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Jul. 4th, 2007 09:00 pmToday certainly hasn't gone the way I planned, but might be more satisfying for its lack of structure nonetheless. We planned to go to Riverfront Park in downtown sometime today and watch the fireworks here tonight, but we aren't doing that. (If we had tomorrow off, we probably would, but I don't want to deal with crowds today.) Instead, we've vegged here at home with beer, daiquiris and whiskey/amaretto sours.
Linner was grilled hamburgers and roasted corn. Nummy!
Today was warm, but not A/C warm. However, given that I put the A/C in the window ALL BY MYSELF!!!! Monday, I wanted to check out how well we could stay cool. It requires fans in front of the A/C unit to get the cool air far enough in the room to do any good, but it is helping. Which is a good thing given that tomorrow is supposed to be >100 and Friday is likely to be as well. The kitties appreciated the cooler air. If it didn't work, we would just move downstairs, which seems to stay relatively cool all on its own (which is nice, but I like my king-sized bed - thank you very much!).
Yes, this is a little rambly, but what do you expect after two beers, a brandy-snifter of daiquiri, and a whiskey sour (all since three this afternoon)?
That said, yes, today is Independence Day. Julia and I started the day off with a discussion of Born in the USA and its multitudinous meanings. We focused on how the establishment is ignoring the real issues that faced Vietnam Vets in preference for making us avoid expressing our disapproval of the Iraq War for fear of being thought to not support our troops. My thought is that we learned that lesson and everyone works hard to make sure the troops know they aren't to blame (and are in most ways victimized by the Bush administration) and that we don't think they should have been sent in in the first place. This is a significant enlightenment from the times when troops were spat at/upon by protesters and Jane Fonda lovey-dovey-ed it with the Viet Cong (I don't support or agree with either behavior, but our protestations were immature and still developing our consciousness). Now we have protesters demanding that our troops are brought safely home and our economic interests not drive our military policy.
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Linner was grilled hamburgers and roasted corn. Nummy!
Today was warm, but not A/C warm. However, given that I put the A/C in the window ALL BY MYSELF!!!! Monday, I wanted to check out how well we could stay cool. It requires fans in front of the A/C unit to get the cool air far enough in the room to do any good, but it is helping. Which is a good thing given that tomorrow is supposed to be >100 and Friday is likely to be as well. The kitties appreciated the cooler air. If it didn't work, we would just move downstairs, which seems to stay relatively cool all on its own (which is nice, but I like my king-sized bed - thank you very much!).
Yes, this is a little rambly, but what do you expect after two beers, a brandy-snifter of daiquiri, and a whiskey sour (all since three this afternoon)?
That said, yes, today is Independence Day. Julia and I started the day off with a discussion of Born in the USA and its multitudinous meanings. We focused on how the establishment is ignoring the real issues that faced Vietnam Vets in preference for making us avoid expressing our disapproval of the Iraq War for fear of being thought to not support our troops. My thought is that we learned that lesson and everyone works hard to make sure the troops know they aren't to blame (and are in most ways victimized by the Bush administration) and that we don't think they should have been sent in in the first place. This is a significant enlightenment from the times when troops were spat at/upon by protesters and Jane Fonda lovey-dovey-ed it with the Viet Cong (I don't support or agree with either behavior, but our protestations were immature and still developing our consciousness). Now we have protesters demanding that our troops are brought safely home and our economic interests not drive our military policy.
S