Point To Ponder

So what do you like best about the Fourth of July?

I think my tastes have changed as I've gotten older. As a kid, my favorite part was the fireworks. Now, I'm not talking about the big boomers in the sky that everybody "Oohs" and "Aahs" over. No, I'm talking about the personal fireworks that we used to light off as a kid. You know, the Black Cat firecrackers, and bottle rockets that screamed across the sky before they exploded, and ...

(We interrupt this column for a legal interjection. In no way is Dan condoning the use of illegal fireworks. Dan's story about using illegal fireworks is s...