The torch has been passed...

Faithful readers,

Rob's wedding has come and gone, and it is my hope that he is enjoying married life and taking care of his new wife by providing her with lots of chocolate. I am very happy for them! But indeed my feelings are bittersweet. For as I sat there at their wedding, watching them begin their married life together, it occurred to me that Rob can (sadly) no longer fulfill the role he had in the game night group.

"What to do?" I thought to myself, pondering this for weeks afterward. As I contemplated the consequences of Rob's situation, interacted with friends at game night, and discussed this with those closest to me, my responsibility became increasingly clear:

I have decided to take up Rob's role as the non-married male who randomly proposes to women friends.

I want you to know that this will not be easy for me, but my desire to do this comes from a deep conviction that Rob is, as they say, "the man." The next stage of my plan is to speak with Rob in order to learn the tricks of the trade: how to be incredibly spontaneous, how to not upset certain friends, how to rig the deck in order to "accidentally" and repeatedly get 2 queens of clubs during doppelkopf games, how to work up the nerve to call someone the evening before their wedding, and, of course -- how to pull the ultimate stunt and propose to 14 friends at once on facebook. Hm, I guess I'll at least need a facebook account for that one...

Where is Nancy???

I was overjoyed at the news that my good friend Nancy was about to join Facebook, but several days later I hear that she has still not appeared! I am getting impatient, because once Nancy has joined and prepared the way for me, then I can finally make my glorious appearance on Facebook to the amazement and delight of all my friends who want to be able to keep in touch with me. But I can't join until after Nancy does it! Where oh where is Nancy?