nessahead.com » goings-on http://www.nessahead.com shameless self-promotion since 1996 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:12:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Like shit through a duck http://www.nessahead.com/2011/07/27/like-shit-through-a-duck/ http://www.nessahead.com/2011/07/27/like-shit-through-a-duck/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:46:14 +0000 nessahead http://www.nessahead.com/?p=81 Today, my English professor used the expression, “Like shit through a duck.” In response to the nervous titters he said, with a smile, “I have an expansive vocabulary and I’m going to use every fucking bit of it!”

]]> http://www.nessahead.com/2011/07/27/like-shit-through-a-duck/feed/ 0 Redwood Run http://www.nessahead.com/2010/06/16/redwood-run/ http://www.nessahead.com/2010/06/16/redwood-run/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:30:39 +0000 nessahead http://www.nessahead.com/?p=10 Continue reading →]]> The Redwood Run is an annual biker party held outside Piercy, CA (200 miles North of San Francisco). One weekend, thousands of bikes and lots of beer. Keith has been going for 20 years and invited me to come with him. Camping for the weekend with only the things you can carry on a motorcycle? No problem. Thanks to Jay’s Jedi-packing-mastership (which I learned a couple years back for my trip to Europe) and the warm summer weather I was able to fit everything into a 4x8x12-inch packing cube. The trip (3 hours in a car to San Jose, 4 hours by bike to the run) took its toll on my backside but was nothing a break or two didn’t fix.

The Redwood Run is held on a beautiful private campground. There was a stage, food and drink booths, a row of vendors and lots of campsites. Events throughout the day included the Loudest Pipes contest, egg and water balloon tosses and a wet T-shirt contest. The Hell’s Angels even did a wheelie and burnout show. At night they had concerts – excellent blues and rock.

Under their tough exterior I found bikers to be teddy bears :) Am looking forward to next year!

]]> http://www.nessahead.com/2010/06/16/redwood-run/feed/ 0 Mega-Buck Chuck http://www.nessahead.com/2010/05/26/mega-buck-chuck/ http://www.nessahead.com/2010/05/26/mega-buck-chuck/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 01:05:57 +0000 nessahead http://www.nessahead.com/?p=6 Continue reading →]]> Graduation went well on Friday. Terry-dad came up from Pasadena for the ceremony and Jen, Tom and Eleora were in attendance, too. We went to Hofbrau on Morro Bay’s Embarcadero for dinner. Their roast beef sandwiches and horseradish are the best!

On Saturday I came down to Pasadena to catch Kevin before he went back to Seattle. Had good sushi with him and fun listening to his stories from traveling in Japan. Then lots of hospital time interspersed with visits to Corey, April, the Dads.

Cathy came home last night and she’s damn happy to be here. I’m going to stay another day and head home on Friday—Pixel needs to get his bone graft looked at by the vet. Then off to San Jose for Memorial Day weekend, woohoo! I’m looking forward to the fun but may be looking forward to sleeping in my own bed next week even more :)

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