An ethical dilemma

What should I be doing right now?

I have:

• a major final and a major project both due Tuesday
• another, even more major project due the following Tuesday
• a new Calvin and Hobbes anthology, newly arrived from Amazon

I know the right answer, but I don't like it.

Putting the "Awful" in An Awfully Big Adventure

I received the following photos in an email called "Alabama Wedding." My Snopes search yielded nothing, so I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the descriptor. However, I'd bet the bank that this wedding took place in either Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana.

It's nice to know that, in this jaded world, there are still things that can amaze us.

The blushing bride and a friend.

The bride, groom, and ring bearer (?) .

I love the expression on this child's face. He's probably looking at :

The getaway "car." Okay, getaway swamp runner.


The wedding party. Are those cattails in the bouquets? I think they are.

And this takes the, er, well, you know.
Catfish wedding cake on a bed of rice(?) with what appears to be
a border of pigs-in-blankets. Behind the cake, some kind of orange-colored
pie with "Rick" written on it in squeeze cheese.

Wow.