Archive for October 2010
Words of marital wisdom
Maria McBride, the wedding style director at Brides Magazine, describes the enchantment with the 10/10/10 wedding date as this: “You cross your fingers and hope it lasts a lifetime.” Therefore, the prospect of a perfect ten times three, she explains, suggests good luck. Is this really what people are feeling when they get married? Are…
Read MoreWhat’s in your belly?
There is a bulletin board at my vet’s office with cards and notes from pet owners. It’s located adjacent to the checkout desk, so there are times when I can’t help but look over at it, though I try to avoid doing so whenever possible. Messages like “Thank for helping our puppy in her final…
Read MoreBee and bride
I was fortunate enough to spend the afternoon serving as both minister and DJ for a couple’s wedding in Simsbury, Connecticut. The ceremony took place on a farm in the midst of an enormous field, at least half a mile from the nearest building or road. Upon arriving at the farm, I drove down a…
Read MoreSmall comforts
A friend of mine was telling me the story of a former college roommate and how absolutely awful she was. There were many stories illustrating her loathsomeness, but here’s the best of the lot: After boarding the plane with her boyfriend on the way to Aruba, she handed the poor guy a list of expectations…
Read MoreResolution update: September 2010
In an effort to achieve my yearly goals, I post my monthly progress here. Below are my sixteen New Year’s resolutions and my progress thus far. 1. Lose seventeen more pounds, bringing my weight down to 185 pounds, which was my high school pole vaulting weight. I’m back to within sixteen pounds of my goal…
Read MoreSpeeding kills… road signs.
A couple years ago, I gave my wife a GPS for her birthday. We quickly switched it over to the British voice and named her Diana. Though Diana has proven to be extremely helpful in terms of navigation, I have an excellent sense of direction and can usually find my way around, so the benefits…
Read MoreRevenge is sweet, as long as it doesn’t harm Clara
It’s for reasons like this that I have purchased my daughter’s domain name.
Read MoreComplicated parking
I don’t understand these Compact Car Only signs. Is it me, or did the phrase Compact Car cease to have any meaning since the mid-70’s? There are a few of these signs posted in my veterinarian’s parking lot, and I never know what kind of car is permitted to park in these spots. Yesterday I…
Read MoreI tend to be a nonconformist, but when it came to high school hazing, a little conformity might’ve been a good idea.
I resist conformity on a daily basis and have been doing so since I was very young. In almost all cases, I believe that my resistance is justified. There are instances, however, when I question this propensity. When I was in high school, the anti-hazing laws which now fill the books had yet to be…
Read MoreA more innocent time
When I was little, I used to play in my grandfather’s back fields. Living next door to us, my grandfather owned dozens of acres of field, garden, orchard, and forest behind his home, a veritable adventureland for little kids. We would climb the pine trees that my great grandmother planted thirty years before and climb…
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