A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

OR DOES IT ACTUALLY STAND FOR JAY? I've been reading the Life Cycles section of the Jewish Exponent for many many years. (When you're from a city where Jewish geography is so ridiculously much a part of the landscape, you really have no excuse to avoid reading who's gotten engaged to whom, who's gotten married to whom, and who's procreating with whom.) I rarely encounter news of anyone I know anymore, being too old to know most of the engaged/newlywed couples and too young to start checking out the obituaries. But it shouldn't surprise anyone here when I tell you that I read the Exponent's baby announcements religiously (sorry, I crack myself up sometimes) just for the names. And this week, I had an honest-to-God belly laugh without the merest iota of snark:

"Carol and Harris Vederman of Bethesda, Md., announce the birth of their daughter, Cecelia J., on April 25. [Shoutouts to grandparents omitted.] Cecelia is named in loving memory of her paternal great-grandmother Cecelia Hyman, and JDate.com, through which her mother and father met in 2003." I love it.

(To paraphrase one of my favorite Adamisms: JDate.com -- bringing together the unchosen Chosen People.)