September 1, 2026

 

 

Since our first date
 July 26, 2015
Since we made it official
 August 26, 2015
Photographs here
76February 2016 to May 2026

Days worth marking

Anniversaries are arbitrary. So are these. The difference is that nobody else is counting them.

    Our quotes

    Eleven years of a private language, off post-its and phone notes.

    Home is where the home is.Whitney
    The older I get, the more I can't wear graphic tees.Whitney
    If you've seen me at my worst, you've seen me at my best.Whitney
    Live, Laugh, LaughterWhitney
    How old was I when I was 18 years old? I was 19 years old.Whitney
    The Ferris wheel is a … circle.Whitney

    Describing a utopia.

    People have been flipping light switches for 800 years.Whitney
    Well this is popple cocky!Whitney
    I'm the chimney of the world.Whitney

    Intended: champion.

    No one thinks inside the box anymore.Whitney
    I really do love a good Jurassic Park.Whitney
    Old man yummy.Whitney
    I'm a mustard baby, I'm a jelly man.Whitney
    I felt that emotion so hard I fell over.Whitney
    If there's a night between tonight and tomorrow, I'll do it.Whitney
    We're going to lime it up tonight.Whitney
    Big bold bubbly grandpaWhitney
    Wait … can you really see my head?!Whitney
    I know a little Italian.Whitney

    Said after getting two words right, having just sung a song that translated to chicken chicken chicken chicken, to the tune of Time to Say Goodbye.

    Your Jesus and Joseph in the technicolor cream colors. Colors, colors, cream colors, what's your adjective?Whitney

    Explaining Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

    It's a sleigh ride, get in my butt, my butt.Whitney
    Don't discount the mouth!Whitney
    The second I started seeing seeing you, I saw myself.Whitney
    That's heavy duty, I'm in the middle, and you're Tiny Tim.Whitney
    Quick with the Wit!Whitney

    Proposed podcast name.

    There will be a bunch of homeless people in our house. And not the smelly kind. The kind whose houses are under water.Whitney

    On Hamden flooding.

    Sometimes I wonder if you have a sore throat because you talk so much.Whitney
    You look like a kid who's looking at stars … but there are no stars.Whitney
    Fucking fucking you uuuuup!Whitney
    My YouTube isn't working. It's acting like a common person.Ryan

    Exuma, bad internet.

    They're a toilet short of rednecks.Ryan

    In the front yard, about Seaview.

    I'm three steps ahead of the universe.Ryan
    Yes! The speed of light was fifty dollars cheaper.Ryan

    Fiber optic internet, August 2022.

    Ghostbusters wear their masks.Ryan

    At the movie theater.

    You got a big old sun bite.Ryan

    At the equator.

    Your brains in my asshole.Ryan

    Intended: your brains and my attitude.

    I was haunted by the bent neck lady. I'm ready to fight her in the afterlife.Ryan
    Who the heck wants to watch Sleepy Kids?Ryan

    The listing said Psychic Kids. Sleepy Hollow was directly above it.

    I'll bang a pilgrim for a bag of support!Ryan
    You did great through the swingy spiky Viking log.Ryan

    Fall Guys, Frosty level.

    I'm gonna pop your top off!Ryan

    Holding a bottle opener to his own head.

    What are we kicking? What are we making?Ryan
    When I walk into my office, I feel like I'm walking into my brain. Everything I buy is a reminder of a memory.Ryan
    Some people are saying it's the rapture. I'm saying we all knew the end of the world was coming. Not that it's coming anytime soon. But this is the beginning of the end.Ryan
    We catered with Andoochi's. It's right next to Anatoni's. Right next to the Bertucci's. But it's closed now.Ryan

    Naming Italian landmarks that no longer exist.

    Drop your pills on the floor, just lean forward, I put my nose on the floor, put your ear to the door, I drop my pills on the floor.Ryan

    Performed as a T-Rex, mid-noodles. Followed immediately by: that's a hit, you should write that down.

    Do your best dial-up modem impression.Ryan

    Proposed conversation starter.

    Don't write that.Ryan
    gunchRyan

    A word invented on November 14, 2024 that means nothing.

    I just got a cock-crete.RyanIt gets a little clunky in my mouth.Whitney
    I'm so high.RyanAnd they say it's made with real cheese.Whitney
    We've been on a journey tonight.RyanI know. We've been on rainbow road all night now.Whitney
    What's Wolverine's name?RyanHugh Jackman.RyanLogan.WhitneyThat's a perfect answer.Ryan
    I'm going to the bathroom but I can still listen.RyanNo. You can't hear or see the things you need to hear and see.WhitneyYou sound like my schizophrenic patients.Ryan
    Should I stop and get wood?RyanTeach a man to fish and he'll be able to do anything all the time.Whitney
    Have I been home yet?RyanYeah, you picked me up. I wasn't thumb-hiking.Whitney
    I want to see you thrive.WhitneyYou want to see me throb? The throb and flop!Ryan
    You're looking so aquatically smooth.WhitneySo I'm like Aquaman?RyanAre you drowning? Retaining water?Whitney
    One ear is hot, but I appreciate the A/C on the rest of me.RyanThat's physically red. You have a physical redness.Whitney
    Instead of five golden rings, it should be one level up.Ryan

    Building the video game version of the twelve days of Christmas.

    I got Christmas time, Christmas time on my hands.Ryan
    Welcome, Ugly. Hello, I'm drunk.Ryan

    Proposed podcast name.

    Waverly Gilmore Girls KeenanRyan

    A hypothetical child, named entirely from things a boomer would recognize.

    Love and TonicRyan

    The wedding day drink, made with Ryan's Australian wine.

    The list

    The horror queue, deduplicated down from two copies of itself. Tick what you have seen. It remembers between visits. Titles link out.

     

    Everything, in order

    Sorted by the moment each photograph was taken, not by when anyone got around to filing it.

    20166

    February 9, 2016 · 8:32pm
    December 2, 2016 · 8:01pm
    December 2, 2016 · 8:13pm
    December 3, 2016 · 6:06pm
    December 4, 2016 · 5:37pm
    December 16, 2016 · 9:34pm

    20175

    January 2, 2017 · 10:32pm
    January 22, 2017 · 6:54pm
    June 17, 2017 · 1:07pm
    June 17, 2017 · 6:04pm
    July 31, 2017 · 10:49am

    20198

    July 17, 2019 · 12:08am
    August 17, 2019 · 7:58pm
    October 4, 2019 · 6:30pm
    October 5, 2019 · 6:25pm
    December 1, 2019 · 10:18pm
    December 7, 2019 · 7:39pm
    December 14, 2019 · 1:48pm
    December 14, 2019 · 1:50pm

    20206

    February 14, 2020 · 9:22pm
    February 15, 2020 · 5:21am
    February 15, 2020 · 6:09pm
    March 13, 2020 · 9:17pm
    September 29, 2020 · 6:11pm
    December 19, 2020 · 2:23am

    20212

    October 31, 2021 · 5:02am
    December 1, 2021 · 7:22pm

    20229

    January 7, 2022 · 2:47pm
    July 21, 2022 · 10:53am
    July 22, 2022 · 10:45am
    July 27, 2022 · 5:41pm
    August 13, 2022 · 1:05pm
    September 29, 2022 · 9:50am
    October 15, 2022 · 1:04pm
    December 3, 2022 · 9:14pm
    December 29, 2022 · 5:34pm

    20236

    August 31, 2023 · 7:53pm
    August 31, 2023 · 10:52pm
    September 15, 2023 · 6:48pm
    October 8, 2023 · 12:32pm
    October 31, 2023 · 5:50pm
    October 31, 2023 · 5:50pm

    202417

    January 28, 2024 · 6:22pm
    February 5, 2024 · 8:12pm
    July 4, 2024 · 9:04pm
    July 5, 2024 · 3:53pm
    July 31, 2024 · 12:50pm
    August 31, 2024 · 8:19pm
    August 31, 2024 · 8:37pm
    September 1, 2024 · 8:34pm
    September 1, 2024 · 8:34pm
    September 2, 2024 · 10:42am
    September 2, 2024 · 4:43pm
    September 3, 2024 · 7:37pm
    September 3, 2024 · 8:58pm
    September 5, 2024 · 9:45pm
    September 7, 2024 · 11:30am
    September 7, 2024 · 2:23pm
    December 7, 2024 · 9:26pm

    202514

    February 10, 2025 · 5:16pm
    March 9, 2025 · 12:25pm
    March 29, 2025 · 3:46am
    June 20, 2025 · 8:35pm
    August 10, 2025 · 5:22pm
    August 17, 2025 · 7:43pm
    September 5, 2025 · 9:54pm
    September 13, 2025 · 11:37am
    September 20, 2025 · 5:28pm
    October 2, 2025 · 8:15pm
    October 5, 2025 · 2:15pm
    November 13, 2025 · 5:58pm
    December 6, 2025 · 3:54pm
    December 6, 2025 · 4:37pm

    20263

    February 13, 2026 · 12:47pm
    April 24, 2026 · 5:52pm
    May 12, 2026 · 8:17pm