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…
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…
I think back to this time two years ago. It was a regular occurrence for me to stay up until midnight to walk down in the blackness of night, lit dimly by the moon as it glistened on the frost crystallizing on the road that I was trudging down. There would inevitably be a cow that was in the…
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…
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…
2025 update: I went on a volunteer trip to Kampala in 2012 with a non-profit called Project Have Hope. Christina had previously interned there and I ended up becoming the bookkeeper for the following 12 years. They still do great work in the Acholi Quarter in Kampala and it is a testament to the founder,…
The first six months I spent in America made me a bit of a recluse. I find this funny because I lived out in the countryside on a farm in the West of Ireland for the first 23 odd years of my life. I had to come to a beautiful, leafy suburb of one of…
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…
“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…
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…
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