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Mar
11
2010

Vegas usually annoys the piss out of me …

… seriously. It’s full of cheeseball douchebag wanna-be brainless fashion victims. It annoys me so much that normally I go windmill tilting and try to annoy it right back, but that has generally ended badly — like, my-friend-covered-in-a-third-party’s-blood badly — so I thought, okay, this time I’m going to play nice …
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Sep
21
2009

Almost back to NYC!

Thanks, everyone for dropping by! Sorry we didn’t post much during the trip, but we’ll add some more Chicago and Pittsburgh info soon!

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Sep
19
2009

Let’s Party!

This is a pic of the folks remaining at 10 o’clock, after some of the less spry guests departed:

Not actually at the party, but the wedding party took these classic Fords to the Reception. As far as I’m concerned, these were the last great American cars! (Just kidding!)

The obligatory coordinated dancing rigamarole:

Andrew Schmale, the [...]

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Sep
19
2009

Mara’s mom

Now, I have to say, all of the parents were great. We got to speak at length to both Kevin and Mara’s mothers, but Mara’s Mom, Deb, invited us to sit next to her at the reception. What a wonderful, loving woman. If Mara is half as lovely as her mom is, [...]

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Sep
19
2009

Rich Quick Is a Curmudgeon

This guy’s first words to me: “I seen a fella walking up my driveway, and I say to myself, boy that guys got quite a tan! I’m not racist or anything.”
Followed by: “Those damn Polacks are stubborn sunnabitches.”
Followed by: “I don’t care what color yer skin is, I love them hooters!”

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Sep
19
2009

Joe & The Groomsmen

No, not the hottest band in Michigan (although it wouldn’t be suprising).
Joe was the Best Man, and great fun all night. He had the unenviable job of following up the Maid of Honor’s tear-jerker, which better not happen to me next Spring.
The Speech

It was so good his head got big (that’s what you [...]

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Sep
19
2009

Introducing the Konings …

We barely know Mara. We didn’t even remember Kevin’s name until Mara reminded us via text 24 hours before the event. In any case, what a spectacular couple. I suspect that in another life, Mara would have been a fellow Life-Is-A-Road-Tripper and Kevin would be a regular at Sunday Poker Night. [...]

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Sep
19
2009

Neither Vince Vaughn or Owen Wilson …

… but not too shabby.
For those just joining us, these are your wedding crashers du jour …
Phaux in the ‘Always Slimming All Black’:

Zoobroker in the trey:

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Sep
19
2009

The Wedding Is On …

Really. We. Are. Here.  Ok, for those who haven’t been following the story along the way, here’s the deal.  We met Mara a few weeks ago — on the night of her bachelorette party.  She was winding down the night with her possibly nymphomaniac neighbor, Vicky, by having pizza at Two Boots.  At Midnight.  Sober.  [...]

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Sep
19
2009

Almost there …

We put the hammer down, and for legal purposes we can’t say exactly how fast we were going, but we suspect it may involve time travel.  In fact, we found time to take a wrong turn and end up on Lake Michigan .. which is more impressive than one might think, but still not impressive [...]

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