Happy Birthday Rivebrog

To commemorate our nation's birthday, I've created this post as a rivebrog/open thread for today's Copa America final between host Chile and Argentina (1 pm Pacific) and the B.C. Lions-Ottawa RedBlacks tilt in Canada (3 pm Pacific). Also, some internal business:  The Los Angeles area based kommenters are getting together next

So What Did You Do For The 4th

Well it's not over yet.  I'm watching the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, which is one of the many reasons the world hates us, after coming back from the Willimantic Boom Box Parade and drinking outside my favorite watering hole, (which again had the best float in the parade), and