Posted by: Tom and Ang

Welcome to XOUNZ (pronounced "zounz"). XOUNZ is a Blog for Tom and Ang (a.k.a. 'Angela') Gale. Tom prefers the term Web Journal over "Blog", but we'll not get into that. Regardless of what term you use, it is a place for us to post news, musings and sundry things as they relate to our lives.

The word XOUNZ is one of those words you make up early in a relationship as a shorthand for another word or group of words. These sorts of abbreviations usually come as you start to get to know one another very well early on in a relationship. You anticipate words and feelings and complete one another's sentences. XOUNZ is one that's stuck with us for years and we like it. To many, it will seem silly upon explanation (if it doesn't already) and, as such, there's not much point to sharing the full detail of its etymology and origins. Suffice to say, it's a signature word and we thought it an appropriate name for our Blog.

Having said all that, we promise not to use the Blog for posting sickeningly doting love notes punctuated with signatures of "Love, Schmoopy". We'll also try to avoid making the site so myopically personal and narcissistic that it bears no interest to anybody other than the two of us (although I'm sure you may find that difficult to believe given what you've seen in this first post). To that end, I'll wrap it up by saying it's good to be in the world o' Blogs. Do check out Blogs of our friends: "Collected Apologies" and "a little from a lot" as linked on the sidebar.

Also, visit our site: tomandang.com to see pics of us. It's password protected, but if you actually really care to see our wedding pics etc., just email us through the Contact Us page and ask nicely :)

Tom and Ang!