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Professional Best Man (and the amazing things that have happened since I first proposed this job)

Five years ago I proposed a new job idea: Professional best man. It remains a role that I am waiting to fill. Let me explain. Although I meet many outstanding best men in my role as a DJ, I also meet many who are too nervous to deliver the toast, too drunk to assist a…

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Why do I blog? Because it’s nearly led to national television, and it still might. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

I’ve been blogging for over ten years now. Every single day for more than a decade, I have sat down and written something for a blog. Before this blog, there was another, and before that one, there was my first, born in a blogging class at Trinity College. I am often asked why I continue…

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The Professional Best Man: A bride’s best friend, too.

Four years ago, I proposed a new job for myself: The professional best man. I was serious about the proposal but less than hopeful about my prospects, but since publishing that post back in 2011, a number of remarkable things have happened: Four grooms have attempted to hire me. Two lived in California. Two lived…

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Someone stole my idea for professional best man and made a movie out of it.

Back in April of 2011, I proposed a new job: Professional best man. I defined the position, listed my many qualifications, and offered myself out for hire. Since then, three potential clients have attempted to hire me, only to be stymied by physical distance. Two lived outside the United States and the third lives on…

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My career as a professional best man is hindered only by a lack of teleportation

I had a third person inquire about hiring me as a professional best man this week. Unlike the first two, this potential client lives within the United States but on the west coast, making it impossible to serve the duties of the office faithfully. When I first proposed the idea of a professional best man…

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