April first shenanigans...

Well, needless to say, it was all a sham. Particularly ill-conceived (no pun), no doubt, perhaps made more convincing if I'd actually been posting of late, rather than coming back suddenly for a big announcement. Finally, though it's been almost a year, my last such attempt at mass hucksterism is listed a mere eights posts below this year's entry. *sigh*.

Now, in a fairly transparent effort to distract attention from our own shenanigans, here are some other frauds perpetrated by bigger entities than myself:

http://www.google.com/tisp
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/more.html
http://www.geeks.com/asimo.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_fools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1%2C_2007

Enjoy, more actual updates and musings soon.

-Gene

"DON'T kick the baby..."

My new year's resolution was to get back into updating this page regularly, and now that my self-granted 90-day grace period has expired, it's time to see if I can motivate myself to do it.

Well, it's been very nearly a year of firsts, (not to mention completely devoid of posts) and the mother of them all will be the topic of today's update. Two announcements/revelations will be made today; which is the bigger will be left to the reader to decide. The remaining updates covering the time since my last post will be fleshed out in the next several days'/weeks' posts.

Ms. Strawberry (more on her later) and I have been dating for all but a year now, and cohabitating for a couple/few months less than that. Things are better than I could ever possibly hope for, and we have grand (though open-ended and nonspecific) plans for the future. One aspect that was heretofore undiscussed is the minor matter of children. I've never had, and never thought I wanted, but my life has gotten to the point where it's 180° from where it was when I formulated the no-kids posture.

Anyway, to make a long story slightly less long, we're expecting. (OMFG)

No experience or time in the south would of course be complete without a true shotgun wedding, and so it shall be. Announcement will be made here, as well as via email to invitees; be on the lookout for one or both in the nearish future.

To get to that point, it's necessitated reconsidering our respective positions (of "never" and "never again", respectively) on the concept of marriage.

Appropriately, we'll be registering at Stockroom.com, victoriassecret.com, and tiffany.com. Our friends are, after all, nothing if not generous! (hint, hint)

Developments as they occur...