For us in the United States it is, of course, Independence Day, a time to spend a minute or two thinking about our freedoms, our country, and the cost of obtaining & defending them. (Thanks for your service, Steve, and ditto for all of your comrades in arms!) Then we get down to the serious business of BBQ, parades, the beach, baseball, more BBQ, and fireworks!
We’ll be getting our share of all of that at the Angels game tonight in Anaheim, thanks to a pair of tickets my daughters got for me for Father’s Day last month. Thanks, Kat & Michi!
I’m sure there will be fireworks pictures to show for it. The Angels always put on one of the better fireworks shows just for their normal “Big Bang Fridays” shows, and they really pour it on for the Fourth. I’ve got some new things to try as far as fireworks photography goes, so watch here next week to see how it goes.
In conclusion, my favorite quote of the day (from memory, so it might not be 100.000% correct) is from an English punk rocker dude who was talking on Sirius Radio this morning about a July 4th concert. He said, “We don’t celebrate on the Fourth, we mourn, since we won the silver medal in the War of Independence.” What an interesting mixed metaphor!
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 
Independence Day was spent at Westercon in Sacramento at the San Diego in 2015 party. Great views of fireworks from the 12th floor of the con hotel. The night ended with a 40 minute blackout.
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I’m glad Westercon turned out well! It would have been fun to be there, but we were just up in Sacramento two weeks earlier for Kat’s graduation at UC Davis. We’ll get back to Westercon one of these years.
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