Erin’s dad here… Erin is taking a forced hiatus from posting because her computer went belly up. We’re getting things set straight, so not too much longer and you’ll get to hear all about a concert she went to (and rubbed into my face) that featured Cheap Trick, Heart and Journey.
Thanks for being patient.
Embarrassing!! In my haste of telling my Pyro stories, I forgot to thank all the brave soldiers who have, or are still fighting to keep this great nation free and wonderful.
A shout out to Mike, Doug and Kris who are overseas right now. You guys are awesome!Thank you founding fathers for giving the ‘metaphorical finger’ to good ol’ Georgie Poo (King of England) and helping us start what would soon be a very strong and wonderful nation!
To John Adams… Thank you for authoring the Declaration of Independence even though you never get any credit because it’s in Thomas Jefferson’s handwriting… it’s ok… You were an awesome senator.
Thomas Jefferson - You were a good President… you probably should have given John Adams the credit he deserved though. That would have been cool of you.
George Washington - You were very wise! You told us to stay away from defined political parties because it would only turn out badly and did we listen? NO! Now come election time our country is divided, which kind of defeats the purpose of calling ourselves ‘United’. You also told us to not depend too entirely upon ‘foreign relations’ as far as help goes and where are we now? Gas prices at a very high price of over $4 a gallon! Ridiculous. If only we would have listened.
Benjamin Franklin - You were a shady, shady man. But a smart one! Thank you for discovering electricity without which my blogging would never happen…
Finally John (Herbie) Hancock - Thank you for having the balls to write your signature so large that George would see it without his glasses. You are a stud! Way to not care whether or not you got shipped home and hung by the neck for all to see.There were more of you but these are the ones I remember. Again thank you!
Happy Independence Day! The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays! Who needs presents when you have fireworks and things that explode??
There are three major holidays in my family: Christmas, Super Bowl Sunday and 4th of the July. The kids in my family learn how to use lighters (and proper safety precautions) at very young ages because the older people in my family are too busy lighting every illegal firework known to man.
It is quite a display! The ‘Jarvis Family Fireworks display’ definitely holds it’s own to fireworks displays around the United States. Sometimes if you have lame fireworks that make their way into your stash, you have to save them by doctoring them up and making them cool. This was also a crucial part of my education growing up.One of the most depressing days of my life is when they stopped selling M80’s in Washington State. Living in Oregon, we just hop the border and in Vancouver we stockpile fireworks like mad. When there is something we can’t find, living only 5 minutes from the borders of the Indian Reservation (where every firework known to man can be sold) is definitely a plus.
One of the best stories I have is when I was lighting a ‘Roman Candle’ and at the last moment it tipped over, shooting balls of fire underneath my Uncle Jeff and his van and almost blowing him and the car up in the process… That was a great show!
A couple of years later I happened to procure a couple of propeller looking things that ended up being a ¼ stick of dynamite with propellers. When lit, they would fly up in the air and explode… very cool. Unfortunately we learned this after a few tries and almost blew up a couple of neighbor’s cars… They weren’t too happy with us.
A couple of years ago we were over at the home of one of my parents’ friends; they happen to be massive pyros too. One of their sons and I were ‘fixing’ ground blooms and turning them into UFOs and in the process accidentally lit the field on fire… needless to say, my daddy was proud.
Sadly this 4th of July I am neither in Oregon with my family nor with copious amounts of fireworks… this was an unfortunate oversight and hopefully it won’t be held against me… sorry Dad.
To my father and my father’s best friend, Thonus G Signog, I owe most of my knowledge in terms of getting the best and the most explosive… I have many stories of my family and our pyro-ness but I promised my mom that I wouldn’t tell you the story of my Uncle Earl lighting Highway 99E on fire using Calcium Carbide and Water…. .
I am thinking… I am relaxed… I can smell beef flavor wafting through the air as my Ramen noodles sit boiling on the stove. Has it really been almost a week since I’ve blogged?? This is despicable and I promise will never happen again…
As I sat on my couch watching ’27 Dresses’ pondering life and whatnot, I realized that I have learned a lot in my life, and the life lessons that I’ve been learning as of recently are starting to become one of my favorite pastimes since they happen upon me at least twice a week. Here is a list of my favorite things I’ve learned over the month of June.
Little life lessons are great. It has been quite the random and awkward month but it has set me up with blog fodder for months.
