Happy July 4 th Weekend Ramblings Yesterday was July 4 th , so my wife Tara and I traveled to my parents’ house to meet some of our family, eat a lot of BBQ—I smoked a butt, several slabs of ribs, and some sausage yesterday; all excellent mass-building, strength-inducing foods—and play a tournament of “washers [1] .” On the way to my parents, Tara and I listened to XM radio, as we usually do. My listening preferences are heavy metal and/or alternative music [2] . Hers are stuff a little more mainstream—pop and country. She tolerates, even likes, some alternative music, but doesn’t care one whit for metal, and so we decided on a compromise by listening to “the Pulse”, a station that plays some pop music and some radio-friendly alternative. I immediately changed stations, however, once Maroon 5 started singing one of their recent releases, and one of their more popular hits. ...
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