Is it strange that it’s the Red States who are least at risk of terror attacks, while the very regions who are most
at-risk of terrorism lean Blue? It infuriates me to hear a midwestern
Security Mom get on her high horse about how we need to fight
“terrorism” (q.v. “Arabs”) more aggressively, when she and her family
are [...]
Rachel & I were very grateful to have received some wonderful gifts
at our wedding, and we will be starting the storied process of writing
thank-you notes over the next few weeks, inshallah. Most people were aware that we had designated the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter as the near-exclusive “registry,”
on the principle that we didn’t really need [...]
Back in 1983, when our family bought a new, brown Cutlass Ciera,
my mom stated that the car would be like another room of the house –
she could take naps or I could do my homework there. She was probably
trying to justify the impact the purchase would have on our quiescent
family budget, but as I was [...]
It
seems married life consists primarily of attending other couples’
weddings! We were honored to attend our good friend Theresa and Adam’s
wedding in New Hampshire. Rachel participated as a reader in the very
thoughtful ceremony (”Always the reader, never the bridesmaid”).
In some ways going to the wedding was like an extension on our honeymoon (which was itself built [...]
I almost decided to leave my camera at the office, but boy am I glad I
didn’t. — from fanatical Red Sox fans to flocks of ducks to an
extraordinary rainbow that stretched horizon to horizon, today was a
day I was glad to be outdoors biking home. (See all pictures from this series).
Yup, that’s our plane… ‘Cosmic Girl’
As
if it’s not embarrassing enough to fly “Virgin Atlantic” on your
honeymoon, our return flight was delayed an excruciating 4 1/2 hours
while we were waiting for a “part.” Considering the huge disparity in
price between their “economy” and “upper class” ticket prices (10:1 to
24:1), I wonder if the “part” they were waiting [...]
As of 23:00 4 September 2004, major wedding operations have ended. The
Anderkoos and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is
engaged in establishing and maintaining our partnership.
(Thanks to everyone who made this wedding possible — more to follow after the honeymoon. We’re off to our next wedding!)
A few weeks ago we fired our florist.
(Technicially, we never hired them, but the sentiment is the same).
Rachel & I were committed to keeping the wedding within budget. We
had allocated $800 for flowers — around here that is a very low price,
but honestly, there are many more worthwhile things
you can do with $800 than blow [...]
