That’s my attempt at a title that might come off as pithy or cute. I fucking suck.

Actually, this entire post is me realizing I haven’t said much on the bloggy blog recently, and I’m attempting to rectify that by mashing a whole bunch of little things together in to a wriggling miasma of assorted topics.

First off, I am now on Google + thanks to an invite from Shaun. I plan to splatter invites around once Google decides to let me do so, but for now…too damn bad. It seems like it has possibilities. I like the fact that you can divide your galaxy of friends and such in to different circles (friends, family, people I kinda know, those on my deathlist : whatever you want to create in there works). The downside is the initial division, since Google’s ‘suggested followers’ list consists of basically every human being that you have ever communicated with in your entire life. I think I got it set up so that those not already in + aren’t going to be inundated by emails every time I do something, but it’s possible I’ve screwed it up.

You can add a bunch of interests or what not called ‘Sparks’ (And yes, that name is the sort of horrendous idea dreamed up by an aged Rainbow Brite super fan) that you can wade through to share things with various Circles and other such people. You can connect other accounts to it…again, I might have successfully done so, but I’m not 100% sure because I don’t see Twitter stuff showing up in my feed. Unless it isn’t supposed to. Huzzah for paying some attention!

So yeah, it has possibilities. At least until they add a bunch of stupid fucking games to it that will flood you with 7,345 updates as to the status of the goddamn farms of everyone you follow. When we inevitably get there, fuck it.

Secondly, the always stupendous, credit busting and overwhelming occasion known as the annual Steam summer sale is underway. Over 1,000 PC and Mac games are marked down. And there are daily deals. Pick up some good stuff for very little money! Need suggestions? I occasionally play those game things, so I can probably help you spend some coin…

Third, my youngest sister got married last weekend (interesting how I prioritize things, eh?). All went well. It was an outdoor wedding, and it initially seemed like the weather would suck ass…but after an initial little downpour, the rain stopped long enough for the ceremony to finish.

There ya go. Not only had the rain stopped at that point, but the sun briefly broke through the clouds. It was actually kind of cool.

Okay, on the left are my nieces Natalie and Amelia, who were the flower girls. On the right is Lillian (the third niece) and Amelia again. The fact that the two of them have been wearing that much white and are still clean at that point (How long? Don’t remember exactly, but it was more than 10 minutes, and there was a lot of dirt close at hand) is nothing short of a miracle.

Hey look, it’s me, proving that anyone can look fairly decent in a suit. And Amelia again. She wasn’t sick of pictures yet. I was getting there. My nephew Brennan had long since grown to regard cameras as his enemy, and I thus have no pictures with him in them at all (though that may change when I have more pictures). On the right, Sue with my parents.

Finally, both of my sisters and my mom pre-wedding. I don’t know who that kid is. I think he might be related to Kevin. I’m clearly awesome when it comes to remembering pesky details like ‘names’.

Reception was at an Italian bistro in the North East end of the city called San Remo. Go there. The food was awesome. I did the MC thing again, and that was dirt simple. I was also in charge of playing music during the actual wedding. Liam, you’ll be happy to know that I messed it up.

A little background to explain that, since as far as I know, Liam doesn’t relish wedding music gone horribly wrong in general. However, when my sister Pam got hitched, Liam was there. He was in charge of starting the song immediately after they were announced as married. Instead, silence ensued for quite some time. In Liam’s defense, the woman who actually performed the ceremony really moved things around from where they had been during the practice run the previous night. Really makes you wonder why a practice run was even done.

To balance that out, I started it WAAAAAYYYYYY too early this time. The JP said something about ‘Now these two are a couple’, and I thought that was my cue. Not so much. My ACTUAL cue was about 5 minutes later when everyone had signed documents and all that mess. In MY defense, come on now! My cue is supposed to be when they’re announced as a couple! They did the ‘kiss the bride’ thing, they were presented as a couple, I start the music. I’m totally passing the buck when it comes to blame here.

Anyway, musical mistakes have now been balanced. The world is pleased.

And I just went for quite awhile without saying fuck. There we go…ahhhh…it’s like opening up a pressure release valve. And that’ll do for getting some content up.