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It’d been a while since I’d had a chance to see everyone so the invitation was unexpected but pleasant surprise. I decided it’d be a fun to make it a road trip too. Jordan and Scott agreed to meet me in L.A. We’d take Route 66 to Chicago and then swing up for the ceremony. The drive was a blast. I’ll have some new pictures of it up in the gallery in a few days.

It was nice to see that Jordan’s doing alright. I could tell he’s still not over what happened. It’s understandable though, two weeks before their wedding, such a tragedy. Scott’s doing really well. His internet startup is the latest buzz in New York. They just passed an important audit this month in preparation for their planned IPO in April.

I was completely unprepared for the weather in Milwaukee. I had to buy new clothes as soon as we arrived. I’m so glad everything was indoors; haven’t had to deal with weather like this since I was in Maryland.

Scott’s wife met us there so he promptly disappeared upon arrival. We didn’t see him again until the next morning. Catching up on our private floor it was like old times in Weaver sans the hair clippings and attack-lady-bugs. I’d forgotten how long it’s been; how much I missed everyone. It was a really wonderful step into the past.

We woke up bleary-eyed and light-headed the next morning. It was a mess wit everyone rushing to get dressed and ready to go. The limos were already waiting for us downstairs. We stuffed ourselves into the elevators trying to straighten our ties or tuck in our shirts. There was no way I was running down thirty flights of stairs.

I thought a waiting fleet of stretch Hummers was impressive, but that was nothing compared to the size of the church. In fact, it wasn’t a church, it was a Cathedral; a huge and beautiful tribute to their faith. I thought you could only find these in Europe. Really, you’ll just have to see the pictures when I post them. It was incredible.

The reception was a hoot. Surprisingly informal after such a grand wedding ceremony. I suppose that could just be because we all knew each other; or maybe it was just our table. Dave disappeared fairly early with one of the bridesmaids. Someone heard him say something about his research and demonstrating it to her. Scott’s wife was real nice. It was good to finally meet her, they’d eloped a few months back and no one knew who she was.

The warmest Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Bride and Groom, Montse and Kevin Comer. Thank you for bringing us all together again.

damn that liberal media

I’m so glad I’m not from a state that’s willing to even consider banning
the word ‘evolution’ from schools

If you haven’t noticed, I put some code in for my “archive” section. Next on my agenda is my ’search.’ But, before I really get into it, I’d like to take a survey of what you think is a ‘best match’ for a given search string.

So, if you searched for:

“the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog”

Rank the following examples in the order you’d expect them to appear:

1. “The quick brown fox jumped on my rabbit and tore it to shreds. The funeral will be tomorrow.”

2. “I think my dog is lazy, it wouldn’t do anything. there was this fox chasing after this brown ball that bounced real quick all over the place and my stupid dog wouldn’t chase it”

3. “The quick brown dog ran into the house getting dirt all over the new carpet”

4. “The other day i was walking home and caught a quick motion in the corner of my eye. I was right past Brown Street. It looked like a fox, but I don’t know. I jumped the fence and climbed over some rocks to get a closer look. ‘Where the heck did I put my binoculars?’ I thought. Oh well, I’m lazy, it was probably just a dog anyway.”

Please also provide an explanation for why you decided on that order.

As a resident of the county of El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula, I spend a good deal of my time in my car getting from place to place. Oftentimes, as I’m driving I ruminate over some news article or whatnot and I come up with a wonderful idea for a post. I, then, start constructing the post in my head. The points I want to cover, amusing insights I have, or just my feelings and reactions to some issue. Once I arrive at my destination I’m filled with this wonderful sense of accomplishment for forming such a touching, witty, or insightful post. I’m left with no desire whatsoever to type it up and put in online.

For Sale, New Folder

The RIAA is blowing more of their money on a new wave of lawsuits. They’ve been suffering from a three-year decline in sales of albums and singles. This, they blame on “the proliferation of free and illegal music downloads on the Web through sites such as Kazaa, Grokster and Gnutella.” It couldn’t, of course, have anything to do with the three-year economic slump the entire country has been experiencing. Or the decline in the quality of music being produced. Or perhaps a reaction to their attacks against file sharing that started about, let’s see, three years ago. No, despite the fact that peer-to-peer music sharing has been around for at least the last 5-6 years and their decline in sales started about 3 years ago, it couldn’t possibly be any of those other factors.

I really have to hand it to them. I’m impressed. The great lengths they’ll go to get their mail through spam filters. Even at the cost of conveying coherent thoughts.

This article brings to light a whole new dynamic to buying Apple products. It is a true statement of wealth and excess. “I’m so wealthy I can buy hardware with 18-month expiration dates.” Man, Apple users are so cool. I hope that someday I could be that wealthy. Until then, I’ll continue to use my products that last more than 18 months.