Monthly Archives: January 2014

Entry 308: Mein Kindle

Posted on January 29, 2014 by markhal

So here’s big news from the publishing world. According to numerous reports, one of the biggest political books on iTunes and the top seller in Amazon’s propaganda and political psychology category is over 75 years old and wasn’t even originally … Continue reading →

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Entry 307: Wedding Blog Part III…Veni, Vidi, Venue

Posted on January 26, 2014 by markhal

We now continue the ongoing saga of planning my daughter’s wedding, and it seems as though we’re going to have some unexpected guests. A couple of otters, for instance. I am not referring to the nickname of an old fraternity … Continue reading →

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Entry 306: Like Taking Kanye from a Baby

Posted on January 22, 2014 by markhal

Let me start this post by saying that I know very little about Kanye West. In ways too  numerous to mention, I am decidedly not in his key demographic. Here is the complete list of things I know about him: … Continue reading →

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Entry 305: Wedding Blog Part II

Posted on January 19, 2014 by markhal

Our daughter Casey got engaged on Christmas day, and we now continue the ongoing saga of planning her wedding. Since Casey wanted it to be in the fall, this put us on a condensed schedule, unless she meant fall of … Continue reading →

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Entry 304: I Don’t Understand This Even a Little Bit(coin)

Posted on January 15, 2014 by markhal

As I mentioned in my previous post, my daughter Casey got engaged on Christmas Day.  What I didn’t say is that the guy she’s going to marry is a miner. Now let me say at the outset that I have … Continue reading →

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Entry 303: The Wedding Blog Part I

Posted on January 12, 2014 by markhal

Our daughter Casey got engaged on Christmas day, and throughout the year, I’ll occasionally interrupt my usual rants to bring you up to date on the wedding plans and whether or not I have hung myself yet. But first, let me … Continue reading →

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Entry 302: Maybe I Wrote This Three Years From Now

Posted on January 8, 2014 by markhal

I’ve always loved time travel stories.  I’m fascinated with time travel’s inherent paradoxes in which, if I meet myself at a different age, the universe will either implode or go on as usual, albeit with way too many of me … Continue reading →

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Entry 301: Couch Potatoes Rejoice!

Posted on January 4, 2014 by markhal

Well, folks, the journal Frontiers in Autonomic Neuroscience has replaced Entertainment Weekly as my favorite magazine. That’s because of an article they published in the June issue (the one with Jennifer Aniston on the cover*) that was reported on by … Continue reading →

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