Monthly Archives: April 2020

Entry 959: Read This Post to Get Rich

Posted on April 29, 2020 by markhal

Dear Friend, My name is Hal Marks, author of the two-selling self -help and -published book Any Fool Can Be Rich, and I’m about to tell you how you, too, can be wealthy. All you have to do is: Learn … Continue reading →

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Entry 958: The CoComelon Virus

Posted on April 25, 2020 by markhal

One of the best things my wife Barbara and I did as parents was have our daughter Casey in 1986, early enough to avoid the Barney craze of the early 90s. Barney & Friends premiered in 1992, so we were … Continue reading →

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Entry 957: Which Ditch Mitch Pitch?

Posted on April 22, 2020 by markhal

Regular readers of this blog may think that I hate Republicans. That’s not true. What I hate are mean-spirited, party-before-country, amoral, hypocritical, antagonistic, NRA-loving, social conservatives. I can’t help it if “mean-spirited, party-before-country, amoral, hypocritical, antagonistic, NRA-loving, social conservatives” might … Continue reading →

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Entry 956: This Coronavirus is Really Pissing Me Off

Posted on April 18, 2020 by markhal

The coronavirus has caused so much sadness and hardship throughout the world. People have had to cancel their vacation of a lifetime, or had their businesses go under, or lost their dream of playing in March Madness, or needed to … Continue reading →

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Entry 955: All Your COVID-19 Questions Answered

Posted on April 15, 2020 by markhal

As our President is all too happy to tell us, his press briefings are very popular these days, garnering more viewership than The Bachelor, even though the briefings have many fewer good-looking people. However, the briefings often result in mixed … Continue reading →

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Entry 954: Be Like Barbie

Posted on April 11, 2020 by markhal

Well, big news, everyone. Mattel has announced the latest Barbie® dolls–the Barbie® Inspiring Women™ series. Among the inspiring dolls you can choose from are: the Ella Fitzgerald Barbie® Inspiring Women™ Doll, the Billie Jean King Barbie® Inspiring Women™ Doll, the … Continue reading →

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Entry 953: In Times Like These . . .

Posted on April 8, 2020 by markhal

In times like these, there are only four kinds of TV commercials. The first kind are ones that mention COVID-19 by name. They are usually from the government, with weird animated icons demonstrating how far six feet is, or showing … Continue reading →

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Entry 952: The Four Passover FAQs (5780 Edition)

Posted on April 4, 2020 by markhal

Well, Wednesday marks the beginning of Passover, which celebrates a bunch of plagues and the liberation of the Jews from Egypt so they could go wandering around the desert for four decades until they reached the only land in the … Continue reading →

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Entry 951: More Examples of American Idiocy

Posted on April 1, 2020 by markhal

In my last post, I wrote that the three things destroying democracy in America were: 1)Too much money influencing elections and elected officials; 2) Partisanship in our government; and 3) The fact that the vast majority of Americans are idiots. … Continue reading →

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