Q&A
Q: ...
A: Sunday, at sunset, on the beach.
Q: ...
A: True, but it's not like we were going to fly to the West Coast just to have a prettier sunset for the ceremony.
Q: ...
A: I'm sure that is lovely, but we're not really morning people and I don't think it would be wise to try to talk to the Slacktivixen about loving, honoring or cherishing before, say, 10 a.m.
Q: ...
A: If by "honeymoon" you mean a week in a small beach house with paper-thin walls and the entire extended family, then, Yes.
Q: ...
A: I'll be two hours from my computer, in a house full of people with kind of a hectic schedule, so I don't think I'll be able to until I get back.
Q: ...
A: Well, technically I guess it is a "hiatus," since I most likely won't be posting anything here until around August 4 or so and ...
Q: ...
A: Well, yes, that will mean skipping one Friday. But like I said, I'll be back August 4, so I don't really like to call it a "hiatus" since that's the word bloggers always seem to use when they're going through one of those "I'm not sure if I want to keep doing this" mid-blog crises. That's not what's going on here, I'm just taking a little vacation, heading down the shore, getting married, that kind of thing.
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A: I don't have any of the equipment to do that -- no wireless laptop, no digital camera -- but nevermind that, I think liveblogging your own wedding would be horribly tacky.
Q: ...
A: Oh, thank you. And yes, I really am. Very much so.
Q: ...
A: Right. The fourth. Week from Monday. See you then.
Aww, congratulations and have fun!
Posted by: sabreuse | Jul 25, 2008 at 09:23 PM
Good luck with the ceremony, and best wishes!
Posted by: SchrodingersDuck | Jul 25, 2008 at 09:26 PM
Congratulations! I wish you both all the happiness you can stand :)
Posted by: MikhailBorg | Jul 25, 2008 at 09:42 PM
heading down the shore, getting married, that kind of thing.
Somehow I'm reminded of Bertie Wooster.
Posted by: Linkmeister | Jul 25, 2008 at 09:43 PM
Wonderful news! Many blessings to you and your betrothed!
Posted by: victoria | Jul 25, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Aaawww. /Gets all misty-eyed/ I wish you and the slacktivixen all the happiness, joy, and yes, even rapture that you deserve.
That's some sort of marriage-mind-mojo you've been wielding on this blog, Fred. If I weren't already married, I'd have to go off and do it myself.
As it is, I'll have to settle for running off to Scotland next week for a repeat of my (decades-past) honeymoon. (checks out exchange rates and gulps...)
Posted by: hapax | Jul 25, 2008 at 09:49 PM
Congratulations and Best Wishes to both of you.
Posted by: Cyllan | Jul 25, 2008 at 09:55 PM
Congratulations and best wishes! Long life and great happiness to you both.
Posted by: Dash | Jul 25, 2008 at 10:06 PM
This Sunday?! Oh my! And at the beach, how lovely. There's nothing wrong with an East Coast beach sunset, says this Jersey girl.
Congratulations and best wishes to you both.
Posted by: Amaryllis | Jul 25, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Many felicitations to both of you. That sounds like a lovely place to get married. So, should we share wedding/honeymoon stories?
Posted by: Karen | Jul 25, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Best wishes!
(Sure about the liveblogging? You could carry handhelds and text)
Posted by: JustMe | Jul 25, 2008 at 10:34 PM
The plans sound lovely. Best Wishes for a long and joyous life with Slacktivixen.
Posted by: PurpleGirl | Jul 25, 2008 at 10:37 PM
My best wishes, and congratulations to the Slacktivixen. She's got herself on hell of a catch!
Posted by: JamesK | Jul 25, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Mazel tov!
Posted by: Chris | Jul 25, 2008 at 11:02 PM
aw. Congratulations, and much happiness.
Posted by: julia | Jul 25, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Congratulations!! Have a lovely time.
Posted by: pat greene | Jul 25, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Congratulations to Fred and the Slacktivixen!
Posted by: Hummingwolf | Jul 25, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Wonderful!! (But what's wrong with tacky??)
Posted by: PaulW | Jul 25, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Congratulations to the Vist and Vixen from all the Vites!
Posted by: eyelessgame | Jul 26, 2008 at 12:04 AM
We'll certainly miss you, but it's in an excellent cause! Congratulations and best of luck to both of you!
Posted by: PollyQ | Jul 26, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Mazel tov.
Posted by: Jake | Jul 26, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Lovely post. Best wishes!
Posted by: someBrad | Jul 26, 2008 at 12:36 AM
...wait, but you're not a horrible man, though this IS a brief interview!
Congrats, though -- for reals.
Posted by: Rev. Syung Myung Me | Jul 26, 2008 at 01:06 AM
(er, hideous. D'oh. Screwed up my own joke.)
Posted by: Rev. Syung Myung Me | Jul 26, 2008 at 01:06 AM
Second to last! A whole damned lot of the second to last.
Posted by: not someone else | Jul 26, 2008 at 01:11 AM
Congratulations and the very best wishes for a long and happy marriage to you both!
Posted by: Jean | Jul 26, 2008 at 01:19 AM
But you will liveblog the honeymoon, right?
Posted by: LL | Jul 26, 2008 at 01:37 AM
Mazel tov! All the best for you and the Slacktivixen!
Posted by: Technocracygirl | Jul 26, 2008 at 01:41 AM
Best of luck and may your cake be tasty and your love sweeter.
Posted by: JessicaR | Jul 26, 2008 at 01:41 AM
Congratulations and best wishes to you and the Mrs. to be!
"Slacktivixen" is also one of the most awesome pet names ever.
Posted by: Edward Liu | Jul 26, 2008 at 02:19 AM
Congratulations! May you live well, love long, and love life well as long as you live.
Posted by: Jesurgislac | Jul 26, 2008 at 03:14 AM
Congratulations!!
(my own wedding was web-cast....)
Posted by: Michèle my bell-flower | Jul 26, 2008 at 03:16 AM
Wow! Congratulations!
Posted by: Dahne | Jul 26, 2008 at 03:42 AM
Congratulations! Hope you both have a great time!
Posted by: Ray | Jul 26, 2008 at 03:44 AM
Congratulations!
That was fast--weren't you just announcing your engagement a couple of weeks ago? (Still giggling over "liveblogging your own wedding", sobered up only by the fact that for a moment it seemed actually reasonable!)
May you have a fabulous time and many years of happiness.
Posted by: Nenya | Jul 26, 2008 at 03:48 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Theo | Jul 26, 2008 at 04:11 AM
All the best to you both. Whatever Gods there may be, may their blessings rain upon you and yours.
Posted by: Cactus Wren | Jul 26, 2008 at 04:37 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Glenda | Jul 26, 2008 at 04:45 AM
If you could compress your vows to 140 words or less...
Oh wait, my attempt at humour isn't important here.
CONGRATULATIONS.
Posted by: Mark | Jul 26, 2008 at 05:44 AM
Awwwwww !
Congratulations and very very best wishes to you both !
(also : yay, they chose "Slacktivixen" !)
Posted by: Caravelle | Jul 26, 2008 at 05:45 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Andrew Hickey | Jul 26, 2008 at 05:47 AM
Congratulations, Fred!
Posted by: Jim | Jul 26, 2008 at 07:15 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: EarBucket | Jul 26, 2008 at 07:38 AM
Best wishes for a long and happy life together!
Posted by: bluefrog | Jul 26, 2008 at 07:53 AM
Congratulations, felicitations, and salutations to Slacktivist and Slacktivixen!
And as much as I'd love to read a liveblog of the proceedings, I'm pretty sure that doing so would be a guaranteed way of turning a wedding into a funeral... ;-)
Posted by: damnedyankee | Jul 26, 2008 at 08:10 AM
Cool. So when's the baby due?
Hehe. I'm joking. Joking!
...I am joking, right?
Posted by: Naked Bunny with a Whip | Jul 26, 2008 at 08:23 AM
May your heart be happy and your loins girded.
Posted by: Steve | Jul 26, 2008 at 08:32 AM
Congratulations from a long-time reader though infrequent commenter.
Posted by: Kate Nepveu | Jul 26, 2008 at 08:38 AM
Oh, well done! Best Wishes, and Congratulations to the Slactivixen for snagging such a fine specimen!
Posted by: Dorothy | Jul 26, 2008 at 08:47 AM
Yow, I thought *my* post-wedding trip was bad.
Congratulations to you both, and may your wedding not go off without a hitch...
Posted by: cjmr's husband | Jul 26, 2008 at 09:00 AM