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I have XM radio, have had it for over four years. Did I mention I am married to a geek? He loves gadgets, and when XM launched, he had to have it.

I love it. All kinds of music, from everywhere. Pseudo commercials. There are breaks, but not real ones. They have travel tips, a moment in time ~ history tidbits, etc.

This weekend, one year ago Larry & I were getting the oil changed in my truck, preparing for a long road trip to Kentucky for the family reunion. One of the pseudo commercials comes on. It's a travel one. They start out by saying with the opening of summer and everyone's increasing travel plans, here are some tips for planning ahead. Buy travel insurance, if you can't go, then you get your money back. Pick the earliest flight you can, in case you miss it, or it gets cancelled your odds of still making it are better. They listed most airlines will give you a meal ticket to eat whatever overpriced food court meals they offer.

Then, they say the thing that I will never forget. In the event your flight is cancelled due to a terrorist warning, your money will not be refunded to you If someone even hinted five years ago your flight would be cancelled due to terrorist, we would laugh and say "we're not flying to Russia". When did we become so generic to this? After 9/11 we were all on the lookout. Now, it's every day life.

The "breaking news" is now a Michael Jackson verdict. The terror alert means nothing. Homeland security used to be protecting your crops from the freaks making circles in them.

We are numb. I say we, maybe not. There has not been one time I have seen a plane flying since 9/11 and not thought of that horrible day. I can not believe we have to think about a terrorist threat when we fly. I'm still shocked, almost four years later.