Just when things are going your way...

I feel for London.

A mere 24 hours ago, they were the victorious bid for the 2012 Olympics, beating out longtime city rival, Paris. And then this morning, they get hit by some of the worst terrorist attacks since Spain last year.

With the various underground lines out, I'm sure this attack will have effects weeks from now.

A former co-worker e-mailed and said that thanks to her tardy decorator, she avoided one of the mishaps. By the time she went to catch the underground to get to work, they had closed all of the lines.

Happy 4th! (Even the fireworks are PC...)

Hope everyone had a nice 4th of July!

I was watching the Macy's 4th of July fireworks and it was quite a lovely show. Excellent music and a gorgeous 30 minute fireworks show that totally outshined the show last night here in Chicago.

I couldn't help but notice though that the audience make-up was VERY carefully thought out. The camera panned over the audience and you could see that there was quite an even-handed mix of people. Some Asians, some African Americans, a couple of people of obvious Middle Eastern descent, the requisite military personnel (from all of the branches of course.) It was almost too perfect a mix actually. The camera made a point of stoppine on each "group" of people. I missed the first part of the show, so I wasn't sure if maybe this was planned and if the makeup of the audience was specified or not.

Ah, well... despite that, or maybe because of it, it was a lovely patriotic display to celebrate the birth of our nation!

Happy Birthday to the USA!