Old Traditions and Cars

Saturday, 21 January 2012

The woman that I recently married – (oh, wait, that doesn’t sound right. Let me try again)

The bride from the wedding I recently officiated was kind enough to direct me to her on-line posting of photos from the ceremony and allow me to have some of them. Here, then, is an image of me with my reverend hat on:

I’m the one in the middle.

This couple did not request any religious elements to their connubial ceremony. Which, in my opinion, is awesome, since my iBible hasn’t yet arrived in the mail.

And now I found out I may have another job as reverend this summer. If this keeps up, I may have to change career paths. Though, truth be told, while being a reverend has its rewards, one thing it does not have is a cubicle.

Sunday, 22 January 2012

I finally opened up my new Viewmaster reels today. The set of three reels, which comprised a portion of my recent Amazon purchase (well, I didn’t really make the purchase, since I used a gift card that I received as a gift back on Xmas Eve) arrived a few days ago, but I was busy in that party capitol of the world.

I promised Owen we would look at the Viewmasters while laying in his bed before bedtime tonight. And, well, I technically kept my promise, but the batteries were nearly dead. As the Viewmasters were all black and white photos of vintage cars, they were very difficult to see projected onto his ceiling with such low candlepower. Owen, bless his heart, suggested I go get the “other Viewmaster,” which is his way of telling me to get the stereoscope (the viewer that you hold up to your eyes).

Viewmaster stereoscope

I told him that that viewer only works during the day, when you can point them out a window.

(Yes, yes, I know we could have turned on the light, but Viewmaster aficionados will attest that this is a pale imitation to natural lighting. Also, the point of this activity was to calm Owen down in preparation for sleep.)

I didn’t have anymore batteries and, in fact, the batteries I was using were purloined from one of his robots. The projector uses four – four! – C-cell batteries which, let me tell you, are not the cheapest batteries on the market. I wish that the projector had a plug-in adapter. Really, I wish everything that was battery powered had a plug-in adapter. I really hate the proliferation of cordless things that are not able to be plugged in (such as the VIewmaster projector) or do not work when plugged in and recharging (such as my electric shaver).

Anyway, if I remember, or if Owen remembers, we’ll use the stereoscopes to look at the new Viewmaster reels tomorrow.