Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 3, 2015 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves |

I attended a Super Bowl party at a friend’s house on Sunday. What I didn’t expect was the sauna and steam bath that came along with a small living room crammed full of people. This is what happens due to poor planning. A disaster. The whole place turns into a sweatbox. If he invites me next year, I’m showing up in a bathing suit. I’m also bringing a fan and a cooler full of ice cubes. Then, maybe he’ll get the message.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 30, 2015 in Blog, Rants and Raves |

Are American parents doing a lousy job? That not really a question so much as an accusation. Admittedly, it’s also a slap in the face to millions of parents out there who know far more about the ordeal of raising kids than I do. Fact is, I don’t know a thing about being a parent or raising kids. I pose this question for the sake of discussion.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 30, 2014 in Blog, Rants and Raves, Travel |

What compels otherwise rational people to dive head-first into a cesspool filled with shit, piss, garbage, and bacteria?
Why — religion, of course!
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 19, 2014 in Blog, Restaurant Reviews, Wine Reviews |

Here are my thoughts on some wines so terrible that, even though they’re cheap, they aren’t worth the money.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 1, 2014 in Blog, Rants and Raves, Travel |

Following a jam-packed five-hour flight over the long Thanksgiving weekend, a typical flight-during-the-holidays hell that was delayed more than four hours, this photo shows the display of horror I saw upon my arrival at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. You’re looking at an empty service counter at 1:15 am. Poof! Where is everybody?
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