Some Real Hair-Raising Advice for 20-Year-Old Me

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Time Travel hurts. If you think too much about it, you’ll end up pulling your hair out. Regardless, I still love me a good time travel story whether it’s the whole Back to the Future trilogy, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure or even X-Men: Days of Future Past. Now while I can’t head back in time yet (I’m just waiting for future me to invent the time machine and come back to my time to …

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I Was Angela Lansbury’s Guest at the Beauty and the Beast 25th Anniversary Event

One of the first movies I saw with my wife was Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Allie and I had been dating for just about a year at that point and both were real excited to see this new Disney animated film. We both had loved The Little Mermaid and were looking forward to this follow-up. All the talk about this crazy new CGI technology that animated films were starting to use certainly peeked my …

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You’ll Never Guess What I Put in My Iced Tea for a Healthy Snack

#SnackBrighter Healthy Snack

I’m a snacks guy for sure. Chips, pretzels, crackers, you get the idea. If it’s crunchy and there’s salt, I’m all over it. I know, those really aren’t what you’d call healthy snack ideas. But I’ve been making slight changes over the year. Months ago I stopped drinking soda cold turkey. Now it’s just water and unsweetened iced tea. As for the snacks, well considering the crazy sweltering sticky humid days we’ve had all summer, to …

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5 Things I Hate About Flying

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I travel a fair amount for work each year. I’m regularly hopping on a plane from Newark, NJ to places like Scottsdale, Arizona. Seattle, Washington.  Orlando, Florida. Chicago, Illinois. Even out of the country to areas like Toronto or England. I enjoy flying. I’ve never been afraid of it and I actually enjoy the time it gives me to catch up on reading or even writing. For example, I’m currently writing this very blog post …

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Grooming 101: My Kids Think I Stink

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According to my kids, I stink. No, I didn’t send them to bed without any supper. Didn’t take away their Nintendo privileges. And certainly didn’t make them go outside and get some fresh air. Uh uh. My kids say I stink and they mean it literally. We’re talking grooming issues here, people. Apparently I sweat. A lot. And with this insane heat wave combined with more humidity than should be legal on this planet, it’s been …

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