162 thoughts on “My Wandering Days Are Over…”

  9. Congratulations.
    My wife is excellent evidence for the existence of God. (I remain an atheist just to get on His nerves.) Every day that I wake next to her is a gift from the universe to me; it is a reason to get up, and a reason to try to make things better.

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  10. Congratulations.
    My wife is excellent evidence for the existence of God. (I remain an atheist just to get on His nerves.) Every day that I wake next to her is a gift from the universe to me; it is a reason to get up, and a reason to try to make things better.

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  11. This kind of post makes me want to quote Robert Burns, and not the good parts version…
    If your wife thought you were a louse, Eric, I’m pretty damned certain she wouldn’t marry you. And if she’s as wonderful as you have consistently said she is, she’s probably accurately assessed you and your inner beauty and concluded that you are in fact the best person for her to spend the rest of her life with.
    So, I think, on your wedding day, you might just bring yourself to admit that she’s right and you’re wrong and you really are as wonderful a person as she has assessed you to be.
    Or at least, not decry her choice in husband on the day she actually marries him. I’m sure, from what we know of you, and what you’ve said of her, she made a very fine choice.
    Congratulations and best wishes: may you live as long as you love and love as long as you live.

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  12. This kind of post makes me want to quote Robert Burns, and not the good parts version…
    If your wife thought you were a louse, Eric, I’m pretty damned certain she wouldn’t marry you. And if she’s as wonderful as you have consistently said she is, she’s probably accurately assessed you and your inner beauty and concluded that you are in fact the best person for her to spend the rest of her life with.
    So, I think, on your wedding day, you might just bring yourself to admit that she’s right and you’re wrong and you really are as wonderful a person as she has assessed you to be.
    Or at least, not decry her choice in husband on the day she actually marries him. I’m sure, from what we know of you, and what you’ve said of her, she made a very fine choice.
    Congratulations and best wishes: may you live as long as you love and love as long as you live.

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  29. What am I doing blogging? As corny as it sounds, I’ve been too excited to sleep much.
    Yesterday was perfect: city hall with just the fams, dinner, then a bar with all of my closest friends. No hassle, no pressure, no pomp and circumstance. She insisted on it being that way, and that’s but one of the reasons why I love her madly.

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  30. What am I doing blogging? As corny as it sounds, I’ve been too excited to sleep much.
    Yesterday was perfect: city hall with just the fams, dinner, then a bar with all of my closest friends. No hassle, no pressure, no pomp and circumstance. She insisted on it being that way, and that’s but one of the reasons why I love her madly.

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  33. My wife and I did it the same way – courthouse, family-only, low key. Consequently we both remember that day very fondly.
    Congratulations, man!

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  34. My wife and I did it the same way – courthouse, family-only, low key. Consequently we both remember that day very fondly.
    Congratulations, man!

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  47. Congratulations. Almost 35 years ago I would have said the same thing. And guess what, I can still say it and mean it. May your marriage be as wonderful for you as mine has been for me.

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  48. Congratulations. Almost 35 years ago I would have said the same thing. And guess what, I can still say it and mean it. May your marriage be as wonderful for you as mine has been for me.

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  53. Though I speak in the tongues of men or of angels: if I have no love, I am a clanging bell or a tinkling cymbal. Though I prophesy and see into all the mysteries and all hidden knowledge, and have faith enough to move mountains: if I have no love, I am nothing. And though I give away all my possessions to feed the poor, and offer up my body to be burned: if I have no love, I gain nothing.
    The non-trite portion of First Corinthians.
    Best wishes to you both.

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  54. Though I speak in the tongues of men or of angels: if I have no love, I am a clanging bell or a tinkling cymbal. Though I prophesy and see into all the mysteries and all hidden knowledge, and have faith enough to move mountains: if I have no love, I am nothing. And though I give away all my possessions to feed the poor, and offer up my body to be burned: if I have no love, I gain nothing.
    The non-trite portion of First Corinthians.
    Best wishes to you both.

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  71. Congratulations!
    mrphaethon.blogspot.com: “Pretty tolerant, indeed, to allow you to be married to plural of the gender.”
    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. We’re not supposed to mention the multiple personalities – they get sooooo up set 🙂

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  72. Congratulations!
    mrphaethon.blogspot.com: “Pretty tolerant, indeed, to allow you to be married to plural of the gender.”
    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. We’re not supposed to mention the multiple personalities – they get sooooo up set 🙂

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  75. Congratulations!!
    What happens though if she starts saying “you know, this COIN business seems like a good idea, but we should try it with less troops.” 🙂
    congrats

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  76. Congratulations!!
    What happens though if she starts saying “you know, this COIN business seems like a good idea, but we should try it with less troops.” 🙂
    congrats

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  77. Congratulations!
    So does this that we (blog folk) are now like the old college friends who aren’t invited over to your house any more because your dear spouse will never forgive us for that time we got you falling down drunk and then took you to the airport and put you on a airplane to El Paso with a one-way ticket and no identification (this was in the pre-TSA days), no money and no credit cards right after your rehersal dinner, and then the next morning (once you sobered up and figured out where you were and borrowed a dime to make a phone call) the bride-to-be had to figure out how to fly you back in time for the wedding?
    [I know of somebody to whom this actually happened]
    Anyways, here is my digital blessing: may the both of you have a long and happy life together, full of laughs, fun and work, and with as few trials as may reasonably be expected, and with much wisdom learned over the years in the subtle and under-appreciated art of not driving each other crazy, which in the long run is one of the great gifts that two people can give to each other.

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  78. Congratulations!
    So does this that we (blog folk) are now like the old college friends who aren’t invited over to your house any more because your dear spouse will never forgive us for that time we got you falling down drunk and then took you to the airport and put you on a airplane to El Paso with a one-way ticket and no identification (this was in the pre-TSA days), no money and no credit cards right after your rehersal dinner, and then the next morning (once you sobered up and figured out where you were and borrowed a dime to make a phone call) the bride-to-be had to figure out how to fly you back in time for the wedding?
    [I know of somebody to whom this actually happened]
    Anyways, here is my digital blessing: may the both of you have a long and happy life together, full of laughs, fun and work, and with as few trials as may reasonably be expected, and with much wisdom learned over the years in the subtle and under-appreciated art of not driving each other crazy, which in the long run is one of the great gifts that two people can give to each other.

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  79. Many congratulations, Mr. & Mrs. Eric! A long life in good health!
    And you can probably knock off the “I am a louse” number now, I’m sure your wife knows better: and if you need any reminders henceforward: well, your blog-commenters will surely step in to take up the slack….
    Mazel tov!

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  80. Many congratulations, Mr. & Mrs. Eric! A long life in good health!
    And you can probably knock off the “I am a louse” number now, I’m sure your wife knows better: and if you need any reminders henceforward: well, your blog-commenters will surely step in to take up the slack….
    Mazel tov!

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  81. Congratulations

    By Dave Anderson: The entire Newshoggers’ crew wishes to extend congratulations and best wishes to our fellow blogger, Eric Martin and his new wife on their nuptials. I’ll let Eric handle his announcement: Today, I got married to the most beautiful wom…

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  82. Congratulations

    By Dave Anderson: The entire Newshoggers’ crew wishes to extend congratulations and best wishes to our fellow blogger, Eric Martin and his new wife on their nuptials. I’ll let Eric handle his announcement: Today, I got married to the most beautiful wom…

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  91. Congrats.
    Best advice I ever received on making marriage work:
    When you fight, hold hands. It reminds each of you what’s important.

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  92. Congrats.
    Best advice I ever received on making marriage work:
    When you fight, hold hands. It reminds each of you what’s important.

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  95. I know of somebody to whom this actually happened
    When a cousin of mine got married, her husband’s buddies took him out, got him legless, and painted him green from the neck down.

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  96. I know of somebody to whom this actually happened
    When a cousin of mine got married, her husband’s buddies took him out, got him legless, and painted him green from the neck down.

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  99. Eric,
    I’m so happy for you both. Marriage is such an incredible adventure. An infinite number of blessings on you both.
    Here is a poem, written by my mother, that has been read at many a wedding ceremony:
    JOURNEY
    Where are we going, love,
    in a little yellow cart called marriage,
    a dog, loyal, running after,
    rings on our fingers?
    Broad old road
    taking us to market
    the fields on either side
    flatten out to the sky
    Beyond the towns
    is there an ocean
    we might in the end
    discover?
    –Celia Gilbert published in Bonfire, Viking Press.

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  100. Eric,
    I’m so happy for you both. Marriage is such an incredible adventure. An infinite number of blessings on you both.
    Here is a poem, written by my mother, that has been read at many a wedding ceremony:
    JOURNEY
    Where are we going, love,
    in a little yellow cart called marriage,
    a dog, loyal, running after,
    rings on our fingers?
    Broad old road
    taking us to market
    the fields on either side
    flatten out to the sky
    Beyond the towns
    is there an ocean
    we might in the end
    discover?
    –Celia Gilbert published in Bonfire, Viking Press.

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  115. I was feeling really cranky today and came home and drank too much. Looking forward to some acerbic posting, I find this…a g’d’mned wedding announcement.
    Well congratulations anyway, but you ruined my evening.

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  116. I was feeling really cranky today and came home and drank too much. Looking forward to some acerbic posting, I find this…a g’d’mned wedding announcement.
    Well congratulations anyway, but you ruined my evening.

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  125. Congratulations. I’m getting ready to celebrate my 12th wedding anniversary, and when you’ve found the right one, it just keeps getting better.
    P.S. I’m guessing your wandering days have actually been over for quite some time, and this was merely a formality.

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  126. Congratulations. I’m getting ready to celebrate my 12th wedding anniversary, and when you’ve found the right one, it just keeps getting better.
    P.S. I’m guessing your wandering days have actually been over for quite some time, and this was merely a formality.

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  127. Congratulations from here too. We’re up to 19 years married now, so even someone who spends too much time on the internet can stay married, given a tolerant spouse. The only useful bit of advice I can give is that if you ever start thinking: ‘how much I am getting out of this marriage?’, you immediately need to ask yourself: ‘how much am I putting into this marriage?’

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  128. Congratulations from here too. We’re up to 19 years married now, so even someone who spends too much time on the internet can stay married, given a tolerant spouse. The only useful bit of advice I can give is that if you ever start thinking: ‘how much I am getting out of this marriage?’, you immediately need to ask yourself: ‘how much am I putting into this marriage?’

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  137. I sent you an email, Eric, but don’t know if the red account still exists…If you got it, no rush in answering (obviously), but I was wondering if it was going to disappear into cyber-purgatorio..

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  138. I sent you an email, Eric, but don’t know if the red account still exists…If you got it, no rush in answering (obviously), but I was wondering if it was going to disappear into cyber-purgatorio..

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  141. Congratulations, Eric, particularly since you’ve married ‘up’. I did the same and have 34 incredible years to show for it with many more to come. A good thing to remember: Happy Wife = Happy Life. Put your family first and everything else falls into place.

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  142. Congratulations, Eric, particularly since you’ve married ‘up’. I did the same and have 34 incredible years to show for it with many more to come. A good thing to remember: Happy Wife = Happy Life. Put your family first and everything else falls into place.

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  143. Congratulations, Eric, but I got married to the most beautiful woman in the world; beautiful for the same reasons, but also, because of the sheer vastness of her heart and generosity.
    As I tell everyone who gets married, if it brings you half as much joy as my marriage has brought me, then you will be in good shape.

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  144. Congratulations, Eric, but I got married to the most beautiful woman in the world; beautiful for the same reasons, but also, because of the sheer vastness of her heart and generosity.
    As I tell everyone who gets married, if it brings you half as much joy as my marriage has brought me, then you will be in good shape.

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  149. Spammer always gets me when I comment on big things like hilzoy leaving and Eric getting hitched- one last time, best to E., and I share a song for the man who somehow always gets my favorites into his posts:
    Sinead O’Connor’s cover of Dylan’s “I Believe in You”
    It was my wedding tune, and I think you’ll love it too. All the best!

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  150. Spammer always gets me when I comment on big things like hilzoy leaving and Eric getting hitched- one last time, best to E., and I share a song for the man who somehow always gets my favorites into his posts:
    Sinead O’Connor’s cover of Dylan’s “I Believe in You”
    It was my wedding tune, and I think you’ll love it too. All the best!

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  151. But does this mean that you’re getting boring?
    What do you mean “getting”??? Ha Ha.
    But I kid because I care. Many congrats and best wishes.

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  152. But does this mean that you’re getting boring?
    What do you mean “getting”??? Ha Ha.
    But I kid because I care. Many congrats and best wishes.

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  159. Late to the party as usual (me, I mean), but congratulations to you and the new missus, Eric. (And I hope you managed to play some Beasties at your post-ceremonial gathering.)
    I’ve been at it for 13.489 years (roughly) now. It makes me sound old, but you’ll see how fast you get there. Stay gold.

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  160. Late to the party as usual (me, I mean), but congratulations to you and the new missus, Eric. (And I hope you managed to play some Beasties at your post-ceremonial gathering.)
    I’ve been at it for 13.489 years (roughly) now. It makes me sound old, but you’ll see how fast you get there. Stay gold.

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