It's a beautiful day here, too nice to spend indoors. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

Still very busy. Maybe next week will be better.

Open Thread.

In the John Edwards saga, will Andrew Young go to jail today? What happened to the Enquirer's prediction of an imminent indictment of John Edwards? It's been a week since its announcement. Has the grand jury not met, was the tabloid wrong, or will there be news today? (Doesn't the grand jury meet on Thursdays once or twice a month?)

I'm off to work, here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

Who's going home tonight on American Idol? I sure hope it's not Crystal Bowersox or Lilli Scott. Tonight's results will leave the top 12 contestants, the real start of the season.

Who's going home on Survivor? I finally caught up with "24", Damages and The Good Wife. All were excellent this week. I even watched Molly and Jason's wedding last night. It was less schmaltzy than I thought it would be. Maybe it's just that compared to Jake and Vienna, Jason and Molly are a relief to watch. I hope Jakes gets eliminated in week one during DWTS. I'd rather watch Tom DeLay.

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Update: (Jeralyn) I just got back from court and a 9 hour hearing (no ruling yet, we're not done, but at least we don't go back for several weeks.) I'm pretty out of touch with the news, but will catch up tomorrow. Thanks to BTD for the open threads today and readers for hanging in. This past week may be longest I've gone without blogging in many years. I'm looking forward to returning.

Open Thread.

Open Thread.

I have a big wiretap hearing tomorrow so no blogging from me until it's over. American Idol will have to wait.

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Your turn.

Open thread.

Time to get back to real life after the Oscars. I've got a big court hearing Weds. in a 20 defendant case I'll be prepping for until then, and going to see Bon Jovi tomorrow night. This should my final week of having no time to be online or read the news. Hopefully, BTD will be around, and I'm sure I'll check in from time to time.

If there's news your interested in talking about, here's a place to do it. This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

NYTimes live blog.

The US is scheduled to withdraw from a combat role in Iraq in 3 months.

Après moi le déluge. But it was always to be so. It was always just a question of when.

In sporting news, the Paris-Nice cycling race begins today. Podium Cafe is the place to discuss it.

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