The beau doesn’t wear jewelry — never has.* The beau even finds watches uncomfortable. Yet somehow, the beau has already gone and picked himself out a wedding band.
A wood-inlay titanium band, to be precise, from Boone Rings (they also have an Etsy shop). He likes the fact that it’s titanium, and thus space-age strong, for he has expressed an interest in using it to open bottles of beer.**
He’s narrowed it down to three options:
Rosewood Burl
Red Oak Burl
Desert Ironwood
What do you think? Which inlay should the beau select? Does the word “burl” just make you think of Burl Ives? Do you now have “A Holly Jolly Christmas” stuck in your head, on repeat?*** Did you know Burl Ives’ full name was Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives?**** Do you think the beau would let me name our firstborn “Icle?”***** Do you think I’ve typed “beau” enough times in this post? Do you think I’ve used enough footnote stars in this post? Are you even reading this post?******
* The beau has a kickin’ beard, though. Just so you know.
** Sigh. He’s so dreamy.
*** Because I do.
**** So says Wikipedia.
***** No.
****** You ARE. I like what you’re wearing today, by the way. Pajama bottoms are always a classy choice.
Such a tough decision…I’m first drawn to the dark color of the rosewood burl but I like the very wood look of red oak burl (plus it’s the same wood that is used to make railroad ties). The desert ironwood is a good middle ground.
I think I am leaning towards the red oak burl and it might be because of the railroad ties.
i vote for the rosewood, and i also think the word “burl” is hilarious, and it DOES remind me of burl ives, but i do not have “holly, jolly christmas” in my head because i was just now finishing my own blog post that includes an embedded video of “do they know it’s christmas?” so i have that stuck in my head now.
on a completely unrelated note, i learned in my copyediting class a couple years ago that when you write something like “i think the word ‘burl’ is hilarious” that is called “using a word as a word,” and when i first heard that phrase i found it baffling and philosophical and hilarious, and now every time i write a sentence like that, i think “using a word as a word!”
But what about when the BIRD is the word? What then? Grave consequences, my friend.
haha 🙂
*actually wearing pajama bottoms 😉
I KNEW IT!!! Heeee!