History Lesson

-Dad, whats the satue of liberty for?

That's how the Pilgrims got here son.

-What?!

Yes. You know how you like those Power Ranger books? Well, the Statue of liberty was the pilgrim's Zord, it's how they traveled back then.

-I thought they came on boats.

Yep, sure did. Then they had to break those boats down and build their Zord, which they 

modeled after a Pilgrim woman getting out of the shower.
-Why'd they do that?
So that they could start to colonize the New World.

-Then what?

They, with the help of Paul Bunyon took the land away from the Indians and made America.

-Who is Paul Bunyon?

He is Johnny Appleseed's Zord. He comes with a Blue Ox, who is also a Zord.

-Then what happened?

There is very little use for a Zord now a days since most of them wouldn't fit 

in our cars or homes, so they turned it into a statue.

-Why do we have the fireworks?

To appease the Liberty Zord so that she may never again stomp a trail 

of justice through the land, disrupting the peace.

It makes about as much sense as the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy.

Happy 4th y'all.

Praise your routines

This isn't what it looks like outside right now.

Right now it is grey and raining.

It is perfect.

It's the kind of day that is nice to wake up to

and then crawl back into your dreams for an

extra hour.

Then when you really wake up you can

make coffee and take your time getting ready.

Make your lunch, get your daily supplies together.

But that is just an extra special day.

That is a one in a thousand type of day.

That'd be something special right there.

Let them see you cry.

You walk home and see fireflies. 

Everywhere and on everything. 

Call your dad, tell him you're thinking of him. 

Just before bed, just before the shower we 

Ran up to the roof to see the fireworks. 

We hooted and hollered and raised our open arms

To soak it all in. 

Then we ate watermelon.

Ice cold pink slices.

We did this in the shower.