This weekend will be busy. It is JC's 3rd birthday party tomorrow, so if you see a man struggling with his sanity and thirty 3 year olds, then that's me. Preparations have gone well: our daily prayer and sacrifice to the weather gods seems to be paying off. Yes this is tempting fate, but that's the fun of rolling the dice with these gods.

A blog is like an illicit lover. She needs constant attention. Nuturing. Looking after. Gifts. Gimmicks. New things. Old things. Finding quick moments to steal away and look after her, tending to her needs. Yet inevitably the mundanity of life sometimes intrude. And so it is to be early next week. Unless I can steal a few moments over the weekend this will be the last entry until Wednesday or Thursday next week. A visit from sister-in-law starting tomorrow, and then a business trip (and blogging expedition for fodder) to Tokyo will likely put me far away from precious internet connection time.

Do not fear, my friends. I have two important tasks for you to conduct while I am away:

1. Vote for me if you haven't yet.

2. My brother is getting married and I am best man. This requires a speech. Which I have not written. Or even started. To give you some background, he got some mentions in my interview with Jen a while back.

So your task is this: in the comments please leave snippets, thoughts, jokes, stories, complete speechs. Anything really. Truth and reality are not factors. I will edit and craft as appropriate on my return. Winners get mentions in the speech on the big day and get to avoid seeing the photos and video afterwards. You are a creative and interesting lot so I'm expecting some good stuff to steal use.

Please spread the word. It's like I'm testing the 1,000 monkeys theory but with bloggers and wedding speeches instead.