Relaunching Mac Finder (10.6)

Finder, like Sarah Palin, is always on. (Is that woman ever not hamming things up? I mean, honestly!) It always runs. You can hide it, but you can't quit it or anything. You can, however, restart it by doing the following: 

1. Press and hold the option key while you click the Finder icon on the desktop dock.
2. Click Relaunch.
3. Press command + tab to toggle to the relaunched Finder.