I recently had to give a best man speech at a wedding. Believing that anything worth doing is worth going overboard, it was longer than the actual ceremony. I was also really nervous which is strange for me, but I think it only manifested itself in shaky hands. Despite that, it was fairly well received so I thought I’d share it with the world so that all may bask in my ability to speak words from paper. It’s like 1500 words so I’ll put it below the fold. A quick note, the stuff in parenthesis were not spoken but I added them in because it will makes more sense to the reader who doesn’t have the benefit of seeing my awesome acting ability. It starts: