Holiday Travels, Part I

My first stop was Kingston, NY (near Saugerties, Woodstock), for a brief visit with long-time friends, the Brothers Schikowitz. Highlights:

--setting up two drumsets facing each other and battling it out with Ben S.
--The freak accident at their aunt's Xmas party. Apparently, one relative's Passat has a computer chip malfunction and the car went Maximum Overdive alive and insane, hitting everyone's car, including my brother's. He's now got enough insurance money for 1/4 of a new car, as the Passat bulldozed his into a telephone pole (he wasn't in it). When we tried to move the Passat, just turning the engine on almost caused another accident. Now I look at my Jetta sideways.
--Sam S showing me the archery target, which he shoots from his bedroom window. One morning the arrows sizzles through the air and lands in the target, when at once we hear, "You fuckin' assholes, I just let my dog out!"
--Aforementioned dog has a ball on the inside of his leg (see picture).