INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Happy birthday, America! On this date in A.D. 1776, the human race declared that it would no longer be held under the sway of petty kings and tyrants; that only the consent of the people was a legitimate basis of government; and that if these inalienable rights ("unalienable"? screw you, Jefferson) were not given freely, they would be claimed by force of arms, even if that means a ragtag army from thirteen deeply divided colonies must fight the most powerful empire in the world. Today is America's day, but also a beacon for all the world. Happy birthday, baby, you're still beautiful after 228 years!

While making my dinner last night, I burned the top of my left hand. Geeze, if I was going to burn my hand, I would have preferred to have done it with a firecracker, rather than an oven. Then again, if I burned my hand doing something as simple as baking a frozen pizza, I probably would have blown the damn thing clean off with a firecracker.