{"id":246,"date":"2010-09-21T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boopidy.com\/aj\/blog\/2010\/09\/21\/weather-permitting\/"},"modified":"2011-08-23T18:57:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T01:57:27","slug":"weather-permitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boopidy.com\/aj\/blog\/2010\/09\/21\/weather-permitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Permitting"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been to a lot of weddings in my day — 27 by last count.*\u00c2\u00a0 The one we went to last weekend might have had the most unique atmosphere, literally<\/a>. It was on Hang Glider Site #3 at Mount Tam, and the conditions were pretty much whiteout fog. I think we were standing out an outcropping overlooking the sea, but who knows. Anyway, it was super awesome. Congrats to Dave and Natalie!<\/p>\n

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A while back<\/a>, I discussed The Meaning of Liff<\/em>, in which real place names are associated with “things that there aren’t any words for yet”, and suggested some additional examples. Here are some more:<\/p>\n

LUCKNOW (n.)
\n<\/strong>The experience, marked by a quiet elation, of reading a New Yorker article about a random topic and realizing that it is going to be ridiculously interesting.<\/p>\n

NOME (n.)
\n<\/strong>The combination of irritation and anger that results when one fills a bowl with cereal only to realize that one is out of milk.<\/p>\n

HELL’S KITCHEN (n.)
\n<\/strong>Where such an event takes place.<\/p>\n

Okay, that last one’s a cheap shot, but I couldn’t resist.<\/p>\n

—–
\n* Unfortunately, we’re at the point in our lives where we sadly can’t attend all of them anymore. Which reminds me: you know you’ve grown up when (a) the thing you lack is no longer opportunity or money, but time; and (b) you have no desire to be famous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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