Best wishes, Ashley & Philip

Ron's niece Ashley got married tonight, to a very nice guy named Philip.

The wedding took place right down the road, but I wasn't able to go because of events I had no control over. (I don't feel like elaborating just yet.)

Ron says the wedding was just beautiful, and it should have been—aside from the obvious fact that Ashley and Philip deserve no less, it was certainly in a beautiful place. I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures.

I know it's a happy day and all that...

...but what on earth was Camilla wearing on her head? Wheat? Quills?

News: One more thing to be wary of...

Kids, Infants Fall Victim to Identity Theft [ABC News]

W.C. Fields Forever

Slate.com, speculating pointlessly on the identity of the next pope, mentions a Belgian cardinal whose name evokes W.C. Fields rather than J.H. Christ: Godfried Danneels.

Feel like they're fixing to die

Of course it's horrible to anticipate anybody's death, and thus remarkable that immediately after the agony of waiting for Terri Schiavo to die we're doing the same thing with the Pope. Prince Rainier of Monaco, so I've read, is failing too.

I can't actually remember the last time somebody's impending death was news, never mind three in swift succession.