I hope your festivities went as smoothly (and non-physical-beating-for-talking/arguing-politics) as mine did.
Except for those of you that went to bed early. But, it really is late, so, you were probably better off.

Me: What time is it there?
The Canadian-Down-Under: Uh, it’s about 2 in the afternoon, 2008.
The Partner: Wow, it’s like time travel.
Me: We’re talkin’ to the future!

Some nights, you really should carry your camera with you, no matter how cumbersome it may be.

The Partner and I are currently at the coffee shop, enjoying this beautiful July day (no humidity for once!). There’s a dude sitting next to us, repeating “I hate so many people here [at the coffee shop]” in his conversation, a freshly married acquaintance is here, folks are reading, talking, smoking, drinking.
I sit watching [...]