Contrasting Moments & Torn, Bittersweet Loyalties

Moments like this keep me proud of so many of the people in and the area around where I grew-up:

10 views of the best National Anthem ever

Makes me miss being a part of that sea of black and gold B's...

And then, I get a reality corn-hobble on what's become too much of the prevailing political thinking up-and-down the East Coast by things like this:

Maryland Taxes Rain

And then, the moment's lost and I re-entrench myself back up here in the Last Frontier.