Groom Spared a Lifetime of Hell For Just Four Years In Prison

Alabama man jailed in scuba honeymoon death

This guy was facing a lifetime of marital hell but now he'll be a free man in just over four years.

We Could All Learn From This Guy

Engagement ring ends up gone with the wind

Any of us guys who are looking to pop the question should:

a) put the ring in a helium balloon;
b) watch it float away;
c) walk away and enjoy the thrill, elation and overall relief that comes with dodging a bullet.

Man Has Most Successful Marriage Ever

Bride Dies During First Dance

Don't Say It

MSN.com featured 10 Things You Should Never Say to a Woman (they also had 10 Things You Should Never Say to a Guy).

There were a couple of good suggestions like don't tell a woman to "relax" because it is basically saying to her that she is being irrational. I always tell girlfriend to relax or "calm down"; she doesn't like that much.

But there was an obvious omission. Any list of things to NEVER say to a woman, should begin and end with:

Will you marry me?

Out of retirement

I had to come out of blogging retirement to make a quick comment on Brad Delp, the lead singer of Boston, who committed suicide by locking himself in his bathroom with two lit charcoal grills and breating in that mesquite flavored carbon monoxide.

Until this past week, I had no idea who the lead singer of Boston was. You would think he had a pretty good life. He sang songs for a living, probably mainly during the summer with REO Speedwagon, STYX and bands like that. He probably was a millionnaire.

Yet, in his suicide note, he said he had lost the desire to live. Like I said, I didn't know anything about Brad Delp, but what I did learn was that he was engaged to be married this summer.

So I am guessing that, given two choices: (1) to be a rock star, but a married rock star or; (2) to be dead, Mr. Delp chose death.

I'd probably make the same choice.

That's all for now.

Your friend, Wirthy - single and loving it.

No more questions please.

Last night while drinking, girlfriend asked me a strange question. She's dangerously close to losing her question-asking privileges.

Click image to see how it ends.

Play with mommy, daddy's sleeping!

I am watching game 5 of the Yankees-Angels American League Divisional series. After playing last night in New York, both teams arrived in California around 5:30 this morning. The commentator just said that Angels pitcher Scot Shields only got a couple of hours of sleep because one of his two daughters woke him up and said, "Let's play daddy."

WTF?!?!?!? You'd think that maybe, just maybe, his wife (who I believe is named Jamie) could have made sure daddy wasn't disturbed this morning so he could be well rested for his job which, by the way, brings in $925,000 a year.

This guy is playing it all wrong

Jilted Georgia groom stands by his bride

If a woman, somehow, persuaded me to get married but disappeared without a trace four days before the wedding, here is what I'd do:

Nothing.

I would not investigate. I would not alert the authorities. I would just count my blessings and move on with my life.

Another thought on marriage

Neil McCauley provides another good reason to not get married. Who is Neil McCauley? He's the guy that Robert De Niro plays on 1995 crime movie "Heat."

"You wanna be makin moves on the street, have no attachments, allow nothing to be in your life that you cannot walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner."
--Neil McCauley

I'm not quite sure what the "heat" is but I ain't taking any chances.

My thoughts exactly

Rod Stewart's quote on marriage.

"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to
find a woman I don't like and buy her a house."
-Rod Stewart

He obviously doesn't listen to his own advice since he just got engaged.