Here's a few of my favorite photos from this year's 4th of July weekend:

We had cake for my brother Justin during one of this weekend's parties on the river for recently passing his insurance exam.

A local dog who was after my cheeseburger.  He did not succeed.

We soon found out that this mustard had expired in 2006.

Fireworks along the Milford coastline on July 4th.  All residential, but not bad.

My brother Kevin and I took a break from the parties for a hike at Southford Falls State Park.

A view of the falls.

Mickey – our boat driver for the weekend.

Sunday night fireworks on the Housatonic – the best this week.

Being a nerd, I ventured out early this morning to try to get my hands on a new iPhone 3G S from the AT&T store in Shelton.  I had checked multiple times with various AT&T stores to be sure I wouldn't be wasting my time by showing up at 7 in the morning, and they had assured me I wouldn't.  So, 7am comes along and the store manager steps outside and starts collecting names to start pre-registering everyone.  He gets to me, collects my information, and begins to walk away.  I asked if I'd be out of there pre-8:30 (had work to get to), and he said "No, we're not even letting you in until 9".  So I wasn't pleased.  Guess I'm stuck with the old iPhone for a few more days now.  Not the end of the world by any means, but still, quite aggravating.

Update:  I now have one.

Yesterday morning marked my graduation from SCSU.  The rain stopped just in time for the ceremony to begin and I was there with some long-time pals as well as some new ones, so all-in all it was a great day. Connie Chung gave the commencement and told us all that we should "Tweet" and find ways to make a living on the internet, and I was 100% OK with that.

I've been watching this factory slowly come down across the street from my job in New Haven.  It's 99.9% demolished at this point, leaving me with a nice view of East Rock during my commute in.

I finished off a fantastic weekend by checking out the Cherry Blossom Festival in New Haven's Wooster Square. Also checked out some apartments in the area. Just weighing ideas…