• The Four Questions Used to Work on the Docks

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a Buccaneers Super Bowl LV championship T-shirt, shorts, and ankle socks. How does Dave feel today? Dave feels fine right now, but he anticipates feeling overwhelmed later. What are the factors affecting Dave’s mood today? Dave is behind with work. Why is…

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  • All the Four Questions Belong to Us

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a Lightning T-shirt, Bucs cap, shorts, and Stan Smiths. How does Dave feel today? Dave is feeling kinda meh. What are the factors affecting Dave’s mood today? After all the excitement of the Bucs winning the Super Bowl, Dave’s regular routine is…

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  • Ask Your Doctor if the Four Questions Are Right For You

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a classic creamsicle Hardy Nickerson Buccaneers jersey, shorts, white socks, and Stan Smiths.  How does Dave feel today? Dave is ready for the weekend.1  What are the factors affecting Dave’s mood today? The Complimentary Spouse and Dave are headed to a Super Bowl LV fan…

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  • Haiku in the News

    USA Today: Opinion: Tom Brady Has Gotten an Undeserved Pass for his Past Support of Donald Trump Tom Brady is aPoster child for white privilege —But, hey, let’s go Bucs! NBC News: David Hogg Launching Pillow Company to ‘put MyPillow out of Business’ Sleep soundly each nightKnowing an unhinged liarDidn’t…

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  • Things Are Ruff Around Here

    As you can see, the first month of 2021 was filled with rambunctiousness and cuddles.

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  • The Case Against Passion

    Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. I’ve heard that cliché for longer than I can remember, and it has always rubbed me the wrong way. To me — in fact, I’d bet, to a lot of people in the workforce — this saying sounds…

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  • Sir, the Possibility of Successfully Navigating the Four Questions is Approximately 3,720 to 1

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a long-sleeve Lightning T-shirt, jeans, floral socks, and Stan Smiths.  How does Dave feel today? Dave can’t complain.  What are the factors affecting Dave’s mood today? Dave is enjoying the crisp, sunny weather, which is a nice change from yesterday’s frozen tundra. Does Dave have…

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  • The Four Questions Blinded Me With Science

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave looks resplendent in a Bucs cap, Emory T-shirt, brown hoodie, jeans, Disney socks, and Stan Smiths. How does Dave feel today? Dave is hungry. What are the factors affecting Dave’s mood today? Dave just learned that Nabisco has introduced gluten-free Oreos. Why hasn’t Dave…

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  • Let’s Cancel the Ill-Conceived Concept of “Cancel Culture”

    There is no such thing as “cancel culture.” Oh, sure, the phrase exists. And the alliteration makes it memorable. But I’m putting it in quotes because it describes a fictitious concept that is intellectually dishonest. “Cancel culture” is deceiving because it attempts to recast the villain in a situation as…

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  • This Is One Time Where Television Really Fails to Capture the True Excitement of the Four Questions Predicting the Weather

    What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing his finest formal clothes: a blue Annapolis Capital Gazette T-shirt and gray sweatpants.  How does Dave feel today? Dave is cold.  What are the factors affecting Dave’s mood today? When Dave woke up this Groundhog Day, the temperature was a very chilly 282°. Brrrr. What?…

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