Memo to some parents on my block this 4th of July...

I realize that it's July 4th and that boys like to shoot off fireworks. I, myself, blew up my fair share of them when I was a kid continuing through my teenage years. Hell, I even blew off over 80 dollars worth last night when me, my father-in-law and a relative pitched in, so I'm not against it.

What bothers me is that today, as I was driving down the street to get home, I encountered four of your kids standing in the middle of the road and lighting off fireworks. Never mind that the middle of the street was so littered with firecrackers and assorted fireworks that you could barely see the road. What did bother me was that instead of looking to see if a care was coming, your boys proceeded to light off a cone firework.

I figured that once they saw me in the road that they'd move aside or at the very least, one of you would yell at them to get the hell out of the way! They finally saw me and walked rather slowly to the middle of the road. That's right, they barely moved and I was forced to swerve around them.

If this was me and my Dad was watching, he would have yelled at me good. So my advice is simple: Tell them to get the frak out of the way if a car is coming! It's not that hard....

My 40th Birthday party playlist songs 61-70

61. Save It For Later by The English Beat


62. Heat of the Moment by Asia


63. Destination Unknown by Missing Persons


64. Run Run Away by Slade


65. One Thing Leads to Another by The Fixx


66. Peace Sells by Megadeth


67. Space Truckin' by Deep Purple


68. Pressure by Billy Joel


69. Here Comes Your Man by The Pixies


70. Since You're Gone by The Cars

My 40th Birthday party playlist songs 51-60

51. Legal Tender by the B-52s


52. You've Got Another Thing Coming by Judas Priest


53. Hyperactive! by Thomas Dolby


54. Dirty Deeds Done Dirty Cheap by AC/DC


55. Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood


56. The New Style by The Beastie Boys


57. Keep Feeling Fascination by The Human League


58. Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club


59. Let's Go Crazy by Prince


60. Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie

My 40th Birthday party playlist songs 41-50

41. My Philosophy by Boogie Down Productions


42. Games People Play by Alan Parsons Project


43. Love Missile F-11 by Sigue Sigue Sputnik


44. Close to the Edit by Art of Noise


45. Finest Worksong by REM


46. Homosapien by Pete Shelley


47. Up the Creek by Cheap Trick


48. Super Cool Wagon by Sons of Freedom


49. Can't Hardly Wait by The Replacements


50. Freedom of Choice by Devo
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My 40th Birthday party playlist songs 31-40

31. Fall on Me by REM


32. Rock the Casbah by The Clash


33. Pop Muzik by M


34. Life in a Northern Town by The Dream Academy


35. My Ever Changing Moods by The Style Council


36. Behind the Wall of Sleep by The Smithereens


37. Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel


38. Nothing Bad Ever Happens by Oingo Boingo


39. Abracadabra by Steve Miller


40. Rock Box by Run DMC

My 40th Birthday playlist songs 21-30

21. It's My Life by Talk Talk

22. Big Beat by Billy Squier

23. Boom Boom by Trio

24. Don't Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra

25. Bicycle Race by Queen

26. All That I Wanted by Belfegore

27. In My Dreams by Dokken

28. Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes

29. Crybaby by Utopia

30. Good Times by INXS

40th Birthday Party playlist songs 11-20

11. Words by Missing Persons



12. House of Fun by Madness



13. New Song by Howard Jones



14. Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant



15. Pump Up the Volume by MARRS



16. Turning Japanese by The Vapors



17. Renegade by Styx



18. Is There Something I Should Know by Duran Duran



19. Turn to Stone by Electric Light Orchestra



20. I'll Be You by The Replacements