July 04, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
This is where I will be tonight, in the bluest big city in a red, red state. Happy Fourth, you guys.
What ya doin’ today?
And an amusing reminder of how America is seen worldwide, now that Trump says they aren’t laughing at us now.
Thanks to SGray for the heads up.
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Those were funny and so spot on. Then the reality sets in with the tears.
1Happy Fourth to Mr. & Mrs. B, your fine family and all of your friends here at the WMDBS. A belated congratulations for your Astros victory the other evening; quite the late inning come back over those Damn Yankees.
Ouch. The burn. Uncle Freddie’s English is now on par with his American patriotism. His patriotism is perfect. He understands all parts of the US Constitution as no snacilbupeR ever will. Fred has taken full charge of the festivities for tonight, our booze supply and my barbecue, up to and including my secret barbecue sauce recipe. But the erudite clever wit had the final word to all my nanny jokes. (hey in my defense, our boys love him.) But really “your lordship”? Bit sharp, eh? ;D
2Happy Fourth to everyone! I’ve warned our new Japanese-American neighbor about the city’s fireworks down by the lake, so maybe she won’t hide under a bed the way our cats do.
I would not consider the Daily Mail a reliable news source, but some of the cartoons were great. I just don’t understand what those books are doing in the winning cartoon, since Donnie doesn’t read, unless they’re books telling him how wonderful and rich he is.
3Happy Birthday, USA! You are 241 years young. Compared to the ancient countries elsewhere in the world, we are still in pre-school. But for such newbies, we whupped the largest and best trained army in the entire world to get where we are and then a little over 200 years after that we put a man on the moon. Prodigious, that. But here we are still struggling over bread and butter economics and insisting that health care is a right, not a product. One of these days we will understand that fear and bravery come from the same point. Its all in how you look at them and how you react.
4Happy 4th! For one day, ignore all the stress and celebrate what’s good about the country.
5Not doin’ much. Will make steaks for dinner, then DH & I will lL drive to a nearby golf course to watch fireworks from the southern suburbs.
For those of you who don’t follow Stephen Colbert on Twitter, you should check him out. He asked his followers to send pictures of where they’re spending the 4th, and has retweeted 100’s of their responses from all over the country. Here’s one from Dallas. https://twitter.com/hannahwanebo/status/881686725138972672
It’s a wonderful reminder of how beautiful and precious this land of ours is, and why it’s so important that we keep fighting for it.
6Casa Micr is officially “empty” after my last at home chile married recently. So my little bride and I are planning a relatively quiet July 4th after missing the local fireworks extravaganzas which were held July 3rd! Hot dogs, pork and beans, and a few watermelon slices round out the low key menu.
7Way up here in the far north, fireworks are kind of pointless in the summertime, especially with 20 hours of daylight. Fireworks in Alaska are best saved for New Years.
8Our family and friends will be going to the Talkeetna Parade. Better not leave after they parade by, as they will turn around at the end of Main Street and parade by again, giving you the opportunity to see the other side of the floats.
If we are lucky we might get the chance to see Stubbs the cat, the unofficial mayor.
Everyone have a pleasant 4th of July.
Rhea, I wondered about those books too. On closer inspection they look like old fashioned accounting ledgers. Especially with the dollar bills being used as bookmarks.
Everyone have a Happy Fourth
9Hugs, fireworks and hot dogs–and corn on the cob would be good, too. We are, as always, reading–some better, some not so good. The cartoons are beautifully rendered.
10Coprolite: if you are in Talkeetna, it’s only fair to give you warning. I know the town is used to flocks of tourons, but this is different. This weekend the world-famous Gravel Bar Dance will swarm through Talkeetna twice: Saturday to catch the Hurricane train run north to Curry, Sunday returning to Talkeetna by raft down the Susitna. Last year’s float was 95 people. Open seat on my raft if you’re interested.
11Happy Independence Day to y’all! Last night I joined with a couple hundred old hippie/liberal types at a potluck picnic listening to a jam including guitars, a variety of drums, dulcimers, violins, stand up bass, flute, and other stuff. They played mostly 60s and old folk songs. There was lots of singing along, beer, mead, and other assorted merriment. It was a fun celebration of all the good stuff about this great country.
HOORAY FOR AMERICA!!!
12OUR Richmond on the North SF Bay, celebrates with fireworks on the 3rd. San Francisco holds its fireworks on the Fourth, tonite, BUT fog is predicted over their show.
13So last night, a gazillion people drove to Richmond to see our show. REALLY bad traffic jam for a couple miles from the scene of the fireworks.
Happy Fourth, Juanita Jean!
14Just a reminder that our pets don’t get the same kick out of the fireworks that we do. All the animal rescue outfits have warned that tonight is when so many dogs, especially, run away or get very frightened. Luckily, my beagle sleeps right through it, but keeping them inside with the TV or music on helps them.
15Happy 4th to all of you AND your pets.
Slipstream, have a great time, stay dry and keep an eye out for bears. I have participated in some of the lesser known gravel bar dances in my years and have fond memories. I will keep an eye and ear out for a flotilla of rafts and extreme happiness expressed with laughter and song.
16Today’s Denver Post had a 10 question quiz from a University on the Declaration of Independence. See if you can find it and take it. I only got 8 right. [Didn’t “study up” for it in advance. Took it cold.]
17Slipstream, on second thought about bears,
18With 50 + people the bears will have left long
before your arrival. Have fun!
Bears? Not when there be pirates about. Harrrrrr.
19Rhea, I, too, was puzzled by the books in the winning cartoon, knowing that the Spam-faced pseudo-president is not known for his quest for information. I have concluded that those are just a few of the remaindered copies of his ghost-written books.
20Great Fourth here! Got a lot done inside and out and when I dropped into the sack I was really bushed. Put head on pillow. For a sec I almost thought that doing so had set off all the fireworks in the neighborhood. Plenty of low key bargain basement stuff type fireworks but holy cow! A neighbor 2 doors down had the spectacular extravaganza package that lasted half an hour and had my windows vibrating and strange shadows dancing on the walls due to the exceptional sudden brightness of certain rockets. No red glare, though. And it all stopped the minute I went to sleep. Hope y’all had as good a time as I did.
21Had a great 4th…first in the kazoo band on the local Democratic Party float (always a great hoot!), then burgers and slaw and tomatoes grown on the back deck, then with fireworks from the grocery store.
As someone who grew up in a state where sparklers were the only things legal on the 4th, this was my first time EVER lighting fuses….and we were thoroughly entertained by fountains of colors, sparkles, and pops. It was good to focus on something other than the mess in DeeCee for a day!
22Larry –
Wow, 8, huh? I only got 6. But some of it was pretty arcane. And I missed #10, which was a trick question. Though so obvious, I could have kicked myself after.
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