We Got Married

Joanna and I got married on Saturday, and despite some weather related drama the evening was a resounding success.  Hopefully I'll find the time to post some more detailed recollections later, but for now I just wanted to point people to some preliminary pictures.

We had our reception at the Museum of Science in Boston, but the museum itself was closed by the time the reception started, so we couldn't take any of the obligatory "Bride, Groom and Dinosaur" pictures.  Not ones to let something like that get in the way, we went back on Sunday afternoon, and here are the results.

Anyway, we're off to San Diego tomorrow for our honeymoon.  Talk to you guys when we get back!

Syndicated 2008-04-14 13:57:02 from Rooneg::Weblog

A Textbook Example

Is it just me, or was today's Red Sox v Blue Jays game just a textbook
example of why it's freaking stupid to save your best relief pitchers
for the 8th and 9th innings.  I mean for crying out loud, Okajima and
Papelbon were used anyway because they needed the work, is it too much
to ask that you put one of them in for the bases loaded situation in
the 5th?  Instead we get Manny Delcarmen who happily gives up a grand
slam, and by the time the decent pitchers are put in the game is
already out of hand and there's nothing they can do to help win it.
Sigh.  I mean we're talking about a team that employs Bill James,
you'd think that this idea would at least be kicking around in their
heads, and in situations like today when there's zero down side to
trying it out they would at least give it a shot.

Syndicated 2008-04-06 21:52:36 from Rooneg::Weblog

Grrr. Argh.

Why is it that people in the various industries associated with weddings lack the ability to a) give a clear answer to questions when asked and b) actually answer more than one question at a time.  This doesn't seem like too much to ask, but clearly we're setting the bar a bit too high for these geniuses...

Syndicated 2008-03-24 17:06:13 from Rooneg::Weblog

Well, That Was Different...

So, I just bought tickets to a San Diego Padres game, since Joanna and I are going to be out in San Diego in April for our honeymoon, and it turns out the team will be in town.

As a Red Sox fan who's been frantically trying to buy whatever tickets were available over the past few years, can I just say that this was a totally different experience.  I mean, tickets went on sale today, and I was actually able to buy them!  Field box seats, third base line, right up close, and actually paying face value, this is a bit of a change of pace for me.  I know in theory that there are places where it's actually possible to buy tickets for a baseball game without having to take out a second mortgage or sell your first born child, but every time I actually encounter it I'm completely blown away.

Anyway, since we're saving for the down payment on the house it's looking like we won't be getting many chances to see the Red Sox this year, so at least we'll be getting some in person baseball in, even if it's the Padres versus the Rockies.

Syndicated 2008-03-01 20:04:02 from Rooneg::Weblog

Email Migration

I'm in the process of switching my main email setup over to Google Apps for Domains, which means there are currently some DNS changes making their way through the internet.  So if you have trouble getting in touch with me via email over the next day or so that's probably why.

Syndicated 2008-02-10 18:10:22 from Rooneg::Weblog