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[threeplusfire]

Driving this afternoon, I was behind a pickup with a large number of bumpersticks with slogans like 'Defeat Jihad.' (Though what that really means I couldn't say.) It reminded me of the hospital and how they had a large number of posters and stickers all over that said 'Freedom isn't free.' Well no kidding. Freedom isn't free, but nor is it bought with the wages of fear. (Can you think of *anyone* who joined the military because they were afraid?) Freedom is paid for with hope and nobility and bravery, which is just about the opposite of our current preseident and his goon squad.

The wind is coming from the north but the sky is sun washed blue like the promise of summer. I meant only to buy a pair of sneakers. I came home with a pair of summer shoes that are covered in cherries. Also, a vanilla lime slush which is possibly the best flavor ever.

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[twilight.livejournal.com]

Vanilla lime slush, huh? Now you are making me want to combine vanilla vodka with limeade. Ooh I bet you it's good!

"Freedom is not free", by the way, is engraved on a granite wall at the Korean War Memorial in DC.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

You can't go wrong! (I forsee a weekend of experimental vodka drinks.) Though I have to admit I started craving the combination after sniffing a candle at Bed Bath & Beyond.

I don't think I saw the Korean War Memorial when I was last in DC. I should like to go back and see it.

[twilight.livejournal.com]

Does it by any chance taste anything like a key lime pie? Or a lime meringue pie?

The Korean War Memorial is crazy. The faces of the soldiers are haunting as they sludge through the water. And the hundreds of faces, from soldiers to nurses, on the wall with names are engraved so you see them when the light hits them just right. And then at the end, there's this granite wall with just those words. Of course, I might not have all the details down in my memory just right, but I've visited it a few times over the years. It's to the left of the Lincoln Memorial.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

It's not quite like a key lime pie... i'd say probably more like a lime meringue.

I really do need to see that. I can't believe I missed it.