Happy Independence Day!

[rmd]

On a late morning in early July he abruptly walked into my office and said without preamble "Get your coat."

A story for today.

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[gingicat]

thank you.

[muffyjo]

There's something in my eye again. :)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

A beautiful, awesome story. Thank you. *beams*

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Wow, of course.

But what first caught my eye was:

One hot summer in the early nineties, I was working as a summer extern for Judge Ronald S.W. Lew, a federal judge in Los Angeles. ... Judge Lew — the first Chinese-American district court judge in the continental United States

Wikipedia notes "Ronald S.W. Lew (Chinese name: 刘成威; born 1941) is a U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California in the Ninth Circuit. Outside of Hawaii, Judge Lew was the first Chinese-American appointed to the federal bench after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987."

That's only 25 years ago.

[evwhore.livejournal.com]

This was an awesome read. Thanks!