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Happy Friday everyone. Welcome to Friday Night Photos your once a week escape from the day to day insanity of the world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music or whatever else you find of interest that helps tune out the madness.

Tonight we come to the conclusion of the county fair series with all the leftovers that did not fall into any of the categories from the previous 5 weeks. I hope you all enjoyed your visit to the San Diego county fair as much as I did.

How odd it is that humans allow another human, or group of humans, to have so much power over themselves. Given that all humans are flawed, in some such way.

Where, in the human psyche does that necessity come from? A need for cooperation? For order? For security? Because humans are herd animals?

Saints and sinners, those are relative designations determined by societal norms, one man's saint is another man's sinner, adjustable according to definition. But, in today's world those two opposing attributes become indistinguishable.

Especially in Washington, DC.

A Weird Rabbit Hole

Sometimes I find the strangest rabbit holes online... and, boy, did I find one in the last couple of days! So, I follow a substack called the Advantages of Age. It's written by Rose Rouse, and it's about writing, age, being a woman and so on. She's English. Recently Rouse had a guest writer, Gilly Hanna. Hanna is from a dancing group in England formed by old people called Grand Gesture. Yes, old people can dance. We knew that, didn't we?

Anyway, the article, Making a Geri-Anarchist Ghost Story – The Hempen Jig is about a short movie (about 11 minutes or so) that the dancing group made. It's a horror story, kinda. And it's GREAT. I really encourage everyone to give it a watch, just 'cause it is so cool, and strange, and... The movie is called The Hempen Jig. Here's the youtube link to the movie:

“You kind of need to remind yourself that you need to focus and try not to let stuff bother you

Good morning everyone.
Got another heat wave coming today and for the next 3 days. Low 90s an toppin' 100 Wednesday or Thursday.
To make matters worse, smoke from multiple wildfires will fill the valleys and hills all the way to the coast.

This week is the culmination of the 250th anniversary of the
signing of the Declaration of Independence celebration in Boston.

An international fleet of historic Tall Ships are gathered for a sail around
the harbor and exhibitions of the various ships in surrounding piers.

I counted 44 on display for the public. More may be anchored out.