Bastille Day

To all of my francophile readers, I am deeply sorry I missed Bastille Day (July 14th); and to all my readers, if you have thus far missed the Rush song of the same title, I am deeply sorry for you. Neil Peart recounted the storming of the Bastille, and as scholars are constantly comparing the American Revolution with the French Revolution every American should listen to the awesomeness created by the Canadian trio.

On a related note, today (Friday) was free fry-day at all area restaurants that use Lamb Weston french fries. Lamb Weston-the #1 french fry producer in the United States-is this year's major sponsor for the annual unlimited hydroplane race this weekend (Columbia Cup-on the regular ABRA circuit since 1966), and they wanted everyone to experience their delectable fries.

Today (July 24th) was also (for Salt Lake City and Mormons everywhere) Pioneer Day. I still don't understand why people outside Salt Lake Valley celebrate this holiday-but here we are. We had a family friendly party in my stake-there was a dunk tank, a ring toss, face painting, a craft center, gunny sack races, horse-drawn trolley rides, a brass band, a 60's cover band, a stick pull, and of course dinner.