Labor Day weekend open thread

Blogging will be sporadic this weekend – I suspect a lot of people are out of town enjoying the last holiday weekend before the fall starts, but if you haven’t headed out yet, be safe, have fun, and stay cool …

Here’s an 80s tune I love. “Alive and Kicking” by Simple Minds. Didn’t do as well as their mega-hit “Don’t You Forget About Me,” which became sort of a ‘cult classic’ thanks to the movie The Breakfast Club, but I always liked this one better: