Last night, I went to a barbecue/party at the house of my supervisor at the radio station.

I arrived with five out of a six bottle pack of Fat Tire, and a bag of broken glass, that in a previous life - that is 10 minutes before - had been the sixth bottle.

Stupidly I was driving along with the cardboard holder on the front passenger seat of my truck. I was heading north on Logan, and at the junction with 18th St, some asshole decided to run a red light, right across my path.

Naturally, I did an emergency stop - no small feat in a vehicle such as mine*, and involves getting you the driver, and as many passengers as possible, to all stand on the break pedal at the same time.

Rudimentary physics being what they are, this sudden decrease in acceleration, caused the momentum to be carried forward - by the bottles of Fat Tire - who all departed the cardboard holder, to land in the foot well. As I've said, there was only one casualty, but boy did he make a mess. Shards of glass and the full 12oz of beer.

So the party/BBQ was mighty fine. There were a lot of people I knew there, which made for a relaxing time. It's not my practice to name names here, so I won't. Suffice to say that there were a whole bunch of folk from KUVO, both on and off-air staff. There were a few other people I know there, including a local jazz pianist, and plenty of beer!

The food was absolutely wonderful, and all cooked by a well-known ex-KUVO DJ. His Cilantro Chicken was, for me, the best.

Well, we stayed, ate, drank and chatted for quite a few hours. The back porch of the house was nice and cool with a gentle breeze.

After a while, someone brought out a pair of (what I'd call) tom-tom drums, and then another person brought out a taller (3ft tall) drum and they jammed a while. The pianist got out one of those instruments you blow that has a keyboard, and a second set of tom-toms, or bongos or whatever appeared. It ended up with the drums being swapped around, and even I was asked to play!

If there was ever any question that I had no rhythm... I think I pretty much confirmed it.

*The Mercury Mountaineer - which is really the 'posh' version of the Ford Explorer, with all the extras.

The Mountaineer's stopping distance is about four feet longer than that of the Space Shuttle