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22:44 - Explosions will find a way
http://66.135.33.181/~btman/Fireworks/Fireworks.html
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Ahh, suburban California life.
These pictures were taken from a sidewalk a block from my house, pointing in all different directions as each pyrotechnic went off, each from any of at least ten different discrete locations within the residential sprawl. Backyard displays, in other words: pretty impressive ones at that. You can bet the people putting them on had smuggled the firecrackers in from Nevada or Arizona or Mexico, because they're sure not available around here. And judging by the people who kept walking by me alone or in pairs, with U.S. flag t-shirts and glasses of wine, and stopping to make small talk and enjoy the impromptu show that needed no organizers or traffic controls or announcers or (heaven forfend) fire control, one can hardly help but think that at least some people around here have that old-time spirit.
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Brian Tiemann
