It is that special time of year to celebrate our country’s birthday by blowing off a limb, burning down a house, blinding a child, torching a car… or perhaps actually dying for the cause. In the pursuit of our inner six-year-old child, let’s annoy our neighbors, frighten our pets, and keep firefighters and ER staff busy cleaning up after our search for the bang.
Week? You’re lucky. In my neck of the woods, we have fireworks 3 times a week, all year long. It gets worse for New Year’s, Chinese New Year’s, 4th of July and sports finals.