Somber Events at the Home

This post is dedicated to a brave little hamster and the death of an even more courageous piece of BOX lore, the Gettysburg DVD. On March 23, 2008 our abode was blessed with the introduction of Harriet Tubman, the house hamster. After living a life full of drug experimentation and alcohol abuse, she pushed through it all and survived for 16 months. She spent her final days living free and unimpeded in the basement. Her unfortunate demise in the washing machine was certainly the best and only way that she should have exited life. She was buried in a Miller High Life box in the front yard yesterday to the tune of Amazing Grace. Many showed up for the funeral dressed in formal mourning attire and others in celebratory silly festive attire. Yet, the Wetness truly gave a magnificent sermon as he was dressed in a full blown priest outfit-all black with the white strip at the collar. His speech was both honorary of the hamster's life and realistic in how much of a bitch she was in life. Harriet Tubman rests in bum corner of the BOX house (at least until a raccoon digs her up and consumes the remainder of her body).

Sadder yet, a staple of BOX tailgates has fallen. The Gettysburg DVD that played on our TV during every tailgate in the fall died. It brought people together, it made us laugh, it made us remember American heroes, it made us see Sam Elliot for the man he really is. Zola and I made it up to General Hethe's charge on General Buford's position (I know a great spot in the film) when: UNABLE TO READ DISC appeared on the screen. I know that you all must be very distraught about the death of such a fine DVD, but rest assured by the time tailgate season rolls around in 6 weeks or so a new Gettysburg DVD will have been purchased. In the meantime, try to show the same fortitude Colonel Chamberlain did on Little Round Top.