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19540. arkymalarky - 6/1/2006 12:12:14 AM Thanks Robert! I'll look into that.
I also got a letter and form about possibly being in a jury pool. Another first for me. I do not like the current judge in this particular court, though I don't know whether I'll be in his court or not. It's not just because he was such a drip about my late fees fine, but other stuff unrelated to me personally. 19541. arkymalarky - 6/1/2006 12:14:32 AM Chris Matthews makes me nervous just sitting listening to him. I want to holler "just shut up and let him answer the damned question without rephrasing it or clarifying it ten different ways and answering it for him.
We just got back from picking Gus up from his haircut. Judith, you remember Gus when he appeared in the yard at the end of the gathering last year? He's completely peeled now. He looks like that cat with the "lion cut" whose picture you sent a long time ago. But unlike the cat, he's happy as a clam. 19542. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 6/1/2006 1:03:57 AM Tanks 4 da kind words my DEARS!
Seven times down, eight times up–such is life!
19543. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 6/1/2006 1:56:25 AM 
19544. jexster - 6/1/2006 3:17:07 AM To hell with AC...tired of waiting for his vacation diary
I had for some reason read of the place before I went and asked my granfather why we didn't stay THERE!
The answer, self-evident
AC's Venice Hotel...
19545. jexster - 6/1/2006 3:25:11 AM Any of you EuroTrash vacation in Tenerife??? Met a guy from there. Had never thought much about the Canary Islands other than military history-wise. Talked to him and googled up some pics.
HOT PLACE. Probably crawling with Germans 19546. jexster - 6/1/2006 3:26:29 AM Cute Wizzer! 19548. Magoseph - 6/1/2006 11:01:14 AM Post 19547 was my post.
Arky, I thought that Flexi and I not followed by a conjugated verb was incorrect and should have been “Flexi and me.” Too bad that you can’t fight the speeding ticket—you’ve a real chance that it be dismissed.
Chris Matthews gets most of my hollering at the TV. There was a time when I had to leave the room when Bush was on, but now I just make snide remarks.
Wiz, I’m so glad that you don’t forget us and afford us the pleasure of your art.
Cap’n, not naked, mini skirt and rather demure blouse, here I come out of the fake cake speaking only French. It took a long time to persuade the audience that I wasn’t a hired actress. A Foreign Language class organized the stunt and only the bridegroom was to ask me questions. He did in both languages and my answers in English had everyone laughing so uproariously to the point that I took umbrage and then, they had to consol me. The bridegroom to this day remembers this episode fondly, (his adjective). He is now a professor of English literature.
Jex, great pictures!
Web, tell the Marquise that when Butch attracts the attention of kids on the road when they are just by themselves, he immediately sits--a sign that means he’s willing to be petted.
19549. anomie - 6/1/2006 11:01:22 AM Quickies in the morning...
I remember those cane poles, Arky,although I don't fish myself. Also riding in the back of a pick-up truck on gravel roads going about 100 MPH...bumpy and scary.
Good to see you WOW. Nice piece!
Mago, you write better than many of us natives. Spell better too.
Jex, I spent a week on Tenerife. You're right about the Germans...lots of them. More Brits though. Along the beaches looking at all the store and restaurant signs in English you'd think it wss a British Island instead of Spanish. And then there's the wild Ibiza-like nightlife for the young set. Anything goes all night long it seems. I'll see if I can dig out a few pics this weekend for Escapes. 19550. Magoseph - 6/1/2006 11:06:51 AM Tell me, Ano, did you write the above post in eight seconds or did you see the post I deleted? 19551. anomie - 6/1/2006 11:10:09 AM That was back when you didn't see pick-up trucks everywhere. I'm talking about like a 1949 Dodge or Chevy used to actually haul cotton to the gin. Quite a novelty to a city kid. My uncle like to scare the hell out of us in the back by turning off all the lights while hurling down a gravel road doing about 60 MPH. 10 seconds of total dark seemed like 10 minutes. Looking back I think he was crazy and dangerous. I suppose that's obvious. 19552. iiibbb - 6/1/2006 2:27:58 PM The wedding went pretty well. I was running around like crazy doing errands both Saturday and Sunday... didn't shave and shower until 2:15, and I had to be ready by 3pm.
The ceremony was a bit longer and a bit more religious than I had envisioned... but when you have a Rabbi and a Pastor... they're gonna talk. It was mostly Jewish, but my pastor also had a couple of prayers and a reading. Overall we were quite pleased with how well they blended the two elements rather than a dueling banjo's kind of service.
People seemed to like it... even my ardent athiest friends.
We even got some very nice comments from some Moslem bystandards that were on the grounds and watched the service. My mom was stopped by some other bystanders that watched. Apparently the mixed service we developed with our celebrants struck a chord with some people.
P had a good day... which is all I cared about... and even though my Jewish mother in law and her were fighting the week before... when it was all said and done she only complained about the size of the plates and the length of the food line; that, is a moral victory.
Trying to decide if I like the ring on my left or right hand now. I'm very left handed... the ring is a bit of a distraction when I'm trying to do things. The right hand doesn't seem to mind so much... so maybe I will follow the German tradition of putting it on that hand.
19553. wabbit - 6/1/2006 2:38:25 PM Jexster, PLEASE learn to close your tags.
Congratulations and best wishes to you both, iiibbb!19554. Magoseph - 6/1/2006 2:50:54 PM Much happiness to you and your wife, iiibbb!
... so maybe I will follow the German tradition of putting it on that hand.
Be careful about that, it may mean here something your don't want it to mean.
19555. arkymalarky - 6/1/2006 3:10:57 PM Mags,
My reading is that "Flexi and I" is an appositive, set off by commas, standing to clarify "we" and so having to use the nominative case.
That's why I don't worry much about grammar. Clear communication is the goal. Grammar is the tool to that end. 19556. arkymalarky - 6/1/2006 3:18:21 PM CONGRATS 3I3B!!! I'm so glad everything went so well!
I have a friend whose Christian daughter is marrying a Jewish man and they're combining elements of Jewish and Christian ceremonies. I told her about you. If you have any specific advice on this end of it I'll send it along. Their wedding is at the end of the month.
19557. jexster - 6/1/2006 3:21:08 PM The kids are jewish correct? 19558. arkymalarky - 6/1/2006 3:23:15 PM Anomie,
Was he drunk? I've ridden in the backs of pickups, but thankfully only with sane drivers. Still, it's very dangerous. However kids do all sorts of stuff that makes me cringe--four-wheelers, trampolines, hunting, driving before they're supposed to, etc. Parents thought I was such a neurotic and thankfully Mose didn't feel deprived since she never was much of an outdoor type, but I just couldn't take it.
Dad grew up the same way in the heart of Dallas--he'd go out with his gun and dog when he got up and come home when he wanted and his mother was never even interested in what went on between. And she was a great woman and mother--one of the most solid people I ever knew. 19559. arkymalarky - 6/1/2006 3:24:50 PM Which kids, Jex? 19560. iiibbb - 6/1/2006 3:35:39 PM Everything depends on them and their officiants (assuming it is a religious wedding).
We were lucky in that we had 2 very good, open minded officiants, who knew us both very well. The minister was Presbyterian (my dad and her mom grew up together). The Rabbi is reconstructionist and her cousin.
My concession was that it would be primarily Jewish and led by the Rabbi and that we would not mention the J-word. My minister said a few prayers, gave us the Presbyterian vows before the Ketubah, and read from I Corrinthans 13 (which is my favorite chapter in the Bible). Everything else was very Jewish, we had a chupah, ketubah, 7 blessings... the only thing we didn't do was the circling, which seemed a little contrived.
We were both really pleased with how blended it came out... we really lucked out with the officiants. They worked with us and together really well.
There were some stressors before in that her mother was starting to get uncomfortable about how much Christianity was in it. P pretty much had to work that out... it did get worked out before we got to the Rabbi... but that's what both the Rabbi and Pastor kept telling us... it's our service and no one should be getting out of line. If there's a problem, then refer the complainer to them.
I think P and I have a very good understanding of our faith traditions... as the Rabbi said, we have integrity. It seems that has been very helpful. There is very little the Pastor and Rabbi brough up in counselling that we hadn't thought of and discussed beforehand... however it was also very good that we spent so much time with as well.
P is supportive of my faith, and I am supportive of hers.
The only leap of faith for me in all of this is the raising of our children as Jewish... I'll just have to trust to love on that one. sort of an expansion of the concepts of Sola Fide and Sola Gracia.
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