Feeling Like Garfield

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There are Mondays, and then there are dark, damp, rainy Mondays when your lunch consists of two hard-boiled eggs and some honey-roasted pean...
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A Bad Day at Pickleball is Better than a Good Day at Work

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I suppose getting thumped in a pickleball match is better than not playing at all (but at least we won a few games this time —last week agai...

I Thought Last Year Was Well Organized?

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  My cousin Kim pronounced last year's Easter Pizza resurrection  as "total chaos" with no "quality control," and so...
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Daddy Needs a New Computer for Audio Processing

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My iMac-- which is now over a decade old-- is laboring under the duress of the large audio project I am working on . . . but VCU gutted it o...
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The Allure of the Underdog

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I've got Duke, you've got Duke-- so why are we rooting against Duke?
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Menacing Ladybugs?

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Today is my favorite lesson in Creative Writing class: we read James Wright's lovely meditation on nature,  "A Blessing,"  and...

Dave is Well Appointed

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I medically overbooked myself after school this week: I got my first hyaluronic acid shot in my knee yesterday—ouch; I went to the dentist t...

Can Chinese AI Predict American Madness?

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I probably shouldn't reveal this, but I'm using DeepSeek—the cheap, knock-off AI—to craft the perfect NCAA bracket. However, I'm...

Pickleball Weekend

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Two away Cross Club Pickleball matches in one weekend is one too many-- I played well yesterday at the Pickle House down in Robbinsville (I ...

We Used to Hang Out in There!

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The Corner Tavern—the bar in New Brunswick where I met my wife (actually, I met her just outside the bar, when I exited—because she was only...

Enough of This Shit

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By the end of parent-teacher conference week, the contrast between the demeanor of the English teachers with the parents and the demeanor of...

March: In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion?

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82°F earlier in the week, and now it's snowing-- when the fuck is the porridge going to be just right?

Will I Ever Escape From Stalingrad?

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I thought it would be a good idea to read Vasily Grossman's epic WWII novel Stalingrad , but now that I'm 700 pages deep and trapped...

Into the Bath!

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While I don't like the fact that it got THIS hot this quickly, the unseasonably warm weather is great for airing out smelly things, whet...

Let's Never Do the Time Warp Again

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I was very happy yesterday, after the Knicks threw up another airball in a messy game against the Lakers, when the announcer blamed Daylight...

Time for a Nap

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Great weekend: a lot of old friends; a lot of rugby on the telly; a lot of Guinness consumed; a fair amount of Z played; and a fabulous Hobo...

Meet Us at the Shepherd and the Knucklehead?

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Yesterday,  after riding a slow local and very full train to Newark Penn, and then a crowded PATH train to Jersey City, I then walked over a...

Epic Fury?

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I'm not sure why we're calling this coordinated attack on Iran "Epic Fury"-- I thought Iran was epically furious with us--...

Trying to Illuminate Things

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Today was dark, both weather-wise and literacy-wise . . . it was one of those days in class when you're fairly sure that nobody has read...

I Did Not Know There Would Be Costumes

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My friend and fellow English teacher Janson recommended the Canadian math rock duo Angine de Poitrine to me because he knew their music woul...