Okay, maybe you have to be a New Yorker, or a Pennsylvanian, or from DC to appreciate this, but then again, maybe you just have to be either an American or just someone who loves a happy ending.  But what happened yesterday in the Hudson River should go down in history as one of the best emergency landings EVAH in airline history -- and since I can't link it, here:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/nyregion/17scene.html?_r=1

I know I've had some really lucky moments while driving my car and almost having an accident.  I swerve, or brake, or let up on the gas pedal, and avoid something nasty, and I thank my GODMYQUICKREFLEXESMYMOTHER in that order and then go about my merry little way with my heart still pounding and a smile on my face.  But that's when I'm behind the wheel of my little automobile.  Imagine being the captain of an Airbus, let alone a taxi, or a bus, or a carpool van.

This guy kept his cool and saved every life aboard his plane.  AND kept us entertained.

He deserves champagne.

I thought that when Bank of America agreed to take on Merrill Lynch they'd do it with their own money.  I apparently was wrong. 

Is it me, or do zero's in great multitudes act as some kind of null and void towards shock value these days?  It's as if the more zero's you stick in there, the fluffier the cushion becomes and the easier it is for everyone to rest peacefully at night...NOT.