I think this year's fourth of July was the first time ever, in all 4th of Julys that I lived, where I did not go out, or look out my window for any fireworks.  I just did not care.

This is also unrelated, but I think there are two types of people, the people who seek power in some kind of form, and the"anti" power people.  The anti power people reject all kinds of power, end up being a silly and funny kind of person (this includes people with beliefs), but actually, deep inside, desire power.  But they just deny this desire.