Posts Tagged ‘wedding’
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. Many of the things that I choose to do involve pressure. I stand before 21 students every day, knowing full well that I am responsible…
Read MoreA 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.
Read More99 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 way she sleeps on folded hands 2. She once yelled at a 90-year-old woman who was cheating in Scrabble 3. The way she is like…
Read MoreThe 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 poignant for me: There’s an indefinite point in your tenure as a parent where you start to realize your kids are leaving you. For us,…
Read MoreWhen 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, we’ve performed at more than 350 weddings. Over the course of that time, I’ve also married more than a dozen couples. We’ve done two weddings…
Read MoreWedding 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 Slate’s wedding issue. Yoffe tends to lean toward tradition and formality, which differs from my natural inclinations, but I found myself both in agreement and…
Read MorePlacing 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 the engagement ring in food or drink. I cannot imagine a single instance in which this is the best or most preferred way to propose.…
Read MoreButterfly 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, and I have always thought the song was incredibly cheesy. Last night I watched a bride dance with her father to the song. He had…
Read MoreFaking 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 to meet his girlfriend, Irena Kolokov, at the site. When she arrived, she saw him lying on the ground, covered in blood amidst a scene…
Read MoreMy 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 exists, so I wanted to revisit them and share some of my favorites here. As a result, readers began asking me questions about our wedding,…
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