Hey all loyal readers. Sorry for the blank posting this weekend - we've all been away celebrating the wedding of editors Jaimee and Gerry. They're just now landing in Rome, probably. Congrats to them and to everyone who made the ceremony and subsequent reception so memorable. Pics available soon, no doubt. I look forward to seeing the one of Me, Tom, and Patrick looking "mean" with our mustaches (grown for the rehearsal dinner only).

In the meantime, Tom, Jennifer, Jenny, Fay, and myself spent yesterday meandering our way back from Wilmington. We went to Wrightsville Beach and even I, token Filipino, got sunburned. I ran into three out of four Yars sisters from my past in Chattanooga - Hao, Soeung, Khan. Real cool folks who deserve essays of their own; I went to school with two of them, worked at the Children's Museum with the other. I recognized them, among the sea of people, because of Hao's wrap-around dragon tattoo. I wish I had photos.

Afterwards we went to Durham to eat at Elmo's Diner. We got home to discover the tree in our front yard (a huge healthy conifer whose only crime was being really really ugly) had been felled and chopped like a two-year old's hot dog lunch. We suppose our landlords did it, but a phone call would have been nice.

Anyway, we'll give you what we can in Gerry's Absence. Go Team Backwards City.