Wanna help? Stop pestering the bride!
I want to BE married. It’s the GETTING married that’s driving me nuts. After nearly a decade of bachelorhood, I am counting down the last couple of months before nuptialation. I’m not sure I’m going to make it. I try to be helpful. Really, I do. Take the tuxedo. I thought a 1970s theme would be cool since we both graduated high school back then. “There are four of us on the guys’ side,” I said. “We could paint our faces and dress in the spandex, chains and leather of the metal band KISS.” “Yes, you could,” she said. “But not at MY wedding.” I decided it best not to mention my idea for the bridesmaids — though I still think striking the “Charlie’s Angels” pose would have been excellent. It hardly seems fair that guys are allowed no input on the wedding gown, but the bride-to-be marches her man to multiple tuxedo shops as if he’s her life-sized Ken doll. ‘‘Well, that’s nice,’’ she says, spinning him around like he’s planted on a Barbie fashion carousel.
» Full StoryWant me to do some work? Fat chance
Finally! There’s good news for obesity!
Death row inmate Richard Cooey claims in a federal lawsuit that he is too fat to die.
Beauty: It’s in the eye of the myopic beholder
Have you ever noticed how distance improves one’s looks?
When a person is standing too far off to see him clearly, our imaginations tend to the fill in the details. Generally, these are the details as we would like to enjoy them.
Pump-TV broadcasts distractions at the price of gasoline
Sure, we may be pumping about $4 a gallon out of our wallets, but soon our local gas pumps will feature TVs.
» Full StoryDULL DAYS: Searching for celebrations in the heat of August
Looking ahead to August, there’s little to recommend it.
The stretch between Independence Day picnics on July 4 and Labor Day picnics on Sept. 1 basically is August. It’s just heat and no holidays.
I meant to forget something, but I can’t remember what it was
I read a story recently about a man from Wisconsin who remembers everything. I don’t think even Stephen King has written fiction scarier than this true story.
If he has, I don’t remember it.



