Kent Couch of Central Oregon finally succeeded on the third attempt to fly his balloon contraption out of the state, going some 300 miles before touching down in Idaho. The Associated Press reported that dozens of supporters were on hand and local media outlets also covered the event.

Big deal. Wasn’t the hot-air balloon invented and perfected at like the turn of the century. Maybe next this guy can invent a thing you sit on and pedal and the wheels go around and you go forward. Or maybe he’ll strap two flat pieces of wood to his feet and use them to slide down a mountain. From now on when somebody makes the news for something totally unworthy, it should be called ‘pulling a Kent Couch’. And while I’m making up rules, the new name for gravy will be Heaven Sauce.