Back and Fourth

Noteworthy about this year's version of Independence Day:

• I managed to stay in bed until eight-thirty, always a blessing, and still got the flag hoisted before nine.

• My son is twenty-five today, which means his auto insurance, instead of costing an arm and a leg, will be priced with more mundane organs.

• The complicated financial contortions I went through last month, what with a four-digit hospital bill come due and the unplanned-for purchase of a car, went through apparently without a hitch.

• I'm proclaiming a more-or-less open thread here.
  

So have at it.