I’ve kept a dream journal since I was 15 years old. After rereading them, I compiled the highlights of these nighttime adventures, many involving celebrities. ​Those lists are below. I also wrote about the other joys of recording your dreams for CNN, here. Quick, to the Time Machine! I was…

On Facebook, Instagram and Twitter I shared a song a day all year long, with images, here are those songs. — By David G. Allan JANUARY 1: New Year’s Day by U2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYCyCaK_5k 2: Life In a Northern Town by Dream Academy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXnulANF8g 3: Hazy Shade of Winter (cover of Simon & Garfunkel) by The Bangles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxrwImCJCqk

On Facebook, Instagram and Twitter I shared a quote a day all year long, with images, here are those quotes. — By David G. Allan JANUARY 1: “January opens The box of the year And brings out days That are bright and clear. And brings out days That are cold and gray, And shouts, “Come see What I brought today!” — Leland B. Jacobs 2: You can’t go back and change…

Except for the mass slaughter of millions of helpless birds, it’s a very nice holiday By David G. Allan Editor’s note: This story was originally published on November 20, 1995 in The Diamondback, the daily newspaper of the University of Maryland, College Park. …

Sentimental hogwash! Take this George Bailey character, a miserable little clerk with no securities, no stocks, no bonds. A failure. What’s so wonderful about his life? He’s a starry-eyed dreamer who gives up his travel and career ambitions for the sake of his high ideals, so called, and ends up…

Despite the Thai garlic, the shoelace-sized Chinese green beans, wearing flip-flops at the dinner table, and, you know, being in Bangkok, it was rather American Thanksgiving. By David G. Allan Editor’s note: This story was originally published November 2002 on the website TheDharmaBums.com. David’s CNN.com …

Turning a profit appears to be the goal of this rock festival By David G. Allan Editor’s note: This story was originally published on July 15, 1994 in The Diamondback, the daily newspaper of the University of Maryland, College Park. …

It wasn’t necessary to bomb the Japanese to end World War II By David G. Allan Editor’s note: This story was originally published on August 4, 1994 in The Diamondback, the daily newspaper of the University of Maryland, College Park. …

Standing for the right not to stand for the national anthem By David G. Allan Editor’s note: This story was originally published on March 25, 1996 in The Diamondback, the daily newspaper of the University of Maryland, College Park. …