The Wedding Shower II
What a nice weekend! My family held a second surprise wedding shower for Foxy in Philly this weekend. I'm from Philly, Foxy's from New York, and our families felt that it was asking a lot of the invitees to trek long distances in either direction. We also considered seriously the strain it might have put on the ancient and revered patriarchs and matriarchs of our families. It's always shrewd to avoid exacerbating the extraordinary crankiness of these people whenever possible.
We got a lot of gifts, which is really nice. But we have nowhere to put them, which is really frustrating. The idea is that you get married, buy a place which is presumably larger than the one you currently live in, and then move all this stuff in. So now we're packed floor-to-ceiling with the finest tchotchkes that money can buy at Bed Bath & Beyond. Foxy had to tie a tether to me when I went to the kitchen so I could find my way back.
As I sit here reading the news in my cluttered living room, having finally achieved the level of pagan opulence I've so long sought, I have to applaud the people of Sweden for their ingenious use of Biogas in their public transportation infrastructure. If you're like me, then you might not know what Biogas is. Simply, Biogas is composed of fumes harvested from rotting organic waste, which burns more cleanly than fossil fuel, and invites us all merrily to a flatulent joke or two. Good for them for finally demonstrating that the process can be efficient and effective.
Today, the Biogas Train was unveiled, which will begin running between Linkoeping and Vaestervik in September. God bless the Swedes, they've given us so many things: Ikea, the Temporpedic Sleep System, and lingonberries, to name just a few. I think the rest of the of the world should follow suit immediately, and do away with fossil fuel altogether. For the children, of course.
Also in the news: The CIA knows where Osama Bin Laden is hiding.
"The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency has said he has an "excellent idea" where Osama Bin Laden is hiding."
Really? The U.S. government has to say things like this every now and again to make us secure in the knowledge that our tax dollars are not being pissed away on a wild goose chase in the hinterlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan. In reality, the only thing the CIA can tell us about Osama Bin Laden with any certainty is that he's not operating a barbeque stand in Birmingham, Alabama. So, good people of Birmingham, rest easily.
We got a lot of gifts, which is really nice. But we have nowhere to put them, which is really frustrating. The idea is that you get married, buy a place which is presumably larger than the one you currently live in, and then move all this stuff in. So now we're packed floor-to-ceiling with the finest tchotchkes that money can buy at Bed Bath & Beyond. Foxy had to tie a tether to me when I went to the kitchen so I could find my way back.
As I sit here reading the news in my cluttered living room, having finally achieved the level of pagan opulence I've so long sought, I have to applaud the people of Sweden for their ingenious use of Biogas in their public transportation infrastructure. If you're like me, then you might not know what Biogas is. Simply, Biogas is composed of fumes harvested from rotting organic waste, which burns more cleanly than fossil fuel, and invites us all merrily to a flatulent joke or two. Good for them for finally demonstrating that the process can be efficient and effective.
Today, the Biogas Train was unveiled, which will begin running between Linkoeping and Vaestervik in September. God bless the Swedes, they've given us so many things: Ikea, the Temporpedic Sleep System, and lingonberries, to name just a few. I think the rest of the of the world should follow suit immediately, and do away with fossil fuel altogether. For the children, of course.
Also in the news: The CIA knows where Osama Bin Laden is hiding.
"The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency has said he has an "excellent idea" where Osama Bin Laden is hiding."
Really? The U.S. government has to say things like this every now and again to make us secure in the knowledge that our tax dollars are not being pissed away on a wild goose chase in the hinterlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan. In reality, the only thing the CIA can tell us about Osama Bin Laden with any certainty is that he's not operating a barbeque stand in Birmingham, Alabama. So, good people of Birmingham, rest easily.
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