Ryanware

I love Independence Day. No, not the movie. Today, the 4th of July. I figured today would be a good day to listen to a portion of John Adam’s biography by David McCullough. I didn’t listen to any specific part of it. I listened to the abridged version years ago and for the past few months have been listening to the 30 hour unabridged version, while also trying to listen to podcasts and other audiobooks.

I have no profound thoughts from listening to it today, though I did gain an heightened sense of appreciation for what is enjoyed here in the United States of America. I highly suggest everyone either read or listen* to the John Adam’s biography. I also suggest reading at least the first and last parts of our Declaration of Independence.

* You can get the abridged version for $7.49. And no, I don’t get any affiliate benefits of any kind from anyone buying anything linked in this post.

I’m so excited! I completely forgot about Christmas themes for Firefox! Last year I used Tinseltown. I tried X-Mas today, but the animated snow flakes were a bit too much so I’m now testing X-Mas Light. So far so good!

Mozilla Links is what reminded me about all of this. They’ve also linked to some Firefox Christmas desktop backgrounds, though that’s a bit too much for me. Firefox is a browser, not my life! Right now my desktop background image is reserved for the Amazon Kindle. Some people movie stars or cars as their background images. I put up nerdy gadgets I want.

Actually, I usually have some spiffy scenic photo as my desktop background. Like this.

I took this on Saturday while it was snowing. It was awesome.

And this post is going no where. The end.

Happy Thanksgiving to all you U.S. residents out there! To everyone else, I hope your hearts are filled with gratitude for what you have as well.

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character.
- Joseph B. Wirthlin, Sept. 2001