Happy Fourth Of July!

Today is the Fourth of July, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a day of fireworks, parades, picnics, and a new tradition - an extremely long speech by Donald Trump on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. "just to show that I can do anything," as he put it a few days ago. Oh joy! Meanwhile, here in Denver, fireworks will be taking place at Coors Field after the game tonight between the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants. And I am featuring - not for the first time - a photograph of the fireworks at that ballpark that I took back in 2021. As I recall, I spent a long time waiting for those fireworks to begin - it was like watching paint dry. And so instead of going through all that again, I am just using this photograph instead. Let's face it - one fireworks display looks like any other. Can you really tell that this photograph was taken 5 years ago and not after the Rockies game last night? I didn't think so. Just enjoy all those fireworks and parades and ballgames and Trump's extremely long speech (scheduled for 9:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Savings Time). Which reminds me - what ever happened to the legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent? I thought it was a done deal. This is so unlike our elected representatives to let things slide like this. Oh well, what the hell. Happy Fourth of July anyway!