Showing posts with label Real Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Real Life. Show all posts
Friday, September 8, 2017

At the Movies...al fresco...with Harry Potter

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A few months ago, I attended a ~special event~ at Wolf Trap Center for Performing Arts in Northern Virginia. My, how time flies--almost like...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

The worst thing about making a return

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I am proud to say I was not dumb enough to go shopping at Wal-Mart on Black Friday weekend. I am less proud to admit I was dumb enough to ...
Monday, March 10, 2014

You Make the Call: The Key to Good Citizenship?

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Last weekend, I was out for my daily constitutional when I spotted something on the ground. Always susceptible to the charms of a bright, sh...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Cultureshark Remembers...My TV set

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R.I.P., good ol ' 27" Panasonic. You brought me a quality picture and consistent, service-free operation for nearly 20 years. Oh, h...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Wow, some big changes in my media diet this past year...

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Longtime readers of this blog are familiar with my laments that I don't actually go out and see movies in theaters anymore but maybe onc...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Why I'm rooting against UConn

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Tonight, the University of Connecticut women's basketball team will go for and in all likelihood obtain its 89 th consecutive win, a re...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Karma strikes the Shark

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Well, perhaps as a result of my bailing out on the planned Thanksgiving edition of Budget DVD theater, Verizonicus , the Roman God of Techno...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Oh, yeah, Baby Names Bible? Well...same to you!

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As Mrs. Shark and I prepare for our second "blessed event," we are considering various baby names, and since nothing mutually agre...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Happy Memorial Day!

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Have a great holiday everyone, and try to remember the meaning while you're enjoying those burgers and brats. I respect Memorial Day so ...
Friday, October 30, 2009

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (whether you like it or not)

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I always say I like Christmas as much as the next guy, unless I'm standing beside Mick Foley , but this year, the early onset of the yul...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

The Brave and the Bold..and the Produce

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So as the family headed out to do some grocery shopping yesterday, I donned my red Flash t-shirt because 1) I felt like kickin' it casua...
Sunday, August 9, 2009

Half-Assed Gourmet: Chain Restaurants

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OK, a lot of of you out there probably loathe so-called "neighborhood casual" chain restaurants--you know, your Friday's, Ruby...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Best Buy makes it hard to give them money

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I went to Best Buy to purchase a memory card a few weeks ago. Now, I could have bought the memory card lots of different places, but only Be...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

You Make the Call: Kids in Restaurants

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Recently, we were on the road, the Shark family, that is, and we stopped at a busy Wendy's for lunch. Since the place was jam-packed, I ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

It's great not to be in school anymore

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I drove past the local elementary school and noticed their sign: REGISTER NOW FOR FALL Jumping Jehosaphat! The poor kids were free for mere ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

I fought the HOA, and the HOA won

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You know the old adage, right? Homeowners' Associations: Can't live with 'em, can't prevent the neighbors from turning their...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

State of Confusion

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From the "I know it's true 'cause I saw it on TV" department: While watching TV this morning, the Emergency Broadcast Syst...
Friday, March 6, 2009

Half-Assed Gourmet: Arby's Roast Burger

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The other day, I was oot and aboot, as our Canadian friends might say (though I wasn't in Canada), and I needed some food, fast. So I we...
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

What this country needs is a good 25-cent newspaper

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Do you folks realize that "The Washington Post" costs 75 cents weekdays now, while a copy of "USA Today" is a full buck?...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Half-Assed Gourmet: Another Saturday night and I ain't got no dinner...

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OK, so maybe my wife and I were asking for a hassle by attempting to go out for dinner on a Valentine's Day that fell on a Saturday. But...