Rose Parade

Now, the Rose Parade was back on January 1st. Some of you probably watched it on TV. You probably had better seats then we did. But what you probably didn't have was the experience of getting up early to catch the Metro up to Pasadena, fighting through crowds and climbing buildings to find a spot where you could see at least something, hearing all the Illinois people drunkenly shout at all of the USC people, and vice-versa, and seeing the sheer dedication so many people have to spending the night on the street to get the best seats around.

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The floats were, from what we could tell, transformers. (Well, this particular float was, I guess I don't know about the others.) Here is the car state. The robot transformation took place as soon as it passed out of view. (We could see the steam and smoke and flashing redish lights.)

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The Olympics will be in Bejing this year, and they are being promoted everywhere, even in the Rose Parade, which turns out to be just a big advertisement for all kinds of stuff we can't actually remember at this point.

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Balloons. Floating. Into the sky.