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I always feel very uneasy when I see an Asian person walking around wearing one of those medical masks over their face. I get the feeling that they know something I don’t…other than math, that is.

This morning on the Today Show, they were doing the usual “4th of July is coming, so be very careful with fireworks” bit. They had all these dummies set up with all kinds of fireworks in their dummy hands to show the viewers what would happen if they held onto the explosives for too long. They had the usual hands getting blown up and all that, but they saved the best for last today. They had a dummy all set up with one of those joints that shoots way up in the air and explodes into joy and joyness in the sky. This particular dummy had made the unfortunate decision to look down at the lit firework. It exploded, took off and blew his fucking head off. Matt and Meredith were both like, “Oh boy, you don’t want o see that” and “That is very uncomfortable to watch.”

But you know what, that is what July 4th is all about. A few people may get hurt very badly or have their heads taken off by Mega Roman Candles, but it is all worth it. America deserves the bright colors and loud exlplosions in the night sky even…nah, especially if people will be killed or maimed for it. America was built on the backs of dead Irish, German, Italian, Chinese and Black (Well, they were slaves) Immigrants. So how dare you take away the rights of idiot middle Americans and dimwitted Southerners to have their faces melted off by a “California Boom Dog” or a “Thuderfire Crunch Berry.” Benjamin Franklin did not die face down in the mud on Christmas Eve at Gettysburg during the bombing of Pearl Harbor for nothing! So fucking put on your American flag tee shirt, have a beer, light some stupid shit and thank God in America heaven that you live where you live!

Peral Jam played Madison Square Garden last night and it got me thinking about music in the 90’s in general. It is funny how Pearl Jam was able to kind of find their nitch nowadays as like a Grateful Dead type band that tours like crazy, but never has a hit on the radio anymore. I mean, I’m sure they aren’t hurting for cash. They were one of the biggest bands in the world when they were going really well. So good for them; I always really liked the song “Daughter.” I also thought about how weird it would be if Kurt Cobain never killed himself. I wonder if Nirvana would still be making records or if Kurt would have gone off on his own to make solo records with babies crying, little screeching sounds and other wacky shit going on? I have a feeling Dave Grohl would have been like, “I gotta get outta this band and try to enjoy my life.” I’m sure Krist Novoselic would still be bald and all looking like he lived in the woods though. I guess we’ll never know.

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