I haven’t written much lately, because I’ve been very busy. I just built a new computer last night, but I’m not using it to type this. I have to run some network cable in my house before it’s ready to use and I’m still tweaking. It’s a screaming machine, a huge step up in speed from the old one. I can actually watch DVDs and have the sound and the video match each other now. Anyway, some random thoughts while reading today’s news. Two stories that have to do with succeeding your boss…

Jim Cantalupo, the CEO of McDonalds, died today of an apparent heart attack. Rumor has it his widow is filing a suit against the company to blame them for his high fat diet. Charlie Bell, an Australian, was named his successor immediately. Mr. Bell expressed how grateful he was not to have to wear the paper hat and clean the french fry stand anymore.

In related news, new Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Monday called on Arabs and Muslims to defeat the US and Israel in a holy war. Anyone wanna place an over/under on how long this guy lives? How’d you like to be next in the line of succession for THAT job? I wonder how much their group health plan costs per month.