What an exciting day! I’m head referee for the FIRST Robotics, St. Louis Regional competition! It’s a competition where high schoolers design then build a real robot and they play a game that changes every year (but is played on a field of similar dimensions). If you have a chance, check out The FIRST website and the St. Louis FIRST website! It’s a terrific organization!

In other news, I wish I could listen to Al Franken’s new radio show which will start to air at the end of March. It’ll be called “The O’Franken Factor!” Ha!!! From a story today at Salon.com (3/12/04, Geraldine Sealy): “Bill, I want you to sue us,” Franken said, referring to a case last year in which a judge threw out Fox’s request to ban Franken from using the slogan “Fair and Balanced” on the cover of his book, “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.” The ruling earned tons of publicity for Franken, who said Wednesday: “We’re going to be baiting (O’Reilly) as much as we can.”

God Bless Al Franken!