Juneteenth celebrations

Today is Juneteenth. At least in Texas this means firing up the BBQ (we'll use any excuse) and having friends over. Call it a pre-cursor to the 4th of July BBQs, a reason to get the grill clean from Memorial Day, when you left the brats on too long and the steaks were over-marinated. I hope you line the bottom of your grill with foil! (I hope we do, too...)

It's rainy and overcast here today (see previous post), so no grilling is happening here. No cleaning of the back porch for the 4th, either. But tonight there is a drum jam at a friend's house, and thus I will be celebrating Juneteenth, the new moon, Father's Day and whatever else you've got.

Here are some Juneteenth links for the unwashed heathens among you. You know I love you.

Juneteenth World Wide Celebration
Electronic Village: Juneteenth...The African American Independence Day!
Handbook of Texas Online: Juneteenth

And for those of you wanting other reasons to move to Texas, Dallas was/is one of the IT meccas of the United States, and we have no state income tax. We have every terrain in the United States within our state, and we were a country once on our own. The facilities to do so again are still in place. Not that we'd secede. It is a great place to live. I encourage all you liberals and libertarians to move here. Maybe we could swing the electoral vote the other way. Wouldn't that chap some ass?

*sigh* I can dream, can't I?