Happy Birthday to one of the top three nations (not counting the indigenous ones) in North America. 237 years ago, our founding fathers and their slaves aspired to form a more perfect union. Today, we aspire to be Canada. Or I do, anyway. Not that Canada is perfect (they’re not all that great with their First Peoples either, for one thing), but they at least seem to kill a lot less of each other and they have health care and stuff.
Not much going on around here today. It’s too hot and humid to do more than jump in the pool every now and again (my wife appears to have aspirations of doing some stuff, but I can’t really see myself cooperating much).
On the bright side, my right foot, while not perfect is much improved. On the not so bright side, the Achilles tendon on my left leg is inflamed for some reason, and my whole foot is swollen and in pain. Better today (by the end of the day yesterday, I could barely walk), but just walking around a little has it stiffening up. Kinda sucks. By the time they let me retire, I’ll probably be completely crippled.
Anyhow, enjoy the day today, try not to blow your fingers off with fireworks, and get ready to get back to work tomorrow. Well, I have to work tomorrow, anyway. At least it’s home work day.
That clip brings back such unhappy memories. At one time, service in the Peace Corps was considered an alternative but eventually they didn’t have enough bodies for their war. I had a friend drafted as he was working for the PC in Ethiopia. He sent me a paper target, full of bullet holes, on which he wrote of some officers reacting with glee and venom to the death of Robert Kennedy. I still have it.
The local newspaper does a man on the street question every week. This week it was “What does patriotism mean to you?” One man said “Be a good citizen and respect the rights of others.” But, the other 2 men said, “Freedom.” What the hell does that mean? There is lots of patriotism in North Korea. Does that mean they’re free?
In Texas, Perry vetoed a bill that would outlaw texting while driving. He thought that was too much of an infringement on one’s freedom, unlike a forced ultrasound.
But, I guess a good fireworks display will make it all right…especially with some martial music.
I luvs my freedumb.
Freedumb isn’t free.
Possibly the smartest thing I’ve heard all day.
Ok, do you have gout? Painful feet can ruin your day.
So Scalia’s priest/son doesn’t believe gay folks are real, proving that mean people produce little mean people.
Stupid, uninformed people produce stupid, uniformed offspring.
I thought about gout, as my dad used to get that. I went to a foot guy a few years ago, and he did a blood test and I didn’t show high levels of uric acid then. I don’t really eat meat (especially organ meat, the thought of which I find quite disgusting). I do drink probably too much beer, so that could be a contributing factor. Mostly, I think it’s just inflammation/tendinitis type stuff.
I am going to see a 50th reunion of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band this weekend. Ouch! Just remembered that roxie was a fellow fan.
🙁 :gate:
:omg:
That was pretty nifty.