Dear God, I know, no more wedding talk.
But here it is anyway.

We finally sent out our save the dates for both the wedding and reception.
I designed the wedding invites and the formal reception invites while R designed the “Hell freezing over” post card version.

Yes that is the theme. We didn’t know you were supposed to have a theme, but once we found out, we knew this was ours. Not to mention it is the year of the 16 year cicada (hello, plague of locust). Yep. That’s us. This has lead to some interesting files and sites.
I have an icon on my desktop called Hell, and that’s where I keep all the invite graphics, reception contracts, and million other sundries that seem to required for a weeding wedding. Our on line data base for tracking people is romantically titled Bells! Plague of Locust! Wedding!.
We’ve already had a few RSVP’s via the internet. One of these few was my mother… only RSVPing for the wedding, not the reception.

R's response:

Maybe she didn't understand the two sites?

Maybe?

*kicks dirt*

*shuffles off*

How green is your wedding?

My mother sent me this article from the National Geographic. I especially loved how she used the subject as a play on a John Ford's movie of sentimental human drama.

Before we discuss how Green is my wedding I’d like to complain about the article in general.

“Once regarded as barefoot-hippie fests, *earth-friendly weddings are finally coming into their own. "Many couples are looking for ways to incorporate their values and consciousness into their big event," says Corina Beczner, founder of Vibrant Events, an eco event-planning company in San Francisco. But there are a lot of shades of green, she adds. "It's really up to the couple how far they want to go, based on what's most important to them."

So this means weddings in general aren’t Earth friendly? I’m not saying tin cans and shoes on cars, throwing rice, killing flowers (for sport), eating frosting by the fistful and getting your groove on are environmentally minded, but I don’t think they’ve been undermining mother earth. Also I always find statements such as "… based on what's most important to them" abrasive and challenging. Perhaps that says more about me than the speaker.

Alright on to the critique

The Bling Thing. I did well here using Great Grandmothers wedding set. Even if mining practices of the early 1900’s were atrocious and probably involved child labor… I believe we can say it’s not a conflict diamond and I’m recycling.

Save-the-date…. Save the world?
If you haven’t gotten your save the date, you probably aren’t invited. R set up a website for RSVP’s and directions…. Saving trees. But we’ll probably blow that by sending out actual invitations on top of the save the dates.

Location, location, location.
The wedding IS in a backyard that’s green right? No center pieces, local cooks and bartender (I rented my oldest friend from the local swank Bistro) for the wedding.
The reception is all rental (reuse) and we’re too cheep to pay for buffet (and my family can EAT) so there will be no waste there. But it will not be *ORGANIC. Yes we are having 2 venues but that will cut down on travel “come to what you are closest to”. Okay, we didn’t actually plan it that way to save the environment.

So how did I do?
Well, I'm sure it will leave a "footprint" of some kind. Even if it's just the mess drunken jubilant guests make of the backyard.

*Grrr. I’m actually getting tired of the organic thing. How about we just go back to “simple and healthful and close to nature”. Grow the food, cook the food eat the food. When did that start meaning “organic” only. Suddenly we have to watch out for ordinary farmers and ranchers or they’ll get us?

Blue Man got NOTHING on them

That's not lead based is it?



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LOL-Kitteh as a Second Language (LKSL-101) in Five Easy Steps

What up Mac?

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, "Who's on First?" might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou .

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou .

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W".

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on "START".............