Because 'Murica!
"One of the great things about books is that sometimes there are some fantastic pictures" - President George W Bush
Happy Birthday America.
Ever been to Buc-ees? For those of you from Texas, understand that this question is not for you.
The reason I bring it up is that they recently opened one up in Springfield. Naturally we had to go. Well, actually we went to the farmers market in Branson the other day and the wife decided that we should totally drop by Buc-ee’s to make the trip a bit better. As it turns out, early July is a bit early to be picking up produce for canning. Besides, the only folks who had really anything were the Amish….and you know they don’t take plastic.
But, I digress….
For those of you who aren’t from Texas, or have never been to Texas allow me to elaborate. Imagine if you took a massive truck stop and put a Wal-Mart inside. And a Barbeque joint. And a jerky stand. Seriously, its like a 10000 square foot store full of shit you never even knew you needed. And the merchandise.
They get a little carried away. I mean anything you can imagine from t-shirts to stickers, to cat clothes, to underwear can be had with the Buc-ee Beaver emblazoned on it is for sale there.
There is food too. The brisket sandwich is freaking awesome. It’s the best gas station food I’ve ever had.
Oh. My. God. Magnum.
Seriously, y’all should check it out if you are ever in Texas, or one of their other fine locations.
So, as you all know Thursday is the 4th of July. For those of you who have been educated in the California public school system I’ll elaborate a bit on what that means. This means that at one time the colonists decided that paying taxes was for suckers and that when “the man” came to collect their rifles and CANNONS they said “lol no” and shot them.
“Stay strapped, or get clapped” - George Washington (probably)
This year my daughter and I have a new tradition. We decided that about the most American thing we can do is to shoot a Brit. Them Limeys are a threat to freedom. Just kidding… I’ll print out a few pictures of the King, and we will go to the range. I suspect my ancestors would be proud.
We also decided that the best way to celebrate the 4th (besides popping a cap in ‘ol Charles) is to use copious amounts of Chinese made fireworks. I mean what can go wrong with low order explosives made by slave labor in a country that we are actively trying to start a war with…am I right?
In the free-ish state of Missouri, the sky is the limit when it comes to class 4D explosives! They have actual brick and mortar stores open all year around to sell you all the fireworks your little heart (and wallet) can handle. So we loaded up a bit. Try that in California. Or Washington.
We will spend the day shooting effigies of so called “royals”, eating barbeque, blowing stuff up, swimming ‘cause it’s hot as shit here, and hopefully sleeping peacefully in our home with the AC on - all fingers intact.
I guess that’s about all I got this week. Y’all have a great sedition day, and remember once the fuse is lit, the fireworks are no longer your friend.
