Holy crap... if anyone has pictures from the New Year's show at Ash Street, burn them. Otherwise just email them to me.

There's nothing like passing pieces of liver through your urinary tract after a night of binge drinking. BIG PROPS to G-Mo for being my designated driver that night. Oh... my efforts to avoid hangover failed miserafuckingbly. Head of Lies, DFiVE9, and Plain Jayne put on a fantastic show. It seemed like everyone at Ash Street knew everyone and it was like one big house party, except you had to pay for drinks (not champagne, though) and I didn't break any furniture.

Happy New Year... Gooch

Here's a good article regarding hangover cures... click HERE

This report refers to an "average 150 pound male." I don't know any males that weigh 150 pounds. Unless they're doing drinking studies on twelve-year-olds, science needs to keep up with us fat americans.

To avoid a hangover tomorrow, I resorted to a low carb-high fat diet. When I was on the Atkins diet a while back, I noticed that no matter how much I drank, I could still get to work early the next day - no hangover. I haven't been able to do that since I was 11.

New Years (Portland) Recommendations:
Stuart Wylen Trio @ Wilf's (at the train station)
DFiVE9, Plain Jayne, and Head of Lies at Ash Street

Stuart Wylen Trio is one of the best Jazz acts in Portland playing at one of the greatest lounges in Portland. DFiVE9, Head of Lies, and Plain Jayne are great bands by themselves, but tonight have formed a superpower to unleash at Ash Street.

happy New Year. Be safe.

Christmas Night: After my indulgent foray into the world of 7-Eleven Big Bite hot dogs (with cheese sauce, a culinary delight I'm giving up for New Years) I decided to make a trip to the credit union to deposit some of my Christmas loot. Insert Card; Choose English or Espanol... Engligh was pressed and the entire system locked up with my card inside. A high pitched tone taunted me. Fortunately I had the cash I intended to deposit in my hand. I looked for the Ctrl-Alt-Del key combination to reboot the ATM to no avail. I'm without a check card and it sucks. I need to scrounge up some cash for tonight's debauchery; I'm down to five bucks.