Goin' Home

Had a fruitful time in here speaking with USDA officials regarding their new electronic forms initiative. However, speaking with members of the national Association of Farm Broadcasters (who incidentally had their own name misspelled in their booth sign) obviously didn't know how to take me when I suggested they should look into an XM satellite radio Farm Channel. I think they just hear the word XM and turn their ears off. That is one explanation; with another being they had no idea what XM is. The Espousa was asking the other day if satellite radio was going to become dominant. I don't know, but subscription rates will be program driven, I believe. By program-driven, I mean sports or personalities. We'll see what happens when Howard Stern moves next year to satellite.

Had a great dinner at Sullivan's, which is chain ala City Grille, Morton's, McCormick & Schmick. I gave a whoop when I saw creamed spinach on the menu. No one else at the table had ever had it before. Geez, my mother used to make it for my sister an I as kids. It's always interesting to see what is new to some folks.