250 years of freedom. How much longer will it last? At least until the “Democratic Socialists” take over. I imagine I’ll be dead by then, thankfully.

Meanwhile, the sands are still dripping from my hourglass, and this is what they saw yesterday:

Just me and Swan for the Friday hike, and we did a nice enough stroll out to Naugsol to get our steps in.

For our Friday evening on the town, I reckoned a trip to the Maze was in order. Back in the day, I hit all six bars in one night. I guess I’m only half the man I used to be because three bars were plenty for me yesterday.

It may not be much, but I’m not complaining.

Back to the May 2020 LTG archives, and I’m still plodding through posts bitching and moaning about the COVID restrictions. They did finally ease things up a tad, allowing some stores to reopen, but not the bars, of course. They also lifted the ban on alcohol sales (for home use only), so I stocked up on several cases of brew. Then there was a big birthday party at my house (an event I didn’t remember until I came across this post). It was a wild and drunken night that could have ended much worse than it did.

In recognition of the 4th of July, I’m offering up TWO musical YouTube videos today. Both are good and funny:

We are on a roll, so let’s keep rollin’:

And there you have it. When is the last time you listened to “Stars and Stripes Forever”? It had been a decade or so for me, so let’s have another listen: