For those of you who tuned in last time:

I am still not a lava monster. Sorry, there is still no progress in the waiting list for lava related party performances or village destructions.

In other news, Ben's fourth of July party was quite exquisite. There were burgers. There were hot dogs. The ice cream melted in the cooler, but it was there too, man. There was even tons of beer and this crazy tofu curry with day lilies in it. Eating flowers under the twilight sky is almost as fun as blowing things up. There was plenty of that too. Ben and Amir bought two mortars, so we had some real professional quality fireworks. I brought some stuff too, as did Seth of the Seth and Stephanie connection. Many a roman candle shooting contest was held. James and I practiced some archery in the dark. A fire was built. A lady brought a dog who wasn't afraid of nothing, least of all the endless explosions going off all around it. No one walked through plate glass. It was a good night.