• Picking the Venue

    I had passed the audition with flying colors. I was to be the leading man in Christina and Joe: The Wedding. It was only a minor part compared to Christina, who was to be in the leading role of Bride, as well as Producer, Director, Location Scout, Casting Director, Costume Designer, and the entire Art…

  • Bride vs Groom

    My favorite part of the wedding is the different approaches we take to certain tasks. We also have wildly different shopping techniques, methods of inviting people to become members of our bridal party, and ideas on what the fun parts of the wedding are. Fun vs Crippling, Mind-Numbing Boredom One example of this happened very…

  • Proposing

    Planning Ring in hand, or rather in a shoebox in the closet, there were only a few things that needed to be figured out. We’ve all seen the videos of guys going to extraordinary lengths to get their proposal to go viral and give women the world over unrealistic expectations of what men are capable…

  • Buying the Ring

    Sometimes I like to share ideas before I have fully thought them through. It is usually because there is something blocking the idea’s full realization and I need someone to talk me around.  While I was still working at Home Depot and before I knew carats from ferrets, I told one of the lads there…

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    Waffles 2012

    When an Irish man says goodbye to his native shores and dives head first into the international community, he does so to gain new experiences, to meet interesting people, try foods that are not popular in his home country, and drink exciting beers. He attempts to soak in the culture of the place he is…

  • We’re All Friends

    “Sure we’ll be home in June for a week for a wedding. We’ll have to pop in for a pint. I’ll probably be up in Mullingar at some stage anyway and she’s *points at girlfriend* after finding you on Twitter already so we’ll let you know”. The above is an imagined** excerpt from a conversation…

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    Paddy’s Day

    Follow the audio blog in Spotify This is a rather tongue-in-cheek article not intended to personally offend you if you are of Irish heritage and do know that it is not Patty’s Day. I don’t hate America as many people suggest. This holiday just brings out the scrooge in me. Dear America, First of all, I…