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2008

The Adventures of Italian-American Man

A roughly 87% true blog. Features a slightly embellished account of my life story, told in installments, and my thoughts on life, the universe, and pop culture.

November 4, 2008

Italian-American Man Endorses Barack Obama

Marc Edward DiPaolo
Obama: Like Batman, only cooler.

Why am I voting for Barack Obama? Because he's smart. And he's clearly more intelligent than McCain. In these tense times, we need the most intelligent person available to be...

August 15, 2008

Staten Island Dojo Wars

Marc Edward DiPaolo
Me, approximately one year before this story takes place.

As a new black-belt, I faced opposition from fellow students who remembered me "when." But how does one defeat insubordination?

August 10, 2008

Griffin's Best Man Speech

Marc Edward DiPaolo
What our wedding cake looked like.

Here's the best man speech that had me, Stacey, and the guests, in stitches at the wedding reception:

August 10, 2008

The Wedding of Italian-American Man!

Marc Edward DiPaolo
The final moments of the wedding of Stacey and Marc!

On March 9, 2007, I was married to Stacey Lynn Miller. We wrote our own wedding service, based on a template provided by Unitarian Minister Craig Schneider. We chose our own...

August 9, 2008

The 25-Year-Old Virgin

Marc Edward DiPaolo
Individual shots culled from a variety of web sites and combined.
If only they'd make a movie about my family. This is my dream cast. I also considered casting Maria Bello and Gary Cole as my parents, but used Polly Walker and Nicholas Cage instead.

My friends meet my wife-to-be, Stacey, and reminisce about how unhappy I was when I was single - especially one weekend in Belmar, NJ.

August 8, 2008

Bill Murray is a Close Personal Friend of Mine

Marc Edward DiPaolo
What I looked like on my trip to Belmar in 1999.

In which I get falling down drunk at Bar "A," become a public nuisance, curse God, and have a crisis of faith.

August 7, 2008

Belmar: Smiley's Revenge

Marc Edward DiPaolo
A picture of Smiley.

Smiley reveals what happened to Griffin, and initiates a cunning master plan to get me sex.

August 7, 2008

Belmar: The Boys are Back in Town

Marc Edward DiPaolo
My picture of Hank Stewart.
Hank Stewart shaves in his rented summer house in Belmar before going out on the town with me, Smiley, David, Kyle, and Griffin.

Welcome to Belmar, NJ. Site of one of the worst, and most transformative, weekends of my life.

July 30, 2008

Dana Scully and the Agonies of Being Catholic

Marc Edward DiPaolo
Publicity Still: The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Dana Scully is a fictional Roman Catholic physician played by Gillian Anderson in the new X-Files movie. Mulder (David Duchovney), is an atheist who believes in aliens. The X-Files saga usually gives more respect to Mulder's perspective.

The movie X-Files: I Want to Believe is secretly about the difficulty of being Roman Catholic in this day-and-age, while ostensibly being your usual dumb popcorn thriller.

July 5, 2008

What Constitutes Great Popular Music?

Marc Edward DiPaolo
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Is P!nk great art?

In 2002, I re-evaluated my music taste ... with the help of my friends.