Graduation

The Thunderbirds just roared over our house as they practice for their iconic fly-over of the Air Force Academy graduation tomorrow, when they at precisely the right second--just as the graduates have been commissioned as Air Force officers by the President of the United States and throw their hats high in the air--will appear trailing smoke for a deafening second or so, creating a frozen-in time front page picture of cheering cadets, a thousand floating hats and six F-16C's in perfect formation.