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Going to the Chapel

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This kind of got a little out of hand, but because of my sister’s upcoming wedding—and now having wedding on the brain, or wedding brain—I decided to finally make my list of favorite wedding scenes and clips and stills from TV, movies, and music alike.  (Disclosure: Some scenes I could not find on Youtube after hours of fruitless searches, so you will just have to deal with stand-in stills and fill ins.  And all clips will be exaggerations) This is for Nicole and Brandon <3 And in honor of these two tying the knot on the king, Stephen King's birthday, let's start this off with a special snapshot of true love: And hope that your wedding doesn't make you crazy (as crazy as some of the characters in these clips)! The Wedding Cake Toppers:  The Graduate: Perfect because it is both dramatic and romantic. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Wonderful because two weddings are better than one. Robin Hood: Men in Tights: ...

The Ski Mask Mystery

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Ski masks should be illegal.  Sure, they keep you warm on a day like Jan 25 th , 2013, but when you are on the train and the only other person on that cart with you is a man in a Yankee hat, black leather jacket, and jet-black ski mask, you tend to rethink your position on the article of clothing.  Especially if the ski masks look like this:                                                              or this: The only time ski masks are allowed are if you are wearing one of these guys: Or else this is your reality:

The Big Book Theory

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It all started with someone’s status on Facebook being, “Nook or Kindle?” and me writing back, “Book.” The status writer cleverly or stupidly spat, “I think you spelt Nook wrong.  And anyway I am just looking to read, no fancy stuff.” So I remarked, “Like I said, Book!” Later I told my dad the story inserting, “I need to turn pages!” as my reasoning for a book being the victor of a very pointless competition.    “And if he wants to read to just read, why get a nook at all?” I continued.  “He can’t say he read a book then, he just looked at a screen.  That's worse than scanning a book.”  I told my dad, “It’s like when you were reading audio books; you didn’t read them, you had them read to you .  You listened to a book, but you certainly did not read one.” My dad said, “Screw you,” probably, and asked, “Then what would you say about a blind person reading a book?” “Oh, that’s easy," I ...