Sentence of Dave

  Another dark episode of We Defy Augury . . . some thoughts (loosely) inspired by Daniel A. Sjursen's book "A True History of the...

While I normally avoid Route 18-- it has been under construction for years-- I will sometimes gamble and take it when I'm playing early ...

I'm not sure I fully understand all the layers of irony and absurdity in the latest economic news, but Trump seems to be offering Americ...

After listening to many episodes of Andrew Hickey's "History of Rock Music in 500 Songs" and reading a fair amount about the i...

Today, one of the morning basketball players said to me: "You're a veteran teacher . . . when did you start teaching?" and I s...

Singing "walking the dog, walking the dog" to the tune of Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law" makes taking my dog out ...

  Highland Park (and my buddy Craig) recently made Fox News- - because Highland Park High School has a "Socialist Club"-- but the ...

In Tana French's thriller, The Hunter , the rural Irish mountain town of Ardnakelty reminds me of the newish Bon Iver tune "Thing...

After lunch, I walked out to my car because I knew I had some gum there, but when I reached into my little gum pouch, I realized that the th...

Years ago, I would give my students on "life quizzes"-- little fun tests on facts that most of society considered common knowledge...

Today in my English 12: Music and the Arts class, the kids were diligently reading and taking notes on a chapter from Susan Roger's exce...

It's twenty years to the day since my youngest brother passed away-- this time frame is shocking to me, but as Ferris Bueller reminds us...

We now enter the three-week slog before Winter Break-- and while some of us teachers might not make it until the end and will end up crying ...

Today is my wife's birthday, and there have already been TWO birthday miracles: 1) our local and venerable candy factory, Birnn Chocolat...

This morning, I started screwing around with a very special digital something that I wanted to post today, but then I got sidetracked and fo...

We joined my mom yesterday for a fairly mellow Thanksgiving—the first one without my dad—but we had plenty of good Pilgrim food that he woul...

I am thankful for all the usual things, of course-- family, friends, a steady job, shelter, hot water, a loyal dog-- but I am also thankful ...

This morning, as I was weaving through the back roads on my way to work (because all the main roads have been under construction) I came to ...

I've come into contact with two oddball works of artistry this week, and I am enjoying both immensely: 1) The Zombies' 1969 album Od...

Like most people, unforeseen expensive house repairs put me in a dark funk (although this particular repair was not exactly unforeseen, it w...