service teacher education day today, and while it was quite productive, I imagine this is what having an actual job is like: me...

A new episode of my podcast We Defy Augury  is up and streaming . . . the episode is called "All the (not so) Pretty Horses" and...

I now believe the preferred method of going to a Rutgers football game is to bike over; attend a tailgate; eat, drink, etcetera; and then bi...

Although I love Mr. Pi' sushi, I am starting to have my doubts about the tap beer-- for the second time, after having two Sierra Nevada ...

The maple tree in my backyard seems to be generating a never-ending supply of lantern flies-- every afternoon, I go out and squish dozens of...

 A new season of Derry Girls is out on Netflix!

Capitol One double charged us a week ago-- my wife paid $3823 two days early so she could sort out our budget and then Capitol One automatic...

I covered for the special education teacher in an environmental science class today and when I walked in I assumed the skinny, masked child ...

This weekend was much mellower than last weekend, but Cat and I did manage to go out after the senior night game on Friday-- and though we w...

Last night was "senior night" for the HP Boys Soccer Team-- Catherine, my mother and I went out on the field with Ian-- who gave m...

We read Jia Tolentino's "Athleisure, barre, and kale: The Tyranny of the Ideal Woman" in College Writing class-- and the descr...

Earlier in the week, my friend and colleague Terry was sitting morosely in the English Office (as he is wont to do, we don't call him Ee...

Today the sophomores and juniors had to take the PSAT (interminable and the script that admin made for us was riddled with typos and errors-...