I had quite a day.  I woke up early and walked down to church.  Yeah...yeah...yeah...religion.  We entered a float in the town's Labor Day parade.  I'll have to post photos of the finished float later.  Anyway, I did some finishing touches and then the guy showed up with his truck and we went to the designated line up space where we added one more thing.  Personally, I like being in the parade more than I like watching parades.  Why?  Well I read about Anwar Sadat, I have an irrational fear of being assassinated and I think that since every parade is pretty much the same you get to see more by going through the parade route.  You can see the places where the number of people outnumber the number or teeth.  You can question the law and why some people are allowed to breed.   You can hear old ladies call out your name..."MATTHEW MATTHEW MATTHEW...your float is pretty!"  You can also drink beer in the truck that is hauling the float and no one will know until you throw out your empty like it's candy but instead of seeing kids scramble you see old guys jump with their lawn chairs still stuck to their ass because they have had one beer too many.  After the parade which I think we won but I'm not for sure what the final score was, I stopped at the church and talked with a semi-retired pastor.  We spoke in German so that was fun.  He said German was his first language so it was easier for him than for me.  Then I drank a few beers and had a few rice krispy treat.  After that we disassembled the float and I headed home.  Then my parents, my aunt and I got together and I grilled steaks for everyone.  Dad went to work and my aunt wanted to go for a ride.  We went over this highway to drive through Amish country.  Be thankful you didn't have work or school today.  The Amish did.  It was sort of funny to see kids walking home from school wearing no shoes.  Then we ended up at an Amish auction where they auction off produce.  I didn't bid on anything because I hate squash and I don't have a need for a wagon full of pumpkins.  Hmmm maybe I should have bought them so I could start my Smashing Pumpkins tribute band but all I'd honor was their name.  Down the road, there is cheese factory so we stopped there.  It was pretty cool because you could watch people make cheese.  I bought some cheese curds and wasabi covered peas...really Amish, right?  Oh and if anyone is interested, this place sells Amish bonnets.  Speaking of interested...I have some postcards if anyone wants a postcard.  I know a few of you have done that so I figured I'd try to be a nice guy and not so assholish and send out some postcards.  Well it's Monday night and it's football season so I need to get going.  Have a great night!