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I was out of town last year, so it was nice to take in the fireworks. I think they were better 2 years ago, but what with the state of the budget these days, cuts have to come somewhere.

Jacob was in Cleveland — in Chattaqua, in fact, we discovered — so I gladly took responsibility for making sure that Kallianne had a good time. After we found each other — no mean feat considering that I usually have no idea where I am — we had some sausages and made our way to Memorial Drive. We stood so close to the fireworks, and slightly downwind, that we got bits of ash, paper, and cardboard raining down on us. It was like a magical boyhood moment, except that we went out drinking afterwards.