Resilience

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After gently digging it out, my bamboo—which was buried underneath two feet of snow-- has sprung back to life.
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Look Before You Drink

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You should look before you leap, and you should also look before you drink out of a cup in the bathroom in the middle of the night-- which I...
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Seniors . . . The End Is Nigh

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A student that I know quite well was taking forever on a quiz, and so I said to him, jokingly, "Okay, Nico, finish it up . . . take you...
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Dave: Still Learning Stuff?

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My students did presentations today about works of art that tackle "the establishment" or a particular system-- racism, colonialis...
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Pretty Good Day (Post Blizzard)

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Most excellent snow day: did all the shoveling yesterday, and the roads were clear this morning, so I played pickleball and then met my wife...

Spring Break!

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Judging by the table on my deck, we got more snow during this storm than we did during the last storm (the top photo is the last storm; the ...
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AI . . . So Intelligent But So Artificial

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I spent nearly two hours this morning uploading images and prompting various AI models in an attempt to make a podcast logo-- I can't sh...
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Three Things Dave Can't Avoid, So He'll Kill Two Birds With One Stone (But Not Three Birds)

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Three things I can't avoid: death, taxes, and this impending snowstorm-- so I guess I'll do my taxes on Monday (because we're no...

I Can't Explain What I'm Doing, But I Know I'm the Best

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If there's one thing I know how to do better than my wife-- and perhaps everyone else in the world-- it's loading the dishwasher —th...
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Finally, a Country Song to Which I Can Relate

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My friend posted this in the English teacher group chat, and it worked-- I listened to it at the gym while on the rowing machine, and once t...

Five! That's Three, Sir.

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We only have a three-day school week because of Presidents' Day and Lunar New Year, but because of the elasticity and relativity of time...
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Almost on the Button

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My wife-- who loves to distort idioms into new phrases that often make better sense than the original -- read the weather forecast and notic...
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(Don't) Send Help

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The best part about Send Help -- a gory, over-the-top Sam Raimi survival thriller-- is that frumpy, nerdy Linda from accounting, played by R...

Buggin' Out with Bugonia

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Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons give riveting performances in the wacky Yorgos Lanthimos film Bugonia-- you won't be able to turn away; the...

Schrödinger's Swordfish

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Today, in preparation for a Valentine's Day dinner with my wife, I went to Archar Seafood in Somerset and bought some very expensive swo...
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A Gift More Meta Than the Matrix

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Since I teach high school, I rarely get gifts from students-- occasionally, because of my last name, a kid gives me some sort of pelican tot...

But How Do You Run a Hotel?

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My wife and I finished the first season of The Night Manager--  and while the show certainly delivers John le Carré-style espionage, corrupt...
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The Mailman Bringeth the Shame

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I had a generally lovely day off today . . . until this afternoon: I went and got an X-ray on my knee (including the extra-special "sun...
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It's All Relative?

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It's a balmy 36 degrees Fahrenheit today, so I suppose I'll take my dog for a walk on the ice fields in the park.
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If Only My Right Knee Felt as Mediocre as My Left Knee

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Another visit to Dr. Navia (and yet another cute young intern) for my right knee, which has been hurting pretty much whenever I'm not mo...
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