The Idi-Odyssey (Book One: The Wedding Master).

Dec. 2, 2010 - PRLog -- “Actually, I could ordain you right now if you like.” Ten simple words, spoken to me by the most confusing and unlikeliest of “holy men,” presented newly blonde, non-religious me with a unique opportunity that would ultimately shape much of the idiocy of the years to follow.

In the United States over the last ten years, twenty-three million couples have married.   Author Scott W. Stram is proud to announce the release of his new book, a comedic and random journey through .000003% of those weddings.  Within nearly every one of those “special” occasions, Scott was, for reasons unknown, called upon, sometimes thrust into, a role outside of the normal everyday guest.  

The story begins with the author's unplanned ordination in Lake Tahoe by Yukon Dave, a white-water rafting guide/minister.  The myriad of ridiculous weddings situations and relationships that followed all lead into the “Year of the Wedding” in which his younger brother Russ married the same woman three times in the same year.  Not to be completely outdone, Scott secretly married his girlfriend to keep her in the country a week after Russ’ civil ceremony and their father’s sage counseling, “Don’t feel any pressure to get married just because your younger brother did.”  Along the way, there’s also the Nantucket whale penis, great gift wars of 1999, the Idiotarod, the weddings Scott officiated and much, much more.

Documenting the Idi-Odyssey came about as a direct result of the “Year of the Wedding.”  Bombarded by questions from family and friends after Russ and Kaori wedding number one, where only six people were in attendance, Scott wrote a captain’s log to memorialize the details.  While this fended off the questions in the short term, it led to greater and greater expectations after every wedding.  Requests were coming in for the Japanese wedding log while they were still in Japan.  

Coupled with a chorus of “What are you doing in law school?  You should be writing,” all of the random scenarios led to an eventual melding together into an idi-odyssey of idiotic proportion.  

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Scott W. Stram, dubbed the Jack-ass of All Trades by his peers, has worked as an attorney, bartender, English teacher, loss prevention consultant, non-religious minister, radio DJ, rock band manager, VP of business development, mediator, lifeguard, COO, underwear designer, umpire, community relations coordinator and more.  He is currently a Chief Security and Compliance Officer and attorney for a financial company.  Scott’s work has been featured in college recruitment materials, New York City classrooms, medical center newsletters and brochures, as well as countless corporate contracts, confidentiality agreements and employee manuals.  A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, his “body” of work was also featured in a photo from an article in the February 4, 1992 edition of The Daily Pennsylvanian entitled “Woman Runs in Streak.”  Despite shrinkage, he was not referenced in the title.  Scott resides in New York.

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The Idi-Odyssey is a new book by wedding and relationship “expert” Scott W. Stram. It documents his hilarious, true journey through .000003% of the weddings held in the U.S. over the last ten years. Available at Amazon.com, BN.com, and Borders.com.