Let me start by saying that my prediction about the wedding cake was all wrong. I was waaaaaay off the mark when I wrote that Han and Leia were going to top the cake. It was Lord of the Rings themed. It was all white with "Elvish" written around each layer, kinda like the "ring"...you know, from the Skymall catalog. There were little action figures on the top, going down the sides, and in front of it, set up like of the battle scenes from "Return of the King" in Minas Tirith or some shit like...

Alrighty. I'm attending a wedding on Sunday for a friend I knew in college. He was always really nice, and he had a confidence about his work and his passions (theatre and science fiction) that I admired, even if I didn't quite approve or agree with him. But we were never what I would call very close(or at least not invite-you-to-my-wedding close), and honestly I was shocked to receive the "Save the Date" postcard, and then the invitation. But I thought it was a lovely gesture, and then I tho...

Seventy years from now you'll all be telling your great-grandkids how Aunt Tracy paved the way for old maids everywhere. Well, ok. You can say me, and "Samantha" from "Sex and the City". I believe I've finally come to terms with the fact that I will probably never get married. That's fine. I decided that I'd rather stay single for the rest of my life than spend it having to listen to a husband's droning on and on about himself and/or the state of the world (I chuckle as I write this in m...