Happy Today-is-Really-a-Friday Posbang
Mates,
With the July 4th holiday tomorrow, today is most folks' Friday for a glorious summer weekend and to celebrate the greatest country ever conceived by man. I copy the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence here to honor those brave and visionary founders:
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
So What will your 4th of July celebration look like?
playing?
I know you weren't asking me, but...Shepherd's Hollow in Clarkston on Sunday. Ever been? I haven't but heard it's a very nice track.
are very few courses in Michigan, or at least the Detroit Metropolitan area, that are better than Shepherd's Hollow. It is very manageable from the middle tees but if you play it from the tips you may leave with low self-esteem. Couple peices of advice. Don't drink. It costs like 90 bucks to play the course and if you are going to pay it you might as well give it your best shot. Save the beer for Heather Highlands. Also, make sure you don't have a "to-do" list that is scheduled to begin 4 hours after you tee off. Shepherd's is awesome but it gets a ton of play on weekends and does not move all that well. Pack your patience and enjoy the scenery, because it will not be a quick round. That being said, it is one of the best golfing experiences around here.
You guys were right...it was a great course. I was playing it on 4 hours of sleep after a wedding Saturday night, so it ate me alive (from the blue tees) for the first 6 holes. Got my stuff together and played pretty well coming in. We played 10 - 18 to start (beautiful finishing hole) and then 1 - 9.
If that course was in the Chicago area it'd be $200. Great value for $85, from that perspective.
Those greens though...damn.
followed by hopefully a calm weekend. Family coming in from out of town, so beer, pool time, a big pulled pork on the smoker and I have to work in a 3.5 hour bike ride in there somewhere (half Ironman in two weeks...ugh).
Enjoy your 4th everybody!
my boss is letting us out 2 hrs early!!!
I let myself out yesterday.
We can still bang again tomorrow, right?
today, july 3, is just one day closer to the beginning of football season!
The Tour finally starts Saturday (the way many on this board love the WC, I love the TdF despite the fact that it's French).
Won't have access to a smoker or kettle grill so no real q-ing, but maybe a couple flank steaks w/chimichuri.
Enjoying my kids. And my girlfriend whom I've introduced to the kids after seeing her for 9 months and things seem fine.
My idiot uncle's sketchy fireworks display.
A bluegill fry.
Beer.
3 good days.
of those smallies about this time last year, in the shallows not too far from where you'll be fishing. a big hen on her beds. i have swum in a lot of different places, but that is the only time something ever bit me.
have a safe 4th.
I'm going to be in the same area tomorrow, for a little while. That sounds like something I'd like to check out (though the family will likely roll their collective eyes).
Tour de France, starts Saturday.
BEER
Marching in a parade and saying thank you to every Veteran I meet. We are so blessed to be Americans.
(Also Beer and Fireworks).
Heading up to Northern Michigan...along with what seems like the rest of the state.
Watch world cup quarterfinal games with kids, go hiking in state parks, find some fireworks display. In the evening have a few cold ones, and play some guitar.
All that sounded pretty lame when I was younger. Now it sounds pretty frickin' awesome. Happy Independence Day!
Fireworks over the ocean at my folks' place in CT, with my sons and my girl. Been going to that display on the Sound since I was 3 and it's still awesome.
Then grillin' and drinkin' and swimmin' and ...
to my office right now as they practice, that as they come streaking by you can't hear them until they are virtually on top of us and then past at nearly the speed of sound. looking out the office window as they go by, work is not going to last long today....
Embarking in just a few minutes for our epic Michigan road trip. First stop is Hell...last stop is Paradise....and GR, TC, Mackinac and more in between.
Feel free to party at our house while we're gone.
See you next week!
Very thoughtful of you to leave those spare keys in their regular spot!
BTW, when are you planning on being back so we can clean up the debris/repair the damage and/or bail out before you return?
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flying off to paris.
but luckily, city planners in detroit had no idea that independence day was july 4 and not june 23, so i got the celebrations out of the way a couple weeks ago...
Good luck and thank you for your service.
Godspeed!
Try to stay safe.
Going to Gonzo's Bigg Dogg brew in Kalamazoo with all the fam, then lakehouse at Gun Lake all weekend for some beer, water volleyball tourny, beer, skiing, beer, swimming, beer, tubbing, beer, tieing up the boats with friends and watching the fireworks with lots of beer! then on Sunday ending with bloody marys and crawing in the dark man cave... 'MERICA! Happy 4th ya'll!
Yup, fireworks for days.
First 4th of July all three of my Daughters will be out of town or away-just wife and I.
A part of me wants to cry and another wants to party.
Beer and BBQ on Friday, followed by watching the Tour de France Saturday and Sunday. Just offset the unAmericaness of watching a French cycling event on 4th of July weekend, I will likely find some time to light off fireworks and shoot some guns as well. 'Murica, fuck yeah!
Since I was a wee lad, I've always helped set up for a big celebration on the 4th of July. It is a welcome couple of days of completely mindless labor with good friends and good scotch. Have some fun and keep it safe!
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Did I forget anything?