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Saigon Street Stories: Sometimes Writing is a Mystery

Saigon Street Stories: Sometimes Writing is a Mystery

The halfway point in my Saigon book blitz: Wild stories and a headache.
Saigon Street Stories

Saigon Street Stories

A timid new book announcement.
Suburban Safari

Suburban Safari

"Coming home and being greeted by your teenaged sons at the front door is never a good sign...." Guest humor columnist Lois Podoshen confronts a slithery intruder.
Ask Dave: A Newspaper Chain Wants All Rights to My Stories. Should I Blog for Them?

Ask Dave: A Newspaper Chain Wants All Rights to My Stories. Should I Blog for Them?

Understanding copyright laws and when to agree to "exclusive rights."
Close Encounters of the Mylar Kind

Close Encounters of the Mylar Kind

A Singapore space critter balloon mystery!
Learning to Breathe

Learning to Breathe

"I could never quite master the coordinated effort of stroking, kicking, inhaling above water, and exhaling below water, without sucking 93 pints of chlorine into my nasal passages."
Ask Dave: How Can I Become the Next Erma Bombeck?

Ask Dave: How Can I Become the Next Erma Bombeck?

Why you should shoot for more than cubic zirconium.
Renting a Motorbike in Vietnam

Renting a Motorbike in Vietnam

On Phu Quoc Island, Dave feels the wind in his imaginary hair -- with special guest rockers, the Partridge Family!
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Crazy Shit I Make My Husband Do: Vietnam by Motorbike

Crazy Shit I Make My Husband Do: Vietnam by Motorbike

Guest Globejotter Kattina Rabdau-Fox turns Dave into a biker stud. Or something like that.

Ten Salty Mosquitoes

Ten Salty Mosquitoes

A lazy afternoon in Saigon: If people on the street are staring, wondering what we are doing there, we're in the right place.

An Open Letter to Michelle Shocked

An Open Letter to Michelle Shocked

A beautiful storyteller's ugly downfall: You've changed since our interview 20 years ago.

100 Hours of Humo(u)r: The Good, the Bad, and the Utterly Stupid

100 Hours of Humo(u)r: The Good, the Bad, and the Utterly Stupid

A round-up of all 100 blog posts from my weirdest publicity stunt ever.

100 Hours of Humo(u)r – Hour 100: The Closing Ceremony

100 Hours of Humo(u)r – Hour 100: The Closing Ceremony

Dave's pathetically sleep-deprived, disturbingly rambling, closing video address.

100 Hours of Humo(u)r – Hour 99: Wow…

100 Hours of Humo(u)r – Hour 99: Wow…

Last Friday night when this all began seems like a very long time ago.
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Masculinity Saved!

Masculinity Saved!

England, 1977: Dressed in tights, the Gnome Ranger saves Christmas. But dressed in tights, can Dave save his dignity?
Speed Journaling

Speed Journaling

Keep your travel journal up-to-date without missing the rest of your trip.
Make Love, Not Lutefisk

Make Love, Not Lutefisk

Hear that gagging sound? It's Norwegian-Americans attempting to connect with their heritage.

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  • Where’s Dave?

    Here is Dave's tentative travel schedule. Today, he is in: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

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    Done
    Singapore
    • 1 Apr 2013  -  8 May 2013
    Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
    • 8 May 2013  -  24 May 2013
    To be announced
    • 24 May 2013  -  26 May 2013
    Singapore
    • 27 May 2013  -  9 Jun 2013
    Traveling around Southeast Asia (Tentative),
    • 9 Jun 2013  -  10 Jul 2013
    Singapore
    • 10 Jul 2013  -  15 Jul 2013
    Vietnam
    • 16 Jul 2013  -  27 Jul 2013