startswithanx | June 21, 2010
I had my first wedding nightmare last week. Oh, wait. My first wedding nightmare was a bridal expo (more on that in a minute), but if we’re talking nightmares that occur while you’re sleeping, then my first one was last week.
You’ve heard of half-assed? In this dream, my wedding was half-half-assed; quarter-assed, if you will. [...]
startswithanx | June 2, 2010
So, the fiancé mentions to me the other day that he “hasn’t decided where to take” his bachelor party yet. Rather than remind him we haven’t decided on a date, venue, caterer, number of guests, color combination or photographer yet either, I decided to focus on something that wouldn’t lead to our first 911 call.
I [...]
startswithanx | January 6, 2010
A couple days before Christmas, Samantha and Miranda and I planned to get together for a little wine-sipping, queso dip-munching and — most importantly — shit-talking. I had what was arguably the worst idea ever about a half-hour prior to that little meeting.
Knowing a rotweiler-lab mix (Dexter) and a pup so tiny you could flatten [...]
startswithanx | December 17, 2009
So, our L.A. trip actually got started here in Vegas. Jake’s best friend, BMuttz, and his wife, LMuttz, flew in from Michigan Thursday night. They slept over and then the four of us drove to L.A. where LMuttz and I shared a hotel room. On Sunday we did the exact same thing, but backward. Sounds [...]
startswithanx | November 18, 2009
If you want to see a fantastic movie, catch “An Education.” If you want to see a fantastic movie, but don’t want to sit in a sea of senior citizens broadcasting a play-by-play of said movie, catch “An Education” when it comes out on DVD.
Asian Spice, Knochers and I all caught a matinee showing over [...]