Happy Birthday America

Friday was 4th of July, and, really, who doesn't like to watch explosions? We just used it as an excuse to go out for a night walk, we made our way down to the Emeryville Marina - about 2 mile walk, not as far as the Berkeley marina (where they were having a summerfest, which we went to last year with my brother Greg and family). It was so foggy, we could barely see some of the glow from the San Fran show, and just few lit-up clouds North in Berkeley. Not a disappointment, as I said, it was a reason to get out. On the way back, there seemed to be a whole lot of fireworks displays going on in weird areas in Berkeley and Oakland. Well, at least there were no reports about fires, and it is pretty extreme fire season here...
So, in the last couple days before the big event. I'm sure I'll write up a more in-depth exploration of my thoughts & experience. But it's most exciting to think of the array of people who'll be there from all walks of our life.
Movies & music quikpiks - the new Coldplay album (produced by Brian Eno) is really good, Wall-E was excellent & quite adventurous for the level of family movie it was conveying.