It's Labor Day here in the United States of America.
The people that aren't working in restaurants and stores are grilling, barbecueing and having a good old late summer fling.
If you are not from the USA, then you will know the word "labor" should be spelled "labour", which must be why it's not celebrated in the UK?

It's funny to me that so many people actually work on this so called Labor Day. I wonder what would happen if you had a national Day Off day, where everything totally closed, TV, radio stations... no newspapers or power maintenance... Oh that's right... it would be just like England in the early 1970's on a Sunday... never mind

So the official summer vacationing is over and people get down to the last quarter of the year. Except now I'm getting catalogs in the mail for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff. We need these distractions actually. My wife and I have been forced to take a few days off... it's been really nice to gear down a bit!

It's very sad to hear about poor Steve (Crocodile Hunter) Irwin and I feel bad for his family. He was much loved by his fans and certainly left his mark on the world. What more could a person ask of their lives?

Take care everyone... 'till next time that is.