Suburban man playing with laser, meant no harm to airplane pilot...

or, so says David Banach, of Lake Parsippany, according to the Daily Record (ht: drudge). Seems he was just playing with his daughter in the backyard, flashing a common laser pointer around. Much ado about nothing? Well, if it was distracting enough and disturbing enough to warrant national attention, I'd say that this suburban story has a happy ending.  I, for one, would certainly rather find out about this potential hazard as a result of a little goofing around in someone's backyard, rather than from a breaking story of a "downed airliner, terrorism suspected" - wouldn't you?