We went on a hike Sunday, and then to a Stingers game. The game was really crowded, but I guess that would be so since it was about the only place where you could see fireworks on the Fourth. I did my traditional watching of BYU's "A More Perfect Union".
Monday, Patrick, Rachel, and I rode our bikes to Layton Commons Park. There were a lot of booths, but most of them were selling food. Patrick won a live fish. We went later to see the fireworks. The fireworks were louder this year, and there were a bigger variety. The fish, Timmy, died yesterday.
I watched some of the pre-race interviews of the contestants of "The Amazing Race 5". The rules have changed a little, and there are angry cries on the message boards. So long as the show does not degenerate into a bunch of backstabbing, changes are ok. Thinking of all the shows that are about schemes to get others off, I am reminded of "The Kobayashi Maru" by Julie Ecklar. It describes some of the academy adventures of Scotty, Chekov, and Sulu have before and after the 'no-win' test, as well as Kirk's solution. Chekov's story revolve around a class being dropped in an abandoned moon base for a night, and told to survive when one of them is an assassin. All of the cadets work hard to undermine each other with traps and such. The briefing after was scathing. They were told that James Kirk saw the intent of the test, and established a safe zone, where the price of entrance was disarming and sitting out the test in the middle of a room. No one was 'killed', and the class was given high marks. It's not real, I know, but how many people would have thought of that?
Taldren, the maker of Starfleet Command games, closed it's doors last week.
The big tree in the back gets cut down today. It hasn't bloomed, and is getting dangerous. Still, it's the only tree we have at the moment.
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