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2004

12 stories

  1. Dismembering the TreeDecember 29, 2004It was just like a scene from the Sopranos except I was dismembering a Christmas tree instead of Richie Aprile's body. I took my 11.8 amp DeWalt…
  2. Christmas Eve DrunkDecember 25, 2004My benefactor Mister Richard Skrenta has inspired me to write tonite. My QWERTY fingers dance, fueled my Mr. James Beam and Coca Cola. My respected…
  3. Here Comes Santa Claus...December 20, 2004Christmas is upon us. So, I organized a little field trip for us and our neighbors to ride the Roaring Camps Railroad Holiday Lights Train through Santa…
  4. When the Headlights Hit Your Eye like a Big Pizza Pie...December 14, 2004Last night Sharon made a very good homemade pizza with Trader Joe's pizza doe. She put prosciutto that we had in the fridge on it. Prosciutto is the best…
  5. Our Tree is Bigger than Your TreeDecember 10, 2004I don't want to mention any names but one of our neighbors brought over a very large Christmas tree for us. After some trimming, it stood 16 feet tall. We…
  6. Warming up the HouseDecember 7, 2004Today, Bogner Sheet Metal showed up at our house to start the installation of our new Trane propane furnace. It's going to take them about a week to…
  7. Mountain Livin'December 6, 2004It's raining. It's the rainy season. We are up to almost 1 inch per hour right now. This is northern California's version of snow in the winter. I do not…
  8. SnarfingDecember 4, 2004Here is something I didn't know... I learned last evening that one of my neighbors is a member of "E Clampus Vitus". They call them "Clampers". It's a…
  9. What's That Smell?December 2, 2004While riding a motorcycle you smell much more things compared to riding in a car. On Glenwood Drive I smell burning wood from fireplaces and the odd deer…
  10. Day oneDecember 1, 2004Day one: a Burnszilla story by Stephen Burns, December 2004.
  11. I'm going publicDecember 1, 2004I've decided to start blogging. Perhaps this is a redundant statement. The purpose of this blog is to inform, entertain and perhaps educate. I've been…
  12. Motorcycle LoveDecember 1, 2004Let's just get all the motorcycle talk out of the way... I commute 60 miles to and from work each day on my 1987 BMW K75S. That motorcycle is my number…