Yeah, I know! I was reading about some places staging lighted drone shows as a safer alternative. Neat.
Then I thought about how many people will turn to firearms as a "safer alternative." But that's ridiculous; people will just ADD firearms to their fireworks.
"People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk." -Stephen King
In discussions of this song, a lot of younger people talk about how their history teachers used the Billy Joel song to teach about the 20th century, hence the importance of the events being in chronological order. I had no idea. The only reason I memorized it was because I played it twice a shift.
I imagine that the mole told his friends about the alien encounter, but they didn't believe him. "That thing drew me right up into the air, and then set me down in a whole other place!"
Oh yeah, some private corporation is going to offer us UBI (universal basic income) paid in cryptocurrency in exchange for everyone in the world's individual identification and personal data, controlled by artificial intelligence. Good luck making that work.
Getting two little girls dressed for school in the morning drove me crazy, so I instituted a system where they selected all their outfits on Sunday, hung them up with labels, and were not allowed to deviate all week. Then we saved even more time when they went to parochial school and wore uniforms. Every little stress reliever was worth its weight in gold.
Then I thought about how many people will turn to firearms as a "safer alternative." But that's ridiculous; people will just ADD firearms to their fireworks.
And the video is here: https://twitter.com/EuroAthletics/status/1672621749379416068