WOS Update (A Brief Post)

Funny story, true story.

(OK, maybe: Sad story, true story. You decide.)

WOS is a "gamer." She's been playing video games since well before we met, and her latest enthusiasm is the wildly popular MMORPGMPORRGGMP (WOS, when do I stop?)--whatever, it's "World of Warcraft." Indeed, if any Sloppists are fans of the game, feel free to "group" with WOS: She goes by "Maklu" or "Spincycle" on the Shadowsong server. (There's a sentence we never could have anticipated typing. Or understanding.) Just greet her with a "Hail, mage WOS." That's the password.

So anyway, yesterday, we were sitting around whittling soap, and WOS was WOW-ing. Suddenly, she bursts into hysterical laughter:

WOS: BWAAAAAA-HA-HA-HA! BWAAAAA-HA-HA-HA!

SOLIPSIST: What? What's funny?

WOS: BWAAAAAAA-HA-HA! Oh, God. . . Oh, God. . . Hahahahahahahaha. . . .

SOLIPSIST: (Chuckling now, too) What? Come on, what's so funny?

WOS: Oh! Oh, God. . . .OK. . . . This friend of mine? Hehehe. . . . He's. . .Oh!. . .He's a Mage? And he. . . he. . . .Hahahahahhaha

SOLIPSIST: Yeah? He what?

WOS: He. . .HE GAVE HIMSELF A WARLOCK NAME! BWAAA-HA-HA-HA!

SOLIPSIST: . . .?

WOS: (Looks at SOLIPSIST) Ahahaha. . . ha.. . .heh. . .Oh. Um. . . . BWAAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen: We married a nerd.