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1. [ Warning : This is the unexpurgated (read: slightly modified, though not necessarily improved) version of Brooke and Casey’s Father of the Bride Wedding Toast . Sticklers for historical accuracy will have to rely on their own memories of what actually transpired. For reasons that will be quickly obvious, this is best viewed with a crowd of roughly 120 mostly 20-Somethings, a large majority of whom are fierce Red Sox loyalists, rabid Tar Heel fans and/or Democrats —ideally all three. An unknown, but apparently non-negligible fraction of this rowdy group almost certainly had BAC levels in excess of legally permitted limits for driving—not that there’s anything wrong with that… This show is SUPPOSED to advance from slide to slide automatically, but in reality, you may occasionally have to click ENTER to move to the next slide. Enjoy.]

2. Father of the Bride Wedding Toast Christopher J. Conover, Ph.D. Center for Health Policy Duke University The Caldwell Wedding Reception The Barn at Valhalla December 27, 2008

5. Rare Footage of Dr C in a Street Performance (Venice, CA) Qualifications and Experience Together We Can Fight Global Warming: Yes, We Can!

6. Bee-Bug’s Life as Told Through Holiday Cards Maria and Molly’s Video Montage can be viewed here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=833045513865270072

8. Brooke’s Life as Told In Her Birthday Suit YouTube--Tufts Naked Quad Run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW3sZUHZM9o

10. Brooke Has Prepared for this Day Her Entire Life! Disclaimer : While based on actual events, this is a historical reconstruction based on a single individual’s recollection. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, obviously is intended rather than coincidental,. However, the author cannot take responsibility for any minor deviations between his recollection and the actual content of words spoken (especially since some question whether there is any “objective” reality at all). Note : No live animals were harmed in the making of this slide .

11. How Brooke Got 10,000 Hours of Wedding Experience

12. Brooke Has Practiced All Mission-Critical Elements of Wedding Receptions

13. How Brooke Amassed 10,000 Hours of Child Care Experience Sit Early Co-opt the Competition The More the Merrier Sit Often Sit Anyone

14. Abby Says: It’s True. Blondes Are More Fun! Abby Azia Flower Girl Extraordinaire

15. Practice Makes Perfect!

16. Brooke’s Lifelong Fetish: Men with Beards

17. Father-in-Law Advice to Casey Like Father, Like Son? Just Don’t Misbehave Like Uncle Allen

18. Seriously, Casey, Keep an Eye on Uncle Allen! Casey, I swear I’m not making this up: this is NOT Photoshopped! Hunting More Foxes on the Dance Floor

19. The Casey Jinx on the New York Yankees Before Casey : Yanks win 27 World Series in just 80 years!!!! After Casey : Yanks win 0 World Series in 8 years Before Casey : Curse of the Bambino Lasts 86 Years!!!! Brooke decides Casey is her Prince Charming October 27, 2000 After Casey : Sox Increase Series Wins by 40%!!!!

20. 2004: Curse of Bambino (Finally) Ends

21. The Casey Jinx on the Duke Blue Devils Before Casey : Blue Devils win 3 NCAA titles in just 1 1 years!!!! After Casey : Blue Devils win 0 NCAA titles over 7 years Before Casey : UNC takes 26 years to garner 3 titles Casey Becomes UNC Grad Student: Fall 2004 After Casey : Carolina increases NCAA title total by 33%

22. April 2005: Roy Williams (Finally) Wins a National Title

23. The Casey Jinx on the Republican Party

24. J.G. Wentworth Brings Sad News to Casey If you want to hear an authentic rendering of It’s your money: use it when you need it! Click Here . Truth in Advertising Disclaimer : Apologies in advance for my being unable to replicate my father’s mellifluous baritone. Until I figure out a way to get from him an mp3 file rendering of the verse you hear quoted, the voice you hear is a poor imitation.

25. What if Your Daughter Wanted to Marry Any of These Bearded Men? Genghis Khan Grigori Rasputin* Vladimir Lenin Fidel Castro * Also known as the “Mad Monk” and “Antichrist.” Viewers can’t seriously expect me to resolve in a brief wedding toast whether Rasputin actually was (as some claimed), “saintly mystic, visionary, healer and prophet” or instead the “debauched religious charlatan” (as asserted by others ). He had a great beard: he belongs on this list. Those who disagree can write their own wedding toasts…

26. Wouldn’t You Owe Her at Least a Little Due Diligence?* *If you don’t know what due diligence is, please contact Maria Lapetina : she would dearly love her investment in UNC School of Law to be good for something !

27. Casey’s an Engineer! BS, Environmental Engineering Tufts University, 2004 Roger Conover BS, Civil Engineering U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1948 Greg Peach (married to oldest sister Lynn: pity the man!) Allen Butturini (married to youngest sister Sara: Yes, THAT Uncle Allen) Other Engineers in Conover Family (what’s with engineers and beards???) This is Now That was Then

28. Casey: Cook Extraordinaire

29. A Man Who Can Cook Can’t be All Bad

30. Casey: Volleyballer Extraordinaire

31. A Man Who Can Play Volleyball Can’t be All Bad

32. Casey: The Dog Whisperer

33. Overcoming Brooke’s Dog Phobia

35. A Man Who Likes Dogs Can’t be All Bad