Planning A Wedding Is No Big Deal  A funny thing happened the
other day when we drinking heavily at a bar in DC with our
college friend Mike. His fiancée didn't show up to meet us, and
we began to wonder whether there was a reason we hadn't received
our "Save The Date" notices yet. Good thing the next sentence
out of his mouth was, "Would you believe some people thought
they hadn't been invited because they hadn't gotten Save The
Date notices?" Ha! "How absurd is the 'Save The Date'? Anyone
who expects a "Save The Date" so they can cross out their
weekend nine months in advance should just forget about coming
altogether, they're clearly too important to be our friends." We
decided Mike, whose lady assured us that he did more than his
share of their wedding planning, would be the perfect wedding
planner for us in the event (heh) THAT happens, and commissioned
him to write this short opinion piece, "Planning A Wedding Is No
Big Deal And If You Think It Is The Terrorists Have Won."  Put
down that $10 copy of the