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Party like a Rock Star

Posted in Malarchy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Indulged any residual All Hallow’s Eve hunger for the strange and weird with a second helping of ZombieLand tonight in the bowels of our nation’s capital.  Meanwhile Mom, Kate, Bree and  our cousin Kathleen learned about friendship, celebrity, and sequined hot pants at  the Miley Cyrus concert next door.  Having carted my group of screaming [...]

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Lightning Crashes

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Internet deprivation has once again driven me to people-gaze at Panera Bread. Last night with the sound of thunder and a few rogue sparks, our modem fried: circuit boards blackened, wires caramelized. The sequence of events that followed our bandwidth’s demise is akin to the first radio broadcast of Wells’ “War of the Worlds:”

FLASH!
BOOM!
Zap!
Pop!
Fzzzzzz . [...]

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Modern Methusala

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Malarchy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The tables at Bertucci’s had appeared swarming with high school kids and college freshmen. The only couple over thirty sat in the middle of the room, donning festive NASCAR top hats around gray heads and looking quite bewildered – a fact partly due to age, partly due to the environment, but mostly due to the [...]

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Pictionary Portraits

Posted in Stumbling Sober, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

“. . . so those are the categories. Ok now everybody, listen up,” I said standing at the head of the table, several white-board markers rolling absently in my hand. “I don’t want the same disaster we had last time. As long as we all understand the rules, there shouldn’t be any problems, ok?”
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Daily Epiphany: Travel

Posted in Malarchy, Stumbling Sober, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I woke this morning to find my brother Kevin jumping caterpillars in Super Mario World, realizing that everything I know about Italians stems from the Mario Brothers. I sincerely need to travel more . . . or at least play more realistic games.
Realism of course has its good points. People after all create [...]

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Punch Drunk

Posted in Malarchy, Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The family and I have visited Disney World for years now so it always amazes me when we discover something truly new and unique. On the West End of Downtown Disney – the encapsulated title for the various shops, clubs, and restaurants open to the consuming public – Disney Quest hides like a shy behemoth. [...]

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Parked

Posted in Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

My travels today found Mom and me in search for water-proof fleece, rain coats, and other camping essentials for Kevin’s end-of-year school trip. Inspired by the beautiful weather, thoughts of a pleasant drive, and absolute necessity for the items by tomorrow morning, we drove off to the local L.L. Bean store for some much needed [...]

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Distractions

Posted in Malarchy, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 17, 2007 | 4 Comments »

On Friday, Desad and I completed the Xbox 360 game, Gears of War, in co-op mode on Hardcore. For those unacquainted with the video game lexicon, it marks the third Friday in a row in which Desad and I electronically fought evil subterranean monsters called Locust for five hours straight, while yelling random phrases like [...]

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