There are only two days in the whole year that I miss being in the States. The first is Thanksgiving. The second is the Fourth of July. Being me, however, I solve this problem by being sure that everyone around me celebrates these two events with me. It is now tradition that ZPro has a big party to celebrate the event. In fact, as I was leaving, more than one person looked at me in horror and said, "you're still having the 4th of July party, right?" I assured them I would. So, on Thursday night (I know it was the 3rd, but it was close enough), we all gathered at the Emperor for the traditional do. It was great fun. We drank beer and laughed. I hadn't seen many of this group since I had
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