On Sun, 23 June 2002, "Charles Steinkuehler" wrote > > In case you haven't heard, this July 4th is the first annual > wIndepedance day (as declared by the Desktop Linux folks: > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3432021257.html). In honor of this > watershead event, I am working on a parade float for my neighborhood 4th > of July parade, which will feature "Tux" sitting on a 4' x 5' wooden > platform (think "desktop"), and probably carrying an american flag (or > maybe with an "Uncle Sam" type hat), with me sitting in Tux's belly, > driving.
As appealing as this sight might be, this is still enough to make me get on a plane and fly to Kansas City :). <...> as things get more interesting, I'll take some photos <...> I'll probably even send some in for the > desktoplinux.com essay contest (they say a picture's worth a thousand > words :-) OWOWOWOWOWOW Stop! :) > Charles Steinkuehler > P.S. Yes, I do live in a neighborhood that still has picnics, parades, > progressive dinners, and even our own mayor! (Potwin Place, in Topeka, > KS, if you're really curious...a victorian neighborhood developed in the > late 1800's) We're having a neighborhood street BBQ in Elk Grove, CA (Just South of Sacramento, CA -kind of counts as Sacramento). No parade though. ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
