Sentence of Dave

Thirty-two times now, I've celebrated my wife's birthday with her-- since she was twenty-one . . . and while she appreciated the flo...

Lord knows why the Swedes at Spotify like to wrap up the year November 29th, but whatever-- it's Spotify Wrapped Day-- and apparently I ...

This morning at 7:45 AM, minutes before first period and just after I got out of the coach's room shower, my phone rang and my wife aske...

My wife and I just watched two Mike Birbiglia one-man shows on Netflix . . . and though we watched them in reverse chronological order, I th...

I vacuum the house and two hours later, my wife asks me if I vacuumed the house-- because our dog sheds so much hair . . . and don't eve...

I hope people are being mindful of their consumption today and not buying unnecessary goods . . . but I guess nothing dispels Thanksgiving g...

Alexander Plumbing came to the rescue this morning-- on FaceTime-- we had some work done Wednesday afternoon to stop the leak in our tankles...

I brought my son Ian to New Brunswick last night so he could get an MRI on his ankle-- he may have a lacerated tendon-- and when I arrived h...

I found the breezily philosophical book  The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck  entertaining (and so did my son) but I probably didn't rea...

Monday is normally bad enough . . . but I was trying to maintain a positive attitude and think of this particular Monday as more of a Wednes...

  Took me a while, but I finally finished this episode of We Defy Augury  . . . it is called "Capitalism . . . 1980s Style: Capitalism ...

Let it be known: for many many years, the reigning DeVito from Jersey was, of course, Danny DeVito . . . but for one special day (Sunday, No...

I recently finished two horrific stories-- one fiction and one true-- and both tackled systemic corruption, immorality, and overreach . . . ...

At the start of this week, I played 6:30 AM pickleball Monday morning-- a healthy and vigorous start to the week-- and then the weather turn...

There is a window of opportunity to learn a new colleague's first name and then, abruptly, that window slams shut-- and even if you see ...

Every morning, my dog anxiously watches me retrieve her can of food from the study, pour it out, use a fork to scrape out the last few chunk...

I've been reading three classes worth of Rutgers Expos synthesis essays-- the kids can take the class at my high school and I made the m...

Two teachers I know have fallen and broken limbs (both elbows, I think?) at school this year and I've heard these things come in threes ...

Another beautiful day in the Catskills-- and we ended where we began our vacation, at the Mud Puddle Coffee Roasters & Cafe-- we took a ...

We did several scenic hikes today and had a good meal at the Truss and Trestle but my favorite moment was when we were having a beer at the ...