Random Thoughts on July 3

FOUNDING FATHER QUOTE FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY:
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

- Benjamin Franklin

Franklin was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence at 70. The youngest signer was Edward Rutledge from Charleston, age 26.

Have a great 4th! Don't shoot fireworks close to my house that night, I'll be trying to sleep after 15 hours of work. Thank you.

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I will be having a book siging for Wicked Charleston, Volume II: Prostitutes, Politics & Prohibition at Waldenbooks @ Charleston Place on Friday, July 7, 2006, 7-9 p.m. If you like drinking/whore stories (and who doesn't?), this book is for you. http://www.wickedcharleston.net

Saturday, July 1, 2006, the stunning Rebel Sinclair had a successful book signing/ paranormal discussion at the Circular Church Graveyard . She was signing her new novel, Spirit of the Shadows, a contemporary ghost story set in a lowcountry mansion. Lots of people and some interesting disccusions on the paranormal. We learned a couple of new ghost encounters in two Charleston buildings.







Earlier in the afternoon, Reb had a run-in with the notorious Capt. Jack Sparrow.

I've got today off . . . . sitting here drinking rum, trying to get fortified enough in order to deal with the downtown Charleston Independence Day chaos. If this past weekend was any indication . . . we should be in for a fun couple of days. Do people people leave their brains at home when they take a trip? Or do they not have any to begin with?
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The federal statute on treason, 18 USC 2381, provides in relevant part: "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States ... adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000." Thanks to The New York Times, the easiest job in the world right now is: "Head of Counterintelligence — Al-Qaida." You just have to read The New York Times over morning coffee, and you're done by 10 a.m.

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