Step 1: Plan a wedding
Step 2: Shop for a house
Step 3: Get stuck in traffic

1) Church - done
2) Hall - done
3) Photo/video - done
4) Invitations - designed
5) Honeymoon - planned
6) Flowers - done
7) Music and DJ - done

Well, we're in pretty good shape here... oh wait, there are forty more pages of these things...

"That's what troubles me about my whole life in Indiana compared to my life in New York. When I lived in New York, I had an apartment (I think everyone should have a safe place to live), I had access to excellent public transportation (which I think everyone should have), I had places where I could afford to buy food (which I think everyone should have), and I had a good independent bookstore (which I think everyone should have). So when I lived in New York, all of the things that I had were things that I think everyone should have. Now that I live in Indianapolis, I own a car. But, I don't want everyone to own a car, because then, you know, I would die, and that would suck. So if the world would be destroyed by everyone owning a car, how come I feel entitled to own a car? That bugs me. I want to be living a life that everyone could live without the world ending. There's something pretty sick about living a life that's dependent upon an underclass." - John Green

It took five years to get one, and I get two in one season! The Spatulas - the team for which I initially started playing hockey, but only finally formed this year - won the league title in our debut performance! This one, a comfortable 5-1 win, was not nearly as tense as last week's, and frankly, I didn't have much to do for most of the game, but it is fully satisfying to see how the group gelled to do our best when it mattered.

They will likely bump us up out of the bottom division we conquered this season, so our next challenge will be to see how much we can improve.

It took five years of trying, but I've finally got my championship title! The Coyotes - the team with whom I started it all back in the beginner league - won our league championship! To top it off, we won it with a dramatic 1-0 win.

I've had various other wins before - a couple of ball hockey titles in Waterloo, a ball hockey tournament with the Spatulas, and a whole host of soccer titles - and even had some shining personal moments in those events as well; the 9-shot penalty shootout I backstopped to win our indoor soccer title in winter of '05 comes to mind. But tonight, in ice hockey, on a night when I was tested intently and had to come up with some low-probability saves, on a night when the championship was on the line, and on a night when anything short of complete perfection would mean failure... I was perfect. A 1-0 shutout win. And the plastic trophy is ours.

I am one happy SPU.

One year of Joy! This is joyous news!

No matter where I am, and even if I have no clear idea of where I am, and no matter how much trouble I may be in, I can achieve a blank and shining serenity, if only I can reach the very edge of a natural body of water. The very edge of anything - from a rivulet to an ocean - says to me: "Now you know where you are. Now you know which way to go. You will soon be home now." - Kurt Vonnegut

Someone's an old fart! Ooo, it's me!

Last night, Mats Sundin made his much-anticipated return the Air Canada, now as an opponent, rather than wearing the blue and white maple leaf we have been accustomed to seeing him don for the past thirteen years. The quiet and calm Sundin was heaviy scrutinised during his tenure as the Maple Leafs' captain. Praised for his superb skill, quiet leadership, and franchise-record statistics, but criticised and questioned about his dedication, hidden emotion, and failure to return the Cup to Toronto.

Much was said during his long period of indecision on whether to return to the Maple Leafs, or whether to return to hockey at all. When he finally decided to return with Vancouver, the debate raged whether the manner of his departure was fair or a betrayal. As his scheduled return to Toronto approached, many wondered how he would be received by the fans in attendance. Would he be cheered as the loved and long-reigning captain, or jeered as someone who abruptly packed up and ditched. There were those in the media advocating each response.

I was extremely pleased the crowd at the Air Canada Centre, after a commercial-break video tribute, got on their feet and showered their love down like they had never shown during his playing days here. The crowd roared and the ground trembled as the Leafs' all-time leading scorer was hailed and applauded for his years of loyalty, accomplishment, and memories.

And the man who rarely showed any emotion could barely hold back the tears of gratitude.

51 Jokes in Four Minutes. Totally wonderfully awesome.