Okay guys, I've been a bit behind of late on the blog posts. Since Ed decided to go rapid fire I haven't been able to keep up. So my easy way out is a combo-post and bang out a few of the cousins memories:
Matt - I grew up with Matt and we got in all kinds of trouble together. The memories are too many to share but I'll give a couple highlights. Matt was always adventurous and looking for company. Sometimes I was "company". One particular time we tried to make parachutes out of 2-3 large garbage bags. We climbed up the tower hooked to their house, probably 25 feet above the ground and jumped for it. In case you didn't already know...yea that plan didn't work out so well.
Matt story #2 - Matt had a creek behind his house and we used to cook up all kinds of stuff back there. It had heavy brush on both sides which is very relevant to this story. We were curious if we could light the creek on fire. So we took tennis ball cans full of gasoline down to the bank and poured it in the creek and threw in a match. The answer is yes, you can light an entire creek on fire. it is a wonder we didn't burn down a city block!
Doug - for the older cousins I don't have as many direct memories and wonder how many "memories" are just stories we've told over the last two decades. I do have one specific memory which may have happened many times over. When we were outside at our house playing something with a ball (a dangerous situation for Doug) he would go inside to go to the bathroom. When we went inside later we would find all our rubix cubes completed and those bi-colored snake things perfectly folded into balls.
Phil - I'm going very recent for Phil. When the cousins recorded our first album we had awesome participation including Phil. After everyone participating through some liquid courage it was Phil's turn to record his solo. Solo's so far that morning had consisted of 1-1.5 takes of marginal to no talent singing and it was a wrap. Well Phil had something else in mind. 45 minutes later we had a professional recording of War Pigs by Black Sabbath. While Dad may think that "screamin' mimi" shit isn't music, it is one of my two most listened to songs on the album. Strong work Phil!
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