Veiled Conceit

November 10, 2004 11:44 AM

Veiled Conceit is a blistering sendup of the New York Times wedding announcements.
Yes, that is Wolf Blitzer standing there, "stoned out of his mind and ogling a waitress."
posted by PrinceValium (8 comments total)

My high school sweetheart and his new bride were just the "featured story" a few weeks ago. Usually that section of the Times is the one I love to hate - - all that excess celebration of hetero prizewinning - - but the wedding itself was so sweet I had to get over myself.

The feature was really lame, though. It didn't capture either spouse's story very well, and read more like a PR piece than a lifestyle vignette.
posted by pomegranate at 11:58 AM on November 10, 2004

I have a minor, burgeoning obsession with the announcements page. Veiled Conceit was mentioned on Gawker yesterday and so far I love it.

Anybody know what's up with the Times running photos of JUST the bride? Not so long ago, there was a photo of the bride *in her bridal gown* as if the groom had been cropped out. If you know you're going to have an annoucement running in the Times, can't you try a little harder to submit a photo that actually has your spouse-to-be in it?? Weird.
posted by bcwinters at 12:41 PM on November 10, 2004

While reading the real NYT piece behind that last link, I had to keep glancing up at the URL to convince myself it wasn't a parody.
posted by Zurishaddai at 1:20 PM on November 10, 2004

This is one of the best blogs I have ever read. Not since the fourth comment on this post have I literally laughed out loud this much at something on the internet.

Thanks.
posted by rafter at 3:24 PM on November 10, 2004

Ha! No number of beatdowns is too few for Sasha Frere-Jones!
posted by kenko at 4:07 PM on November 10, 2004

That was terrific! What a great blog! My faith in humanity is restored. Thanks for posting this.
posted by 327.ca at 4:52 PM on November 10, 2004

Oh, this is snipingly brilliant fun. Yay!
posted by dejah420 at 9:29 PM on November 10, 2004

If it's one thing the Internet has given us, it's a forum for snarky columnists to make fun of people.

Thank god for the Internet.
posted by thanotopsis at 11:14 AM on November 11, 2004