A little musing first:

I know this has been beaten to death, but if you're Stephon Marbury, wouldn't you do exactly what he is doing? He's getting paid $21 million this year to do nothing, not even show up to anything Knicks-related. They banished him. I think if we could get up, eat breakfast and make thousands of dollars a day to do whatever we want, we would, too.

And now for some news.

Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning (you might remember him as a Hall of Fame pitcher) was taken off the autograph list for the last Gibraltar Trade Center show in Taylor, Mich. It seems the promoter, Jim Koester, didn't care for the senator's vote against an auto industry loan package in the U.S. Senate.

Koester said, "“Being a business owner in Michigan for over 30 years, I simply cannot support anyone who, in my opinion, votes against the economic well-being of our great state,”

I doubt Bunning lost much sleep over it, but the sports fans who wanted his $35 signature might have at least wanted the opportunity. As for Koester, I guess you chalk that up to standing up to your convictions.

Dreams Inc. announced that it had its highest-selling day of online sales in its history on Dec. 15, topping $1 million. That's not bad in this economy. Dreams must be doing something right with deals and good shipping times to reach that mark before Christmas.

And finally, someone from Finland won the Magic: The Gathering World Championships. Prize money? $45,000. That makes me wish I had actually played some of those games growing up. OK, maybe not.