It's a jail day for me. I have two to visit, and they are 40 miles apart. At least it's a beautiful day for a long drive.

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NBA playoffs start Saturday. Here are the current BoDog odds for who is gonna win the Golden Ball:

Los Angeles Lakers 11/4
Miami Heat 13/4
Chicago Bulls 7/2
San Antonio Spurs 7/1
Boston Celtics 15/2
Oklahoma City Thunder 12/1
Dallas Mavericks 18/1
Orlando Magic 18/1
Denver Nuggets 35/1
New York Knicks 45/1
Portland Trailblazers 50/1
Memphis Grizzlies 100/1

I'm rooting for the Bulls - they have Gator Boy Joakim Noah, plus who doesn't love Derrick Rose? I like the price on the Bulls too. In any event, the NBA playoffs are great theatre. And this year more than most, with the Heatles (who look like a strong threat to win.) It looks like it will be fun.

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I'm putting aside the budget fight today to finish my outline on "The New War on Pain Meds and Criminalization of Doctors and Patients" for the upcoming NORML Aspen Legal Conference (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 2-4. )

The full agenda is here. If you'd like to attend, you can register here. This annual seminar is very popular, and unlike NORML's annual legal seminar in Key West, it is open to non-lawyers at a reduced rate.

As in past years, there will be a dinner banquet/benefit at Gerry and Chris Goldstein's home, prepared by Cache Cache chef Chris Lanter and his staff, and on Saturday afternoon, we'll be having an afternoon cookout at Hunter Thompson's Owl Farm, courtesy of Anita, with live music, great food and lots of comraderie.

Here's a video I made of the Aspen 2006 event.

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Update: They've got a "handshake deal" and will go for a one week continuing resolution. Great, so now we can listen to both sides spin victory all weekend?

10:38 p.m. ET - CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash reported there has been a handshake agreement on a framework to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year and a short term continuing resolution funding the government until Thursday.

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Get ready for the last minute budget deal. How did Boehner do? Via CNN on Twitter:

9:20 p.m. ET - @teapartynation: Boehner is selling us out tonight. We will primary Boehner next year. #tcot #teaparty #GOP #TPN #TPP #SGP

Justified was great last night -- one of the best episodes so far this season, and FX has just renewed it for season 3.

If you missed the premiere of AMC's "The Killing" on Sunday, catch it on On Demand or Xfinity or whatever you use as a Tivo these days. It's a winner.

AMC is also re-running all three seasons of Breaking Bad, beginning last night with the pilot for season 1. A new season will start after that. If you haven't watched it so far, give it a try and see what we're all praising and why Bryan Cranston has won so many Emmys for his role as the chemistry teacher with cancer turned meth lab cook with cancer in remission. [More...]

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