Really, really, wide load

The newest addition to the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville is a long-awaited F-14D Super Tomcat.

That's the kind of Navy fighter jet featured in the Tom Cruise hit movie, "Top Gun."

The Tomcat was trucked down to McMinnville last weekend from Portland during the wee hours of Sunday morning. Due to the size of the load, the Oregon Department of Transportation issued a special permit to avoid as much traffic as possible.

No kidding.

Full House

Single-game tickets for Suns regular-season home games will go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. The organization is warning fans that those single-game tickets are expected to sell out for many of the games.

Reason 642 to stop using Internet Explorer

PC World.com is reporting...
Hackers are intensifying their attacks on Internet Explorer users, pressuring Microsoft to patch a critical flaw in the software ahead of its regularly scheduled October 10 security update.

On Sunday, hackers released sample code showing how to exploit the Internext Explorer flaw on a fully patched version of Windows XP, a move that security experts believe will step up the attacks. Criminals have been taking advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in cPanel software, widely used by Web hosting providers, to install the Internet Explorer malware on Web servers.

Toys ''R'' Us Releases Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids

For more than a decade, Toys "R" Us has released its Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids to provide an easy-to-use toy selection guide for parents and friends of children with disabilities. Beginning today, Toys "R" Us will offer the 2006 edition of this complimentary guide, featuring specially selected toys, in all of its U.S. retail locations and online at www.toysrus.com/differentlyabled. Since its inception in 1994, thousands of parents, relatives, friends and professionals have relied on the Toys "R" Us guide to help them determine which toys are suitable for a child's particular abilities.

The guide was developed by Toys "R" Us in partnership with the National Lekotek Center, an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to making the world accessible to children of all ages and abilities.

Toys "R" Us and the National Lekotek Center evaluate approximately 200 toys using focus groups and other criteria to determine the toys that best contribute to the development of children with physical and cognitive disabilities. Lekotek carefully evaluates all the products, selects those with exceptional qualities and writes descriptive copy highlighting the special features that make the items suitable for children with special needs.

The guide is very easy to read and includes more than 80 toys for children of all ages.

Arrrrr! Gather ye pirates, one and all!

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I'm serious. So, take a spare minute today to showcase your swagger and share your pirate lingo by giving my 24 hour comment line a call. I'll post audio clips of the best pirate-isms here. Call 425-940-5075. While I'm not charging for the call, standard long distance charges apply. "425" is a Washington area code.

This should help you get started.

Remember

Delia Colon, of Hamilton Square, New Jersey, bows her head as she prays at Ground Zero near the end of an all-night vigil on the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Cardinals Kickoff Season

The completion of a new stadium, acquisition of a star running back, drafting of a franchise quarterback and possibly the best young receiving corps in the league have created a buzz around the Arizona Cardinals.

This may be the most hype they've gotten since moving to the Valley of the Sun 18 years ago.

One result is the Cardinals, hoping the addition of Edgerrin James can provide a more balanced offensive attack, will play a regular-season home game before a sellout crowd for the first time in six years on Sunday when they face the San Francisco 49ers.

Tuchdown for Tivo...

I've always been a huge Tivo fan. Heres yet another reason. This today from the AP:

A new TiVo Inc. service set to debut Thursday will let some fantasy football fans stay glued to their televisions even while making changes to their team rosters.

TiVo, a maker of digital video recorders, has teamed up with CBS Sportsline to introduce the first interactive television service for fantasy football players. The free service is for users of TiVo's Series2 recorders who are registered with the TV network's online fantasy sports leagues.

Instead of having to get on the Internet with a computer, users will be able to manage their football teams, check up-to-the-minute statistics and scores or watch highlights, all with their TiVo remote control. They'll also have access to team-related breaking news and CBS SportsLine videos, including pre-game analysis, player interviews and special fantasy football content.

The CBS Sportsline Fantasy Football Companion feature is the latest move by TiVo to differentiate its pioneer product from the growing number of rival digital video recorders offered by cable and satellite TV operators.