if you ask me, i'd have to say that i am tired and not sure what i am doing up at this hour.

sure, speedy & mini-me & i are running a 5k this morning, but jeezumpete, it's not for a few hours. what made me think i had to get up so early? what? what?

here is a patriotic song for your enjoyment on this patriotic day:

this is my country
land of my birth
this is my country
grandest on earth
i am pledging my allegiance
america, the bold
this is my country
to have & to hold

always wondered what that meant... "to hold" a country. stretching for the rhyme is sometimes not pretty, eh?