41 Years Ago Today

It was cold and snowy in Minneapolis. A Thursday.

The site: an apartment in Bloomington belonging to a Minneapolis cop and his wife.

The others in attendance: a drunk Minneapolis judge, who was the cop's drinking buddy, and the judge's wife, who was his designated driver.

The occasion: a wedding.

The best quote during the 90 minutes the group was together: The judge's wife saying, "If you want him to say anything coherent, you'd better get the ceremony over quickly."

Quotes that followed: "I do." "I do."

The aftermath: The judge's wife drove him home. Claudine, DC, the cop and the cop's wife went downtown to a hotel to celebrate Claudine and DC getting married.

The song that DC remembers at the hotel lounge: "Up, Up and Away in your beautiful balloon."

The funniest thing: DC dropped Claudine on her butt two feet inside the door when he carried her across the threshold. (Her heavy fake fur coat was slippery as all hell!)

The next day: DC put in his last day at CDC, loaded a u-haul trailer and they set out for the east coast to start his new job with DEC. They stopped in Chicago to pick up his relocation money and then let the new company pick up the tab for their honeymoon in Niagra Falls on their way.

This blog has only been lying dormant for 9 years. Guess it is time to dust off the cobwebs and get a fresh start.

For starters, that last link to a vanity domain is no longer valid. I dropped the domain long ago.

For now, if you have any warm weather, send it to Florida please. It's been one of the coldest winters on record and my electric bill is KILLING ME!