The Platypus Returns (Yet Again)

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Well, we've been back from a wedding in Penn. long enough for the jet lag to start wearing off at least. We were out there for a wedding where I was the best man. The service was held in a beautiful little church that dates all the way back to the Revolution. The graveyard was well worth the trip as well, and it was nice to get a chance to indulge in two of my less-frequent hobbies: church-seeing and graveyard-seeing. The reception following the wedding was held in a manor house. All in all, it was quite a classy affair. Did I mention they used the marriage rite from the 17th century Irish Book of Common Prayer?

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