Now I Know What Everyone Does Early in the Day on the 4th

They go to the movies. Transformers to be exact. The theater in Lowell (nice stadium seating) was packed. Apparently people (including us) need a place to hang out when they (a) don't go to work and (b) don't want to head out to see fireworks 7 hours early.

And actually, it wasn't half bad. Could have sucked, but I enjoyed it. Despite being a Michael "Pearl Harbor" Bay movie, which proves that there are second acts in American lives--very fitting for the Fourth.