Memorial Day moment of silence filled with muzak

Ok, everyone should thank a veteran today. Heck, buy them dinner or give them a warm hand shake and hug. They are true heroes and should be treated as such everyday not just today. This brings me to a little observation at a "unnamed" grocery store this morning. As I'm cruising through the dairy section hoping to find tubes of oatmeal chocolate chip cookie dough at the other side, the store PA starts broadcasting a message by someone in the office with good intentions. He asked all the shoppers and employees to stop for a moment of silence. Great idea, but remember to turn off the music that's constantly playing over the PA all day long. Somehow Big Audio Dynomite's "The Globe" doesn't seem like a proper salute to our American heroes.

Well at least is wasn't some American Idol pseudo-star screeching out the next "big" hit.