emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson

"It began humbly, as [a] scripting language used by Solon to deliver the laws of Athens." mmmm, literary geek synthesis….

"Let me be clear: I have no beef with firecrackers or bottle rockets or Roman candles or anything else that one might set off in one's cousin's backyard." my opinion is precisely the opposite of the author's. I love fireworks displays, but in the neighborhood? not so much. one year in Tacoma, it was like a freaking war zone. fireworks going on CONTINUALLY from the middle of the afternoon until about 4 or 5 the next morning.