Hopefully, everyone is unwinding from a pleasant holiday weekend. I'm going to watch Pacific, Celebrity Apprentice and Justified, and call it a night.

If you did get an iPad, please give us your updated thoughts, particularly on good Apps, now that you've had a day to try it out. Gizmodo has a round-up here -- and a handy set-up guide -- and a list of what they call the "essential apps."

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Happy Easter to those of you celebrating the holiday.

I'm not wild about ham or lamb, but if I could have these for dessert, I'd be a happy camper.

Are any of you cooking today? This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

If you haven't seen Jaime Oliver's Food Revolution, it's pretty good and a new episode is on ABC tonight.

There's another right-wing group making threats today. New York's top appeals court limited the scope of searches today -- nor more getting a search warrant for a place and searching everyone in it. The changes in airline screening seem like a step in the right direction, but it would be better if the watch lists were scrubbed.

What's on your agenda this weekend? What are you finding interesting? This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

I am traveling this evening and will be wrapped up in a PI hearing all next week. There won't be much of me to kick around until 2 Saturdays from today.

Before I go my Final Four picks - Butler (-1) over Michigan State and Duke (-3) over West Virginia. I like Duke in the final.

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Who's going home on American Idol? I'll guess Didi or Tim. So long as it's not Crystal, Casey or Lee, I'm okay with it. I'd like to see Andrew Garcia stay a little longer too. (No spoilers please.)

L.L. Cool J isn't the only one complaining about Fox's use of canned interviews for Sarah Palin's special show. Toby Keith isn't happy either. I bet Levi won't pull those kind of stunts on his new reality show, which he describes as Jersey Shore on Ice.

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Note to New Progressives ("Obama's announcment begins to give a clear picture of what those concessions will be"), get your stories straight:

[B]y announcing the drilling policy without seeking to extract concessions [. . .]

And I agree that off shore drilling is not like school uniforms. One of these policies actually matters. Guess which one?

I've whined enough. Now it is your turn.

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It's the afternoon on the West Coast.

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Is anyone getting an iPad? I'd love one and put it on my wish list.

I'm sure it's lunchtime somewhere, and since I'm busy at work today, here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

It's just about sundown here, which marks the beginning of Passover. Best wishes to all observing.

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