2801

I was published in a book…

of Twitter tweets edited by a former Gawker writer put out by a new imprint of a subsidiary of News Corporation, which I think nulls any of the accomplishment. I don’t even know it is technically a book.

2802

I published my wedding website last night. I gave up on tweaking the stylesheet any further when I realized only .1% of the populace would notice the extra several hours I’d spend making things look slightly prettier.

For any women who want to read the awesome story about how I proposed to my beautiful wife, you’ll definitely want to check it out.

http://rmeray.com/wedding

2803

Why? Already looking for your second wife?

2804

Took my first spinning class a couple weeks back, I feel your pain, old folks kicked my ass.

2805

I’m hoping I can make other soon-to-be-engaged men feel like they have to live up to an unrealistic level of awesome because of me raising the bar for womankind.

2806

I don’t know. After your intro, I was expecting something a little more awesome than vandalizing a street sign.

2807

hahahah. It’s a better story when she tells it. And thanks. :D

2808

I got my son into college.

2809

We (Ben and I) just had dinner at the same restaurant as President and Mrs. Obama. We were outside. We think they or some secret service guy had our inside table.
No pictures - but perhaps there’s one of us getting patted down somewhere…

2810

I wonder if your son sees it that way.

2811

It’s apparently not just her but the whole clinic for that particular drug. And no, there is no generic, just other drugs that do the same thing but are cheaper but apparently less effective and with more side effects.

They ended up giving me the first months supply for a nominal cost, which will become the normal cost if I qualify for a program the manufacturer offers (which I should). Otherwise I have to pay out of pocket, but at least their subsidized pharmacy cost is way lower then it would be anywhere else if I end up having to go that route.

2812

Cute site but I wonder if an entire web site is really necessary. You’re getting married, great. People do that all the time. :)

2813

The Wedding-Industrial-Complex magazines and websites told her that you’re not actually married if you don’t have a wedding website, so I guess it’s not even optional these days if you want to be truly deeply married.

Bastards keep raising the bar!

And ‘got’ married, not getting. :)

2814

Every day, I become happier and happier that we got married before breakfast in Vegas one morning. :) Congrats man…

2815

So did he! What’s the point of eloping if you are still obliged to do the wedding industrial stuff?

2816

(Edit: Whoops! Ben posting as Karen this time) Close Encounters of the Presidential Kind Part II: Guess who came to lunch? Technically we were across the street this time, rather than in the restaurant with him. We went for lunch at Biscuits (Cod Cakes! Chicken & waffles!), and as we are sitting down (our table was in the front window), we notice that the police are closing off the street. Sure enough, Barack, Michelle, and the kids decided to have lunch at Nancy’s, directly across the street.

2817

This isn’t that recent, but I’m reminded by the above: during the campaign last year, I twice had the privilege of sharing an elevator with Barack. In my apartment building. I didn’t manage to say anything on either occasion. In fairness, the first time, I had just put an entire cookie in my mouth when he got on the elevator, and I couldn’t very well mumble through a mouthful of cookie to the future POTUS.

2818

Barack… elevator… you know, there’s a “hit the floor” joke/embellishment there for you, don’t you?

2819

I used to run into our old PM all the time while going to work. Him on his bike and me walking… it’s somehow not as impressive without the entourage.
The new guy is in two wars and it’s now after 9/11, so he has an entourage (4 guys… but they’re armed). I still think he’d get stoned if he ever tried to close anything down, because he was coming.

One of the benefits - or boring parts - of living in a small country.

2820

Haha, thanks! Vegas weddings FTW!

Well, the eloping was a semi-spontaneous kinda “Let’s do it!” thing. We weren’t really thinking about what came afterwords. When all was said and done, wanting to have a reception to kinda get both sides of our family together seemed like a good idea, and a wedding website helps kinda coordinate stuff, keep everyone informed, and share the wedding pics and vids with everyone.

I just like joking about the wedding industrial thing because, seriously, it’s insane. Wedding websites are the least of the crazy these days.