Price Gouging By Sirius

Yesterday, I received a email from Sirius Satellite Radio with the subject line of:
"Immediate Action Required Regarding Your SIRIUS Service"

The email was notifying me that my satellite radio was going to cut me off of the internet streaming for my Sirius Stiletto unless I pay an extra 3 dollars a month or an extra 36 dollars a year. I am already paying 12.95 a month and don't feel I am getting the value for an additional increase.

I am very upset about this because I no longer have a competitor to switch to. The foundation of the arguement for the merger was that there would be no price increases and greater content available for the average consumer. Less than one month after the merger, I started to lose channels and now I am loosing the single greatest feature for the average office worker "to listen to sirius when I'm not in the car".

Sadly, I will be selling my radio and dropping my subscription after march 11th. Sirius defrauded me and now I am paying the price. What is on regular radio nowadays?

15 Years

Not even a week from now, I'll have been married to my young bride for 15 years. Anytime we mention this to people, they always ask our age; which of course makes us laugh and blush.
On the serious side, I spent a long time looking at gifts from practical to emotional; because after all, it is not a trivial matter to surprise somebody you have known for so long.

Buying gifts for people is supposed to be fun, not a chore. However, the commercialization and the pressure that society has imposed on 'events' has relegated the simple act of expressing your love and thanks into a public display. What happened to the days of singing a song or reciting poetry to your loved ones? I am definitely not a renaissance man, but even I can see that the charm and emotion put into gifts is often shunted aside to find the 'greatest gift ever'.
What is out there that can express 15 years of love?

I am holding out the 'big' event gift for 20 years, as that would mark a huge number in our lives. Although I am constantly amazed that we have been married this long and together for far longer. While I never doubted that I had found my life mate, that person that is opposite me in the right ways and challenges me in others. Many people in my personal life and outside did their absolute best to attempt to separate us. Whether they were jealous or filled with hate I can not decide, as I leave that up to God to sort through. Twenty years to me is special because it would complete a promise I made to a special person in my life about 13.5 years ago (The details of that promise I'll keep to myself though so please don't ask).