I am America, and so can you.

Happy Birthday America! Yay! I missed everyone in Beaufort County on the 4th, but I guess I'm getting used to being gone for Bubba's fireworks.

Jane and I had company this weekend, which meant I got out and did a whole lot. On Saturday, we went to a Cubs game and watched 'em win. Wrigleyville is an

interesting time, guys. Also Kraft turns out to be based in Chicago.

We also did great, touristy things like go see Millennium Park and the Bean again, and we went to this food fair called Taste of Chicago. No one ate a turkey leg. Fair fail.

And for those who were concerned, the lobster is not from the Gulf (can you read that in the photo?). So that's good to know.

The Chicago History Museum receives a grade of ehhhh on my museum-

excellence scale. Having museum'd my way across Europe, I'm becoming quite the snob.

Last thing. I don't remember if I posted this before, but I wrote a pretty

awesome story last week. I worked my tail off on it, spent a good part of the week trying to get it worked out. You should read it. Make me feel good about my contributions to the world.