Pressure is a privilege
Author Susan Schoenberger posted this quote to her Twitter feed: "Pressure is a privilege." - Billie Jean King as heard on Fresh Air. I love this idea. It’s so true.…
A career spent in quiet desperation
During my 17 years as a wedding DJ, I have played Billy Joel's ‘Piano Man’ at 9:00 on a Saturday whenever possible. Only once did someone notice.
99 reasons that I love Elysha Dicks
Today is our seventh anniversary. Please forgive me for this indulgence. Here are some of the many reasons I love my wife as much as I do. _______________________________________ 1. The…
The thread of melancholy is unavoidable for this parent
Slate’s John Dickerson writes about the regret he feels about not inviting his parents’ friends to his wedding for Slate’s wedding issue. This paragraph, which deals with parenthood, was especially…
When I started working as a wedding DJ in 1997, the world was damn near prehistoric.
My partner and I started our DJ business 17 years ago on a whim. We had no experience and no equipment but thought we could make it work. Since 1997,…
Wedding etiquette torn down by one of the most popular advice columnists in the world. I’m impressed.
Emily Yoffe, the Ask Prudence advice communist for Slate, recently did a podcast in which people were able to ask questions about wedding etiquette via the telephone as part of…
Placing an engagement ring in food is stupid.
Last week comedian and podcast host Marc Maron proposed to his girlfriend by hiding the engagement ring in a stack of pancakes. I do not understand the decision to conceal…
Butterfly Kisses is not cheesy, damn it.
Butterfly Kisses, a song by Bob Carlisle, was released in 1997, the same year I became a wedding DJ. I’ve been playing that song for fathers and daughters ever since,…
Faking your own death as part of the proposal? Exchanging vows via Twitter? Strange, but still better than this.
A Russian man faked his own death in order to propose to his girlfriend. Alexey Bykov hired a filmmaker, makeup artists and stuntmen to create elaborate car-crash scene, then arranged…
My wedding vows
Last month, in conjunction with our upcoming anniversary, I shared some posts I had written about our wedding in 2006. Those posts originally appeared on a blog that no longer…