Fireworks on the Fourth
July 4th, 2006Happy fourth of July, everyone. May all your days be filled with joy, fireworks and fun. On this day five years ago, I split my right index finger open by accident, and had to have my tendons surgically repaired, and then I needed rehab for my right hand. However, I grew bored with the slow pace of rehab, and rehabbed myself at home three times as quick as what they told me it would take. That is my personal anecdote of the day (note: don’t expect that to become a daily thing). It’s a busy day for me, as every fourth is for every American, but I’ve still got to weigh in on a couple of things.
North Korea test-fired missiles again, the first test since 1998, and it comes as no surprise to me, or anyone, really, as this has been expected for weeks, at the least. Stephen Hadley labeled the tests by their obvious name, “Provocative,” and that’s about it. The long-range missile apparently failed, and that is about the end of it. It doesn’t appear to me that the Bush Administration is going to set fireworks off in the direction of Pyongyang, and that’s how it should be. Let’s stay calm with this. It’s just a test, after all, and an attempt to get attention by the Norkean Madonna. (”Norkean” is a word I created for North Korean.)
The next thing I wanted to talk about today is this, the news that an asteroid nearly collided with the Earth. Let’s keep that in mind whenever we’re about to solve a problem. Go outside, at the beach, down a hill, and look at all the rocks. They’ve been here for thousands of years. We’re just passing through. Take time to be happy and calm, and have a safe holiday.