now THIS is a wedding

check out this video of a kick-ass processional. (if only more weddings we fun like this...)

honoring sam

this is sam. he was born too early into a body that couldn't sustain his life or contain his spirit. his 9 days of life were a mixture of beauty and pain. i grieve for him, for his parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and for the world who will only know him through story and photo album.

peace to sam, and all who love him--especially mommy shannon and daddy andy.

ah karma

Kookie Cookie Karma

Restaurant | New York, USA

Me: “Can I help you, ma’am?”

Customer: “Yes. What are these?”

Me: “That is a fortune cookie, ma’am.”

Customer: “It doesn’t look like a cookie. Where are the chocolate chips?”

Me: “Ma’am, these are a different kind of cookie. You open them up and they tell your fortune on a piece of paper.”

Customer: “What kind of cookies have paper in them!?”

Me: “Fortune cookies, ma’am.”

Customer: “This is an outrage! Cookies are meant to be eaten, and paper isn’t EATABLE!”

Me: “Please, ma’am, the paper is–”

Customer: “Shut up! I’m leaving.”

(The customer begins to storm out but in her anger misses the door and walks right into the wall. When she finally stumbles out, I open up the fortune cookie and read its message: “Do not worry. You will get what is coming to you in life.”)

my kind of math

craig damrauer over at newmath is doing some brilliant things with words and arithmetic. this one below fits what work has been like of late.