I’ve been loyal to the Ivar’s waterfront fireworks show for years, only to learn that the competing Lake Union fireworks show’s a lot more spectacular.

Fourth of July revelation #2: My annual enjoyment of the SciFi Channel’s Twilight Zone marathon was rudely and abruptly discontinued when the channel switched to Extreme Championship Wrestling. This is even worse than moldy Saved by the Bell reruns on the Cartoon Network, or right-wingnut commentator shows on Headline News.