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What was the last wedding you went to?  Were you in the wedding?

The last wedding I was in was the wedding of Andy Tudor and Eunsuk, and I was the best man.  I had never been a best man and I didn't really know what it entailed, and I remember looking online to find out what I should do and how best to prepare.  The reception was in a mind-blowingly large room at one of Lexington's upscale hotels.  I mean, you could play regulation football in this room.  And, there was no speakers, no mic, no multbox.  It was just me to deliver the speech.  The table with the cake was thirty feet from the nearest guest table.  I could barely see the last table, with the curvature of the earth at the horizon and all.  And I had to give my little speech.  Have you ever heard an old speech from the days before microphones?  Look for a copy of an old speech from Theodore Roosevelt, or even Franklin D. Roosevelt, and you can tell the politicians were much more akin to opera singers than the thoughtful pondering mumblers of today.  I tried and tried to project my voice, but I could tell that I just wasn't getting there.

Later I talked to one of Andy's friends, and he said "I couldn't hear what you said, but your voice rose and fell nicely, I'm sure it was a great speech."

When Melissa and I have a formal ceremony, I'll grin knowingly at my best man as he tries to shout to the crowd.