The blue, white, and red French flag took shape during the French Revolution. The three colors represent the Republic's three ideals.

A VERY HAPPY BASTILLE DAY TO ALL MY FRENCH FRIENDS! PARTICULARLY MY GASCON FRIENDS. WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN NOT. OH, BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR OUR STATUE OF LIBERTY AND YOUR FABULOUS FROMMAGE, MON DIEU!

What am I thinking?! We're not in July! We're in January! All this hyperspace mind and time warping has put me exactly 6 months 15 hours, 5 minutes and 10 secs Pacific Time ahead of schedule. I have absolutely no sense of timing. But isn't Freedom and Liberty something we should celebrate everyday?