Friday Night Report Well, we

Friday Night Report
Well, we finally got our Christmas Tree. Ours is all silver (not shown on the web site) and it's the most hilarious tree I have ever had. The Missus and I went back and forth on the Real Tree thing. She was against it because of the cats. And she was right. Not only would they climb and eat the tree but if they'd piss on my laptop, they'd most certainly "claim the tree" too.

We had left over booze from the party last weekend so we lit a fire, called a few friends over, put on some christmas music and "trimmed" the tree, which consisted of plugging it in and drinking plenty of KnobNog [tm] - a delicious concoction of Knob Creek Bourbon and Egg Nog developed by my dear friend Beth. Put us right in the holiday mood.

Saturday Night Report
Reasons Why I Love This Town #347
The Festival of Lights Parade.

Where else are you going to find a cement mixer and a dump truck all decked out in twinkling lights? The crowd was pretty large this year. It was FREEZING and every one was out in their parkas, mittens and caps. You could smell the snow in the air. Okay - not really it was only 52º, but it did make me a little nostalgic for winter wonderlands past.

After the parade we were off to Rich and Michael's groovy pad for a drink before going to their neighbors christmas party. R & M live in Canyon Vista on a cul de sac that has a distinct Knots Landing ambiance. Everyone knows everyones business and except for my good friends (though some would argue), they are all completely nuts. The party was fun because we didn't know a soul. Maybe it's just us and we really are twisted fucks but we were a little bored and decided to have some fun explaining our Fainting Goat breeding facility to an innocent woman who actually believed us and wanted to debate the ethical aspects of our profiteering on genetic defects.

We made our escape to the other end of the cul de sac and spent the rest of the evening splitting our guts laughing about handing out ElectroSol[tm] tablets instead halloween candy next year ... "Your mother will thank me."

Today we are off to the Tamale Festival YUM!