Happy 4th to you, too, acey. :-)
Enjoy your bar-b-que and try not to lose your shirt.

ps: Nice graphics.

Wait. . . you were back?

I must've missed it, when I blinked.

Oh well. Happy 4th.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Happy 4th indeed. Smoked Sockeye Salmon, Hamburgers, Ribs, Mom's potato salad, beans, and family at our place. Along with about 20 great friends, including a Navy Chaplain who just got back from Iraq where he was bunked with the Marines in Falluja. He ships out for Okinawa in December, where he will be Chaplain to our oldest son's unit. Cheers!

I had to work today. Now I'm sitting at home all my lonesome :(

I just got back from a weekend of acting as mosquito food, better known as camping in Maine.

But there was meat grilled over fire, so all was good.

No beer, though. It was a state park.

"No beer, though. It was a state park"

List of potential vacation spots:

Maine State Parks

Well, the strikeout tag worked well in preview :)

Hey Dacotti, don't get any salmon on my ribs please.

Happy 4th, ace. Even if u r teh ghey.

Wait, so is "Hoist the Blag Flag" going to become a p*ker show?

To Ace, and his many, many readers:
Happy Independence Day... I hope that your holiday weekend has gone well, and that we continue to reflect on the meaning of this occasion, all throughout the year. God Bless!

Please tell me someone caught the awesome Associated Press article about our Independence Day today. Their historical facts are hilarious. A sampling:

The holiday had special meaning for Andrew Lynch since he moved last year from New Mexico to Baltimore, the city that was the site of Revolutionary War battles, including the attack on Fort Sumter that inspired ''The Star-Spangled
Banner.''

Spot the three things wrong with that paragraph alone.

Is basic American history sooooo difficult for these people on today of all days?

And I'm just drunk enough to misspell my own name. What can I say, it was a great day =)

Full of Chicagoans with heavy accents tossing brats on the grill, drinking Old Style, and throwing American flags in every possible crevice.

I do love this country sometimes.

I see you have used the tag. The HTML police will be "dropping by" shortly.

Coincidentally, I also spent much of my 4th weekend playing Texas Hold 'Em. Down in Atlantic City at the Taj.