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Just Some Cool Stuff...

Last night the military short down the ailing satellite and here is s brief video of the SM-3 missile launching from the USS Lake Erie at 10:26 p.m. EST, northwest of Hawaii, and of the missile's small "kill vehicle" - a non-explosive device at the tip - maneuvering into the path of the satellite and colliding spectacularly. Way to go...

Presidential Politics and a Seven-Year-Old Boy...

In a general conversation, my son Noah had asked my wife and I, "who is running for president?" We explained about Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain. He perked up and quickly declared his vote for John McCain. With curiosity I asked him why he liked John McCain, wondering if they had talked about it at school. He replied that he liked John McCain because "he was in the movie."

Well...a few months back we rented the action flick Live Free or Die Hard starring Bruce Willis, as NYPD officer John McClain, hero of all of the Die Hard movies. After explaining they were not the same people, he stuck with the candidate citing the name likeness.

Speaking of John McCain, and coming from someone who is not perfect in my past, I have one word for the New York Times story today - shameless...

Wanting for Spring...

It just struck me funny... My son Noah got home from school this afternoon and broke out a small bottle of bubbles and "blew a few" as he played at his computer. I sure can't wait till spring, and it seems like Noah is ready also!

Not so Serious on the Sirius-XM Merger...

It has now been over a year since the announced 5 billion dollar Sirius-XM satellite radio merger, and still no movement on behalf of the government. The Government has had more hearings on this merger than the Iraq War. I guess the 82 billion dollar Exxon-Mobil merger, which was approved in less than a year, and had less impact on the consumers pocket than the Sirius merger, wink, wink. Where else can the consumer get music in their car? From - AM, FM, High Def Radio, CD's, iPods, Cassette Tapes - Get a clue, Satellite radio is not a monopoly. Speaking of Monopoly...

In the immortal words of Steven Wright - "I think it is wrong that only one company makes (the game) Monopoly..."