fireworks
November 4, 2009
- Remember, remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.While in the USA fireworks are a big part of July 4th celebrations, across the pond in England, tomorrow November 5th the skies will be filled with aerial explosions.Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated in Britain annually on November 5th. The event ...
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July 13, 2009
- With summer here and the days warming up to the extent that I want to rush out and jump in a lake to cool down, my thoughts have turned to 18th century boating parties on the Sumida River in Edo (now Tokyo). A multitude of prints were produced depicting men, women and children enjoying sunny summer days travelling up and down the Sumida River in pleasure barges, drinking sake, listening to ...
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July 5, 2009
- Yesterday, as everyone knows, was July fourth. While not everyone celebrates it, we Americans do. Although this year because of economic reasons many communities have cut back or eliminated fireworks. Not so where I live. Perhaps because it is the bicentennial year of our city, we had awesome fireworks. They set them off by the river's edge about a quarter mile from where our sailboat ...
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July 5, 2009
- It's a good thing I never write at night. Especially last night, what with all the bombs bursting in air, sparklers, boomers, screamers, and zingers going off in all directions, until all hours. There hasn't been an offcial July 4th fireworks program in my town for decades, and shooting them off at home is, of course, illegal, but that doesn't stop the scofflaws in my unincorporated part ...
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July 3, 2009
- Yesterday, I wrote a fairly long blog about why we celebrate Independence Day. I figured it would be my final blog of the week, but when I finished, something didn't feel right. It's sitting in my draft folder now, unused.It took me some time to figure out just what it was that I wasn't comfortable with. I'd written patriotic blogs before, thanking our veterans and extolling the virtues of the ...
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August 11, 2008
- Belle, tells us that China wouldn't perpetrate this deception intentionally.http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/olympic-fireworks-digitally-faked-449304
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July 6, 2008
- On this day in San Francisco, I woke once again feeling it hard to breathe from smoke in the air. The weekend had been a happy one. I spent the 4th calling family and old friends, and in the evening, I went over to a party at the home of Gary, a friend of Larry French, the distinguished editor of wellesnet.org. We sat, drinking wine, beer, and soft drinks, eating hot dogs, in his enclosed ...
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