The 1960s “Batman” television series has been out of production for nearly 50 years, but it has been rediscovered at my house, by my kids. My son wanted a Batman toy for […]
Batman Returns…To My Television Set
Checkers, Christmas and Cousins
Our New Pet
Kara fell in love at WFSB a few weeks ago…with a kitten. She called me at home and said a kitten that appeared on Better Connecticut came up to her and made […]
95% of Men are Doing it Wrong
Most guys think they know how to throw a football. They don’t. That’s according to a local quarterback coach, who’s trained UConn’s Casey Cochran and others at the pro, college and high […]
Cash for My Artwork?
I’m hardly an artist, so I was really surprised when someone shelled out cash to buy one of my works of art, and I use that term loosely. It all started when […]
Katy Perry, My Daughter’s Poison or J. Geils
Kara Sundlun and I took our daughter to her first concert, Katy Perry at the Mohegan Sun resort. The show was awesome. Perry played to her fans, and the light extravaganza and […]
The Home Improvement Era, B.C. (before children)
It’s funny all the time we used to have before we had children. My wife and I painted almost every inch of our home back in the day. Kara made curtains and […]
It’s Nice to Have Family in Warm Places
After this brutal winter of 2013-2014, Kara and I were more than eager to escape Connecticut for someplace tropical. Thankfully we have relatives in a place where cold weather is extremely rare. […]
Watch out, We’re Back on the Slopes
The House family went on a ski trip this past weekend, courtesy of our friends who have an amazing ski house at Okemo Mountain in Vermont. As Kara and I were packing […]
Don’t Drive Distracted
It is teen safety driving week across Connecticut, and even though my son is years away from being a teenager, no harm in teaching him the dangers of distracted driving at a […]
The Jubilation of that First Baby Picture
WFSB made the rare decision to break into programming to get a live look at the royal baby leaving the hospital in London. Why? Our viewers wanted us to. There has been […]
The House Family Road Trip to Ohio
My brother has long called me Clark, as in Clark W. Griswold, the well-meaning father from the National Lampoon Vacation movies played so perfectly by Chevy Chase. I earned the nickname for […]
From Connecticut to California
Our family vacation last week took us to the west coast and southern California. Kara and I have family and friends there and a visit to Los Angeles was a few years […]
Was that Taylor Swift in Hartford Traffic?
Thousands of drivers were stuck in gridlock yesterday in Hartford and some of the suburbs due to blizzard snow removal on Interstate 84. While frustrated folks were looking for a way off […]
House Family at the Southington Apple Harvest Parade
Thousands turned out for the Southington Apple Harvest Festival parade Sunday and we were honored to be a part of it. The Channel 3 team came out and marched, and some rode in […]
The Summer of the Rabies Shots
News of that vicious attack by a fox in East Windsor brought back some unpleasant memories for Kara and me. Five years ago this summer, we underwent a round of rabies shots […]
The House Girls Visit Fenway
I recently took my wife and daughter for their very first visit to Fenway Park. Kara doesn’t have that much interest in baseball, and actually hadn’t been to a game since we went […]
Oh, the Joys of the Family Christmas Card
My daughter is now at the age that she actually anticipates seeing the holiday cards that flood our mailbox this time of year. She looks for pictures of her friends, cousins, and Santa […]
Remembering my Father In-law, Bruce Sundlun
If you were wondering where Kara and I were the past week, we were in Rhode Island, where my father in-law, Bruce Sundlun died. We were at his bedside when he passed, and […]
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