He is a funny character... or rather, his films are an interesting thing to me ( Read more... )

Pipes got me an iPod, just a few days before our wedding. A nice, 80 gig Classic, with video and the whole shebang. It's inscribed on the back with the message, "I'm the Luckiest". (A reference to our song) She almost got me the iPod Touch, but those piddly little 16-gig devices just wouldn't have anything close to the capacity needed for my music ( Read more... )

Given McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (female) for his running mate, Obama's personal spokesman, Bill Burton, had this to say:

"Experience is being taken off the table considering you're putting someone within a heartbeat of the presidency with the thinnest foreign policy experience in history."
Wait a minute... Palin is just the ( Read more... )

Pipes and I got to see "The Dark Knight" last night on IMAX, with my brother and his wife.

We'd seen it once before, but the experience was simply better when projected on a screen the size of a building. Apparently, from what I'm told, this movie was filmed for IMAX, and then the top and bottom portions were cut off to fit in most "regular"( ( Read more... )

Today we return to "normal" life. We both have work, and have to put our feet back on the ground after all of the fun and insanity of the last week or so. We've spent a lot of money the last week and a half, between the wedding's last-minute expenses, celebration and such. Now, we're talking marital budget, and how to save for a couple of things. ( ( Read more... )

The Luckiest
by Ben Folds

I don't get many things right the first time ( Read more... )

So I wish I could say the entire event went off without a hitch... but you know, something always has to happen to give me a story, right? It's almost too stupid and embarrassing to admit. ( Although, that's what blogs are for, right? )

or,
Seeking Advice on Music for the Reception

One of my responsibilities for this upcoming wedding (two weeks!) is to come up with a playlist for the reception. At first, I didn't think I would have enough songs, and so I finally decided to venture onto iCrack iTunes.

Wow, this is great! I thought to myself, Each song is only $0.99! Several ( Read more... )

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Well, I owe an apology to all of you who attend my blog... I've been so inattentive to posting in the past weeks. Like they say, the amount of one's posting about life can sometimes be inversely proportional to how busy one's life has become. I can only offer one excuse: I'm getting married on August 9th ( Read more... )