At my cousin's wedding, a couple crashed the reception. They were thrown out, but the woman got angry (saying, "Nobody treats me this way!") so they barged back in. My cousin threw her out again, and she hit her head on a table and passed out. Police and ambulance were called. Her boyfriend said, "I'd stick around but there's a warrant out for my arrest" and took off.

That put an end to the reception.

It's totally a day to get married.

I never thought of having a novelty date but it's apparently a thing (I've learned from reading wedding boards). 10/10/10 is huge! As is 09/10/11.

I'm pretty sure there won't be brawling at my wedding. There may well be inappropriate macking (although warnings will be issued beforehand to likely suspects). And there will definitely be generalized drunken shenanigans. Hopefully not the sort that will end with anyone in jail or with us losing any security deposits.

This turned out OK, but what a scary headline!

Woman Mistakes Superglue for Eyedrops

It’s a classic but tragic mistake. Irmgard Holm of Phoenix, Arizona has several eye drop medications because of cataract surgery, but what she grabbed was a bottle of superglue.

“The bottles are identical and I am not young anymore, but I am not senile,” says Holm.

She tried washing the adhesive out, but the quick-drying glue did its job and sealed her eye shut. Paramedics and hospital staff had to get it open and wash out her eye before major damage was done.

“They had to cut off the glue substance and it was all hard and in the eye, and I couldn’t even see.”

One of the weddings I remember the most fondly had a drunk mother of the bride who heckled during the ceremony.

She was dressed fabulously, though.

I am so exhausted my eyes are crossing.

I've heard of several cases where super glue or some other really eye-unfriendly product was mistaken for eyedrops. I've seen a few proposals that eyedrops only be dispensed in some kind of really distinctive bottle that can't easily be mistaken for something else, but I don't think that's gotten anywhere. The problem is compounded by the fact that a lot of people who need eyedrops need them because they have trouble seeing, and so they can't read the labels.

I never thought of having a novelty date but it's apparently a thing (I've learned from reading wedding boards).

I wouldn't have thought of it before my friends got married on 02/02/02. Easy to remember!

I swear if people are drunk at my wedding ceremony, I will escort them out myself and be done with them. If anyone in the wedding party is hungover for the ceremony I won't let them participate. hells to the no.

Ma was drunk because a) the bride was late and b) the groom was an ass. Given half the bridesmaids intended to raise an objection during the ceremony and the marriage didn't last the year, it was really no big thing.

I really truly can't see properly. I haven't been this vision compromised since I was taking daily morphine. This is what 2+ weeks of sleep dep feels like, huh?

Sorry to hear about all the insomnia going around today.

I am going to save that Steve Burns podcast for later, when I have earned a break from grading. When it comes to Blues Clues, I am Team Steve all the way!

Novelty dates come at a premium! I briefly considered 2/14 since it was a Saturday in 2009, but that woulda been hella expensive.