"Ann Coulter may have committed 'treason' against conservative good taste. But she's done the rest of us a favor. She has exposed the often empty semantic difference between the 'responsible' right and its supposed 'fringe'."

"The business of the American people today is business,' he says. 'What you're seeing is a winner-take-all society. And the losers are not doing what Marx predicted — overthrowing the owners of the means of production — but are turning inward, hurting themselves through addiction and drugs, or turning outward toward violence."

I (we) arrived here one year ago today. Abby, Becca and Erica will arrive Tuesday night. And Joe is still here for his Washington vacation. He's been catching fish his buddies have been unable to. I think he flies out tomorrow. He and I went to the Green River on Monday and that night I accompanied Lee and her neice and nephew to the theater to see the pirate movie. It was nice to be in the hills/mountains again and to be on the river. Joe has had a most excellent visit.

read this about sea junk.

Not that I understand what this means, but I like reading Sonya's writing.

And what to do now in Iraq.

Does anyone know why fighter jets were cruising over Seattle today?

Read about Sonya's "ultimate glory of vinyl."

"White House Hurdles Delay 9/11 Commission Investigation"

"...it is Washington’s intention to retain a large US military presence in Iraq in the long term, for a decade at least."

I went to the Wooden Boats Festival on lower Lake Union yesterday. I'll link to the pictures later when I can get them to appear on my screen. Here is the link to the Natman pictures.

I walked down to Marymoor to see the fireworks this evening. I even cooked my meal on the grill. No burgers or dogs though; sockeye salmon, potatoes and vegetables.

Here are some pictures of the mowers we use. I know, big deal. Happy 4th all. I have four days off. I'll do some running today and I'll go to see whether Safeway is open and still running their sale on King salmon. On the way home from work yesterday I stopped in to see Lee in Issaquah and stayed for pizza and movies. We watched The Hours and The Ring. Two movies about unstable people and water. Nicole Kidman was perfect and The Ring had a good ghost story. When I was ready to ride home I found out that the low beam of my bike's headlight went out sometime yesterday. I'll have to get a new one tomorrow.