Okay. That one sounded like dynamite. Having fun with fireworks (illegal in Los Angeles)...

is understandable (although, the obsession with lighting them off 2 months before 4th of July escapes me...it starts in May), but some of these people are downright playing with explosives. It gets worse as each year progresses here.

Or, maybe it's because I never really thought about them, until I found my new pup started reacting to every little pop—shaking and scrambling for hours afterward. Hopefully, we can help her with that. I'm going to try a Thunder Shirt this year.

Seriously, the one I just heard was a loud BOOM! that was much larger than an M80.

Happy 4th of June. :/