Wedding Journal

As we've been pondering how best to script the ceremony for our wedding, I've done some searching on the Internet for inspiration on readings, vows and the overall script. In addition to turning up some useful recommendations, Google's also brought me some ... interesting results:

• UOWedding - An application for wedding ceremonies in the game Ultima Online. Way too geektastic for me.
• Seussical Vows - Funny wedding vows in the style of Dr. Seuss.

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I ran across this old wedding-themed SlimFast ad recently on a design blog. Funny, yet hitting a little too close to home.

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Wikipedia offers entries about particular dates, in addition to content about various subjects. Out of curiosity, I looked up our wedding date, April 29, to see if it had any special historical significance. Events of note:

• 1945 - Holocaust: The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
• 1975 - Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind – The last U.S. citizens begin evacuation from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. United States involvement in the war comes to an end.
• 1992 - Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, follow the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 54 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

April 29 marks the birthdays of William Randolph Hearst (1863), Duke Ellington (1899), Japan's Emperor Hirohito (1901), Dale Earnhardt (1951), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Andre Agassi and Uma Thurman (1970).

A notable April 29 death: Alfred Hitchcock (1980).

In the Catholic church, April 29 also is the feast day of Saint Catherine of Siena. (Coincidentally, when my family lived in Austin, Texas, the church we attended was named after Saint Catherine.

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