A very happy Fourth of July to all my f-list that celebrate it and a lovely weekend to the rest.
Having recently read
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, I have a new appreciation for the significance of this most American of holidays. So enjoy your barbeques and your fireworks (I know I will) and remember the amazing feat that was accomplished in the founding of our country - a democratic revolution that did not "eat it's own children" but rather survived and flourished!