Greetings Gathering Groupies (or Saludos Fanaticos Reunidos for our Spanish speaking friends)!  I’m taking a month off from writing to you.  I know…it’s sad.  Don’t know what I would do without me either.  In about a week I shall be taking the marital oath, getting hitched, securing the ‘ole ball in chain.  I say good bye to all those sexy singles and hello to blissful (?) married life.  Whether you are playing those wedding bells with me or breaking out your bag pipes for a funeral hymn, I’m looking forward to version 7.3458 of this journey.

I don’t know if version 7.3458 will be an endless paradise, but like any superb upgrade to the windows o/s, it’s bound to be full of surprises (spinning pinwheel of death? – Oh wait, that’s Apple).  Worst case scenario I’ll be able to stockpile plenty of comedic material.  After all, isn’t marriage the prime source of material for all stand-up comics (I think there’s a requirement about that for open mic night)?  Finally I’ll be able to sit down, crack open a cold one and watch TLC & Lifetime without looking like a…well…a married man.  And if things don’t go well, I already have a back up plan.  I can try out a few episodes of Wife Swap.  It’s like a buffet.  After all isn’t that what America is all about?  Endless choices.  And no matter which one you choose, the grass is always greener on the other side.  Unless there is no grass, then like nice hardwood floors, who cares about the drapes?  It’s all smooth baby!