A little bit of marriage all night long

Today is National Day in Cameroon and the tenth anniversary of East Timor's independence. But yesterday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married." Zuckerberg wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nearly a decade, according to a guest authorised to speak for the couple. The person spoke only on the condition of anonymity. The couple married at Zuckerberg's Palo Alto home in front of fewer than 100 stunned guests who thought they were attending a party to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school. Zuckerberg gave his new bride a ring he had designed with a very simple ruby to end an incredibly eventful week. Even though the ring was not really the best he could afford with the money he made from his IPO, I hope things go well for the lucky couple and they don't wind up raising their children the ching chong way - in other words, the stereotype-reinforcing methods that Amy Chua admitted to using early last year in a book that I wouldn't recommend for any parent.