Monthly Archives: August 2014

Entry 371: The Wedding Blog Part XXVII: Ready for Her Close-up

Posted on August 29, 2014 by markhal

Welcome back to the continuing saga of planning our daughter Casey’s wedding to her fiancé Alex at the Norwalk Aquarium. If you’ve been reading these wedding blogs from the beginning, it may seem at times that we’re not celebrating a … Continue reading →

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Entry 370: Please Do Not Park Your TARDIS in the Driveway

Posted on August 26, 2014 by markhal

Way back in the early part of the late 20th Century, I used to do a lot of work for the Columbia House Video Library, which sold old TV shows on VHS tapes. You’d get two hour-long episodes on each … Continue reading →

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Entry 369: I Dare a Celebrity to Challenge Me

Posted on August 23, 2014 by markhal

Well, I’m sure you’re all aware of the two big viral trends of this summer: The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and Ebola. Let me say at the outset I think it’s wonderful that the Internet can be used for good … Continue reading →

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Entry 368: What? Sam’s Club Had No Vacancies?

Posted on August 20, 2014 by markhal

Recently I finished yet another post-apocalyptic, young adult trilogy in the vein of The Hunger Games and Divergent. This one was called Monument 14. I don’t know what makes these post-apocalyptic trilogies “young adult,” other than that the main characters … Continue reading →

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Entry 367: The Wedding Blog Part XXVI: We’re Not Trending

Posted on August 16, 2014 by markhal

Well, we’re less than two months away from our daughter Casey’s wedding to her fiancé Alex at the Norwalk Aquarium, but I figure there’s still plenty of time to incorporate some of the latest wedding trends. For instance… Naked Wedding … Continue reading →

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Entry 366: Washington Gets Its Cool On

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markhal

Well, Forbes magazine has named the coolest city in America and it’s…Washington, D.C. It’s hard to argue with this selection if they mean “cool” in the hipster sense of sitting around doing nothing. By any other criteria, however, it’s difficult … Continue reading →

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Entry 365: “Po” Is a Four-Letter Word

Posted on August 10, 2014 by markhal

I once knew how to play mah jongg. My mother taught me, and it was fun for awhile, until they changed all the rules. If you’re unfamiliar with the game, it doesn’t matter, because I could tell you all about … Continue reading →

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Entry 364: How to Add Years to Your Life (If You Don’t Get Shot)

Posted on August 6, 2014 by markhal

If you’d like to live a long time, this should be your typical day: You wake up and jog to the swimming pool to do some laps, because runners and swimmers live longer. You come home and make yourself a … Continue reading →

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Entry 363: The Wedding Blog Part XXV: We’ve Got Mail

Posted on August 3, 2014 by markhal

We now continue the ongoing saga of planning the October wedding of my daughter Casey and her fiancé Alex at the Norwalk Aquarium. As a very brief preamble to today’s topic, I should mention that in the 30+ years I’ve … Continue reading →

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