christmas eve 2006

every year on christmas eve the knott family joins the hughes and skaggs family for dinner. this is one of my favorite traditions and we always have a great time. i've uploaded the individual family photos for the enjoyment of the growing number of people participating in this event.

the hughes family
the knott family
the skaggs family

Update: the bigger pics are up on the links.

check in on my brother

hey everybody. my brother isn't doing so hot. he had an appendectomy about two weeks ago and things didn't go so well. he's been in the hospital ICU since. my sister started a blog to keep tabs on his progress. my dad and my brother's girlfriend, corina, update the site, called the budge update, daily. check in on his progress and maybe you could stop being a jerk and write a get-well message in the comments section of his site. thanks everybody.

thank you for leaving town

i stayed in the borough for thanksgiving. that was rad. i avoided the anxiety of travel, didn't miss work, and still got to see my family and friends. my sister hosted a small but delicious dinner after my family and i went to the parade. then we all headed to s.gary and sara*'s apartment for mad dog and turkey carcass tossing. everyone was full of cheer. although i noticed something peculiar walking down bedford the night before thanksgiving: the neighborhood was empty. i saw maybe 10 people where i would usually be sidestepping jerks the whole 12 blocks down to grand. not only was no one around but bars and restaurants closed too, for the whole four day weekend. i was embarrassed to live here. as s.gary said, "proof again that williamsburg is a college town." regardless of the desolate population, everyone that stayed here had a great time in BK, without all those clowns. hope yours was equally enjoyable, wherever you were. cheers.

catch the fever

the virus is spreading. i was infected by sara*'s diary and now my sister has the parasite. she just published her first blog. it's named Brooklyn Gal For A Year. check it out. i have also added it to my links on the right so you'll always be able to find it and check out what she's been up to.