That was the thinking behind the metaphor. Sometimes I have to laugh at myself. The thought process went "Boomstick HR" > the word "boom" > word association with "boomer" = nuclear submarine. A quick Google search because at first I started to (mistakenly) post about a Los Angeles class sub but sensed I might have things confused (good thing I checked else Bat571 woulda disowned me). Then I noted while reading a brief blurb about the correct sub the Ohio class I noticed the 24 missile limit which got me thinking about how apropos that number was to conventional Nelson-Cruz-in-Seattle-not-Texas-or-Baltimore opinion. Which got me thinking about how doubling that limit is beginning to look like the real upper limit for Cruz the way he's going. Feel free to refer me to the men in the white coats any time the urge strikes you. But there is a certain rationality behind my irrationality.