Busy day.

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Good TV ratings for the Vancouver Olympics.

Decisions...American Idol or the Olympics? And I still have "24" and Damages to watch from last night.

What's on your minds tonight? This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

I've got lots to do at work after the long holiday weekend. For those of you online, here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

The Bachelor or the Olympics tonight? For me, it's the Bachelor. While everyone already knows who goes home and who Jake picks, the show is worth watching for St. Lucia alone. Between the scenery and the outstanding hotels (Cap Maison tonight, Jade Mountain for the finale on March 1), it will be fun to watch. And no, Ali's not coming back.

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Today is Presidents Day, which is a day that was invented in order to roll Lincoln and Washington's birthday into one national holiday. For some reason, we could not just add a holiday to honor Martin Luther King.

What Presidents Day brings to mind for me? Ads like this one:

Ugh. No offense to Washington and Lincoln, but the celebrations of their birth have set advertising back like nothing else.

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The 10k Biathlon (the cross country skiing/shooting event) is being televised right now (on the East Coast.)

It is one of my Winter Olympic favorites.

For West Coasters, you will want to watch the Nordic Combined event. Fantastic stuff.

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Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. Who's got something romantic planned?

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Apolo Ohno is just about to skate. (Update: He wins silver in 1,500 for 6th Olympic medal)

I've been offline all day, was there any big news?

Dave Cullen, author of the bestselling, Edger-nominated Columbine, provides his take on the female professor accused in the Alabama shooting.

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I'm running errands today and won't have time to follow the news. Here's an open thread for those of you online, all topics welcome.

The world premiere of the We Are the World: 25 for Haiti aired tonight on NBC as part of its olympic coverage. If you're not watching the Olympics (thread here), here's an open thread for other topics.

Politico:

“[Obama] wants a jobs bill, we get a jobs bill,” the [House] official said. “He wanted health care, we got health care. Then the answer is, ‘You just need to twist enough arms to pass the Senate bill.’ You can twist arms if you’ve got a handful of them to twist. You can’t twist over 100 arms. There needs to be some reality check there.”

(Emphasis supplied.) Did you hear that Jon Chait?

Speaking for me only

Roman Polanski's new film is coming out. The NYTimes discusses that and other events that have been notable about Polanski of late.

Texas to the Big 10? I see it from the Big Ten's perspective, but not really from Texas' perspective. The idea that being in the Big Ten will "globalize" the Texas brand is pretty unrealistic imo. More on this story later at Sports Left.

The Winter Olympics have their Opening Ceremony tonight. Anyone interested in blogging the Games let me know. Sports Left is available to be your vehicle. I only like the curling, the ski jumping, the downhill and the biathlon (the skiing and shooting thing.)

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