I've decided to watch baseball for America.

Go! Go! Gryffindor! Go! Go!

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Take him out! Come on, birdman! Yeah...!

And that is how you know that we live in America. In no other country in the world can you see something like that.

Hey, look at this little Nerdfighter in training, he's got stuff on his head.

There are probably very few nicer places in the world to watch a game of baseball than right here in Missoula, Montana, the problem is... our team kinda sucks. A lot. We haven't won a home game yet this season. And right now we are losing eleven to two. Eleven is kind of a high score for the top of the fourth, so--little discouraging.

Nonetheless, an excellent way to spend July 4th, the anniversary of our nation's independence. And I hope that you are all finding an exceptionally fun way to spend your July 4th, even if you're not in America.

Ohh, pop fly, they're out. Hooray! Okay.

Hopefully there are no British nerdfighters who think that we should not have seceded from your oppressive rule. And so we yearly celebrate that success. We have a simulated battle with lots of fireworks, which we'll be seeing soon. And we play baseball and eat hot dogs and do various other things that are bad for our body and environment, for America. Hooray.

But sometimes life is just about having fun. I'm doing what the culture says I should do and I just had a hot dog made of chicken. And green chilies. It was delicious. And I had some mini corn dogs. And I had some cotton candy. This, my friends, is America.

This is how we do fireworks in Montana. Really, really close up. This hardly seems safe, but I imagine they've done the calculations--holy crap!--and this is why we can't help but love America--ahhhh! it's bright! Happy fourth of July, Nerdfighters. Happy fourth of July, John. I'll see you soon. Ahh!

Woo! Spinny!