• The Four Questions Betta Have My Money

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a Chelsea T-shirt, grey shorts, and a black Adidas hoodie. What is making Dave happy today? Dave and the doggos watched Americaā€™s biggest sporting event, the Puppy Bowl, earlier today. Linus was inspired to play tug-of-war with me. Now, thereā€™s some football…

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  • Unlocking the Secrets of Self-Discovery: The Four Questions You Need to Ask Yourself

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a pink polo shirt, brown shorts, Stan Smiths, and a Chelsea cap. What is making Dave happy today? Dave had another good day at work, and is anticipating the biggest, most important sporting event of the year the weekend ā€” the Puppy…

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  • I Love to Get High

    I Love to Get High

    When I was a lad in London, there was only one way to see the city: from ground level.1 And I never gave that much thought until the Complimentary Spouse and I visited my ancestral homeland in 2004 and took our first spin on the London Eye. It was a…

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  • The Four Questions Would Rather Kiss a Wookiee

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a Lightning T-shirt, Alabama cap, blue shorts, and Stan Smiths. What is making Dave happy today? Dave just finished several hours of training and is taking a break with the doggos. What is Daveā€™s inspirational thought for the day? Dave says the…

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  • Do Androids Dream of The Four Questions

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing an England Football polo shirt, brown shorts, white socks, and Stan Smiths. What is making Dave happy today? Dave is delighted that he got an early start and was super productive today. In fact, he was so productive that he knocked off…

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  • Ain’t No Party Like The Four Questions Party

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a blue short-sleeve button-down shirt, a Chelsea cap, khaki shorts, and flip-flops. What is making Dave happy today? The Complimentary Spouse and Dave are about to have a meeting with all his cousins to plan this year’s Cousins’ Weekend. What is Dave’s…

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  • The Four Questions Are Feelinā€™ Fussy, Walkinā€™ in Their Balenci-ussies

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing shorts, a Lightning T-shirt, his black Adidas hoodie, and flip flops. Itā€™s very similar to Daveā€™s ensemble from yesterday. What is making Dave happy today? After a somewhat busy day, Dave is finally relaxing on the couch and watching a Lizzo concert…

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  • Iā€™m Sorry, The Four Questions, but You Are up for Elimination

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a grey T-shirt, blue shorts, black Adidas hoodie, and flip-flops. What is making Dave happy today? Dave is celebrating the end of a successful work week. What is Daveā€™s inspirational thought of the day? Dave says donā€™t fast and break things. Instead,…

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  • We’re Not Here: LGBTQ Representation in My Childhood

    Yesterday, in my blog post about the Bruce Springsteen concert, I wrote a lengthy footnote about how I no longer enjoyed the song “Glory Days.ā€ I wrote that, as a gay man: ā€¦ itā€™s unsettling to look back at the cultural touchstones of my youth and discover I was invisible…

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  • The Boss and I

    The Boss and I

    The first CD I ever bought was Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen. It was 1985, and I got it when I purchased my Sony Discman from the small electronics store on our High Street. As an American kid living in England, I didn’t know much about Bruce Springsteen.…

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