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This post was interrupted by fireworks

I heard the thwump thwump thwump of fireworks launching so I went out to see what I could see. Turns out, the whole Boston fireworks show was visible from my deck. Do you know what the biggest difference (presumably aside from the budget) between big city and small town fireworks is? Car alarms. Yes, the pyrotechnic roars and booms are accompanied by the moronic wailing of automobiles in pseudo-distress in the city. (I don’t know that we even bothered to lock the car when we went to see the fireworks when I was a kid.) At least in Boston after the finale, you’ve got boats in the harbor sounding off, that sounds better than the alarms. Vaguely purposeful, and not nearly as disturbing to my cats.

I was mostly unplugged this holiday weekend. That’s right, I was offline and outdoors, and I have the pictures to prove it.

Logging off from time to time is a good idea — one I understand in theory more than I put into practice. Since I had this pesky pain in my hand at the end of the week, it was an even better idea to (mostly) stay away from the keyboard for four days.

Though I will admit that tonight was my second fireworks show of the weekend — I logged in to Second Life to watch fireworks on Canada Day. I think I have a screenshot to prove that too, but I bet you believe me without the photographic evidence.