Went over to Alex's place for a small 30th birthday gathering. Beers, burgers, cake and Settlers of Catan. If, like me, you've never played Settlers of Catan before, just know that it is a complicated board game (although not quite as complicated as Sheephead).

Meanwhile in the background, Megan tried to clean her ring in the sink.

Megan: I got frosting in my ring. [laughing] I can't get it out.

They had both recently returned from a trip to San Francisco, for Alex's brother's wedding.

Alex: My Best Man speech brought the house down. I talked about how we had these dogs when we were kids, and they were the kind of dogs that could hurt themselves if they separated too early during sex. So one of my most disturbing memories from childhood, is seeing my parents holding the dogs together while they were, you know. Then I told my brother's wife to watch out, because my parents are really anxious to have grandchildren. BOOM! The whole place goes crazy. Good speech.