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Twenty-Five Things I Love About My Wife

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I few years ago saw a post on LJ that suggested an interesting tradition for anniversaries: For each year that you are married, post one thing that you love about your spouse. We were married in 1985, so this year marks year Nº 25:

  1. I love that she keeps her head in a crisis.
  2. I love that she knows how to calm me down when I start panicking.
  3. I love that she helps me think logically when dealing with big ticket
    items or expenses.
  4. I love that she knows how to think through situations logically.
  5. I love that she is a very loyal friend, going out of her way to help
    others.
  6. I love that she is able to express herself very well, and convey
    information the information to others in ways they can understand.
  7. I love that she is a very good cook, coming up with creative
    gluten-free dishes.
  8. I love that she is willing to put away the laundry.
  9. I love that she pulls off very nice parties.
  10. I love that she has a good decorating sense.
  11. I love that she cleans up nicely 🙂
  12. I love that she puts up with my disappearing off to Boardgame
    days and my working on the highway pages.
  13. I love the needlecrafting and fabric arts that she does.
  14. I love that she knows how to deal with our daughter when I’m getting
    frustrated.
  15. I love that she is active in our daughter’s school life.
  16. I love that she is willing to deal with family situations I don’t
    want to deal with.
  17. I love that she is willing to deal with contractors and repair
    critters.
  18. I love that she doesn’t spend too much on quilting and fabric
    supplies :-).
  19. I love that she has similar tastes in friends to me.
  20. I love that she enjoys going to the theatre with me.
  21. I love that she understands that I’m not romantically inclined.
  22. I love that she puts up me when I’m dealing with my headaches.
  23. I love her compatible music tastes.
  24. I love that she’ll take my car in to get serviced, as opposed to saying “It’s your problem. Deal.”
  25. I love that she and I can have wonderfully intelligent conversations.


Of course, this list doesn’t include the things I love about her that I can’t post on LiveJournal :-). Maybe next year. You’ll just have to wait and see.

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Twenty-Five Years

Posted onAuthorcahwyguy

Twenty-five years ago today gf_guruilla and I got married (in Woodland Hills, by Rabbi John Sherwood). Here’s looking forward to at least twenty-five more years…

(to the tune of the “William Tell Overture”)
Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary, Haaappy Anniversary

Pour a cheerful toast and fill it, Happy Anniversary
But be careful you don’t spill it, Happy Anniversary

Ooooo Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary, Haaappy Anniversary
Ooooo Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary, Haaappy Anniversary

Happy she and happy he, They’re both as happy as can be
Celebrating merrily, their happy anniversary

Ooooo Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary, Haaappy Anniversary
Ooooo Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary, Haaappy Anniversary

We now state emphatically, it’s happy anniversary
Not another day could be, a happy anniversary

Ooooo Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Happy (slow)
Happy (slow)
Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy (fast) Anniversary!!!

(Gioacchino Rossini; arr. William Hanna / Joseph Barbera)

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A Valentine’s Story, with a Computer Security Spin

Posted onAuthorcahwyguy

Yesterday, on Facebook, Gene Spafford posted a link to the ACM Programming Contest results. I commented in reply: “I remember *hosting* the ACM programming contest (SoCal Regional) back in 1981 when ACM ’81 was in LA. It’s one of the ways I met my wife!”

To this, one of Gene’s friend’s replied, “I have to ask — how many ways does it take?” So, I elaborated: “Well, I first met her at the 1980 contest (when she was still married to her first husband, who I knew from the UCLA Computer Club). We got serious as she was breaking up with him after the 1981 contest, and she was taking a class from UCLA Extension.”

Gene, who is one of the most admirable quick wits out there, replied as follows: “Ah, a case of following an indirect pointer to a variable with weak binding, and redirecting it. No wonder you are interested in assurance. :-)”

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Twenty-Two Things

Posted onAuthorcahwyguy

I recently saw a post on LJ that suggested an interesting tradition for anniversaries: For each year that you are married, post one thing that you love about your spouse. We were married in 1985, so this year marks year Nº 22:

  1. I love that she keeps her head in a crisis.
  2. I love that she knows how to calm me down when I start panicking.
  3. I love that she helps me think logically when dealing with big ticket
    items or expenses.
  4. I love that she knows how to think through situations logically.
  5. I love that she is a very loyal friend, going out of her way to help
    others.
  6. I love that she is able to express herself very well, and convey
    information the information to others in ways they can understand.
  7. I love that she is a very good cook, coming up with creative
    gluten-free dishes.
  8. I love that she is willing to put away the laundry.
  9. I love that she pulls off very nice parties.
  10. I love that she has a good decorating sense.
  11. I love that she cleans up nicely 🙂
  12. I love that she puts up with my disappearing off to Boardgame
    days and my working on the highway pages.
  13. I love the needlecrafting and fabric arts that she does.
  14. I love that she knows how to deal with our daughter when I’m getting
    frustrated.
  15. I love that she is active in our daughter’s school life.
  16. I love that she is willing to deal with family situations I don’t
    want to deal with.
  17. I love that she is willing to deal with contractors and repair
    critters.
  18. I love that she doesn’t spend too much on quilting and fabric
    supplies :-).
  19. I love that she has similar tastes in friends.
  20. I love that she enjoys going to the theatre with me.
  21. I love that she understands that I’m not romantically inclined.
  22. I love that she puts up me when I’m dealing with my headaches.


Of course, this list doesn’t include the things I love about her that I can’t post on LiveJournal :-). Maybe next year. You’ll just have to wait and see.

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Breaking the Pattern

Posted onAuthorcahwyguy

Last week, I did something uncharacteristic. I’m doing it again, for my wife’s birthday.

That’s right. I’m (well, we’re, as ixixlix is an accomplice) throwing her a party, for a group of her close friends. We’re having it catered by a local Persian restaurant she likes (instead of doing the cheaper Costco route). We had a professional cleaning crew come in yesterday. For those who know me (and know it’s hard for me to spend money on people), this is a real “out of the comfort zone”.

She even gets the first crack at the new Harry Potter book.

But you know what.

She’s worth it.

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