Are you SIRIUS?

I've had my car for about 15 months. It initially came with a three-month trial subscription to SIRIUS Satellite Radio. It only took two months for my husband and me to develop an addiction...especially on those road trips through the mountains and back roads of [insert any southeastern state where you lose decent FM radio reception about every third mile].

It has taken some time to perfect our SIRIUS system. Since I own the car, we decided it was only fair that I should program the majority of the channels. I programmed 10, and Eric programmed 5. Of course, some of our selections change throughout the year. For example, I like to program some channels on a seasonal basis - ESPN Radio (120) during football season, Radio Margaritaville (31) in the summer, etc.

Eric and I are allowed to listen to each other's stations. After all, our relationship started almost 10 years ago at a concert, and we respect each other's opinions on music. Then again, he's unlikely to go straight for The Coffee House (30) to hear singer-songwriters and acoustic rock. And I try to stay clear of Outlaw Country (63). But for the most part we have a good system, and we don't dog on the other person's choices.

Until now. And this is really not dogging on Eric but rather the person in charge of programming on one of his picks - Buzzsaw (19) - a Classic Hard Rock channel. I was bored with my 10 the other day and started going through Eric's 5 before branching out into the 180 or so other channels. I got to Buzzsaw, and the Classic Hard Rock band blasting (or should I say crooning) from the speakers was none other than REO Speedwagon, legends of the power ballad.

I just kept staring at the display and saying, "Siriusly?"