Suuns - GazeThe toast. The rehearsal of the toast. A groomsman with nice hair is delivering a comic philippic against the groom.Jake, well, you know, this guy in high school was captain of the debate team. A master debater, truly. He always had a tight grasp...of the issues. He always reached the climax, um, of his argument at just the right time. Knew his fallac--ahem--fallacies pretty well. But then in college he discovered parties and women. And he got really into music and hackey-sack, as so many young men do at that age. There was the summer of Phish and Dave Matthews. Long-haired Jake. The Jake of Birkenstocks, hemp shorts, and acoustic guitar. Then Jake joined a fraternity, and he changed, man, he changed. Some say for the better. What I can say for certain is that Jake left college with the skills necessary to pay the bills--literally, because he finally learned how to operate the bill-pay function of his checking account. Haha. But he also left college with a lovely young woman on his arm. A sweet girl, so kind, everyone loved her. Tina. Who broke up with him shortly after graduation. So not such a kind girl after all. But then, during his first week of work at Arthur Anderson, he met the love of his life, Anna, and they've been together ever since. Anna, dear, you're getting hitched to a real stud. I've known Jake for a long time, and he's changed through the years--like we all do--but in all that time, he's stayed essentially the same: a compassionate, intelligent, funny man. A man who will be there when you need him, and, hell, even when you don't. A man who knows what it means to be devoted. He seriously loves you, and I know you seriously love him. You two make it look easy, and give the rest of us single folk some hope. Good luck, best wishes, God bless, and congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Bevilacqua.He raises the glass in the air, brings it to his lips and takes a sip. Goes to sit back down and slips off his chair a little, practice drunk.[BUY Zeroes QC]