Building a Better Dave

Yuri Bezmenov was a russian journlist who defected to the USA. He explained a strategy of the KGB. HE said this in 1984.

It was called either ideological subversion, or active measures.

What it basically means is to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite the abundance of information, no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interests of d...

Today we have a very relatable topic to delve into. We've all had those days where everything seems to go wrong, where every step forward feels like two steps back. Well, my friends, today we're talking about having a bad day.

All I had to do was go to Walmart, buy some fruit and two cables, and get to the church by five for a special event. It just seemed like I couldn't catch a break all day.

No matter how bad your day is, some...

Welcome back to another episode of "Building a Better Dave" with your host, Dave Jackson. In today's episode,  a mysterious bump near the armpit is getting bigger. Dave takes us on a journey of curiosity, self-discovery, and a deep desire to stay healthy. Join us as we explore the hilarious yet relatable moments of navigating waxing, dieting, financial frugality, and the pains and fears that come with aging. So grab your headphones...

So Meta/Facebook released a "new" app called Threads. I installed it to check it out, and well...

It's Twitter. 

No. Seriously, it is Twitter (with a different name)

Why?

Because of a difference of opinion, once again, America separates.

Pinapple Pizza

Sompe people love pineapple on your pizza, while people like me are more traditional (pepperoni and maybe some ...

I've started using a Continous Glucose Monitor (or as the cool kids call it a CGM) from Signos.

It's pretty amazing and the thing I love about it is if I put in my food into the app before I eat it, it will warn me, "Hey, you better exercise for 20 minutes when you finish eating THAT." 

So I do, and I watch my blood glucose stabilize. 

Grapes are out. Like, never again. Which is a bummer, as I love grapes.

FRONT OF MIND

The one thi...

Dallas turned 45 (See picture here) and Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton, Audrey Landers, Steve Kanaly, Joan Van Ark, Sheree Wilson and Cathy Podewell met up for a reunion. Victoria Principal didn't attend.

. Here are three key takeaways:

Dave has never seen anyone who looks better after getting work done on their face

He advises women (and Men) to focus on healthy habits such as eating right and exercising if they're thi...

I looked up and I was subscribed to Peacock, Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV, Hbomax, the only one missing was paramount. I use YouTube TV to get "TV."

As I was considering closing these, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to chime in on the conversation around the water cooler at work. Then I remembered it's not 1995. I haven't had anyone since Christmas talk about a TV show that I felt I was missing out (Yellowstone, and I wasn't but ...

I spoke about my now PSTD reaction to finding pile after pile after pile of plastic bags that my sister (who NEVER throws them away) had stored throughout my house in a previous episode. 

After watching a report from ABC News called Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Recycling that there was an option that had never crossed my mind. 

Isn't that the way so many things are? We convince ourselves of an outcome, or our potential and w...

I've got some momentum going. My house is cleaner, my vocabulary is growing, my finances are more organized, I'm focused on losing weight, and I'm possessed by the spirit of my Mom, who is helping me locate the best deals for food.

When something doesn't go your way, it's not a failure. It's an experience that you can use to move forward in a smarter way. 

00:11 Intro

00:37 Lots of Irons in the Fire

While I never met him in person, a fellow Libsyn employee was killed by a drunk driver on 12/4/22. He was a wife and three young daughters. 

If you're new, I was married to an alcoholic, and hearing about drunk drivers is somewhat triggering. Throw on top a parent leaving the earth way too soon, and now you really are hitting me on all levels. 

But wait, there is more.

It turns out there are people who are using AI (artificial inte...

I am worried about men. I think we are an endangered species. Here is why:

SPORTS

We listen to sportscasters who are making millions talk about athletes who are making millions for team owners who make billions. There are dedicated radio stations that talk about nothing else than how the team is doing, and what they need to do to win.

None of that talk has any effect on the team. Zero

FOOTBALL COMMERCIALS

Then when you watch a foot...

So I'm back from an event where people got offended by the presence of someone being in a room. That's a new one for me. I've been disappointed to see someone but seeing them never brought me harm.

How can you say you are for inclusion, and at the same time say you want to exclude someone? I don't understand.

I'm also sad to see people water down very powerful words. I save the "F word" for the end of the argument (thanks to George...

It's hard to watch a friend get canceled. My friend Daniel is a devout Christian.

Currently, there is the worry that Roe Vs Wade will be overturned and abortion will be illegal. 

Daniel left a comment on a tweet that was pro-choice. "“Stopping the mass murder of blacks and women, along with all the other babies, will be wonderful for the USA. How anyone could be so barbaric to endorse the murder of nearly 1 million babies every yea...

Today I share a story that I have not thought about in a long time. It's weird to think of a time when there was ONE TV in the house, and you couldn't fast forward through the commercials. My brother and I created a sport that we played during the commercials.

This came to me after attending a storytelling event from Matthew Disk who is the author of one of my favorite books Storyworthy.

He has an exercise where you list three rand...

When I read the lyrics of the song "Frosty the Snowman" I saw some disturbing things. 

Frosty was on the pipe.

He was headed to the village with a broomstick in his hand.

Frosty attempted death by cop. If Frosty was black in lived in Chicago, he would've been dead. 

Did Frosty have a death wish?
Was frosty really just unselfish?
Was Frosty just a moron.

Was the "Magic" in his hat just packets of cocaine?

Why is Frosty (a middle-age...

So on Tuesday, I had to crawl through the back window of my house after locking myself out of my house - wait for it - twice. 

On Friday I had one of my "Sweating buckets, getting dizzy, can't decide if I'm going to have explosive diarrhea, vomit or passout" sessions. This now has fairly nasty stomach pains. I injured my stomach on Tuesday with a nasty scrape. This is Friday. 

I wake up a few times during the night. It hurts to mov...