How about an open thread today? Haven't had one in a while and there's lots to talk about.

Via Atrios, for those who can't attend Yearly Kos in person (like me), Air America Radio will be streaming live video, from start to finish. For $10, you can have access to all of it. Sign up here.

And check out actor Will Keenan's latest promo for Yearly Kos.

He is so cool.

I'm about to begin the drive home from Aspen to Denver (a three -plus hour treat of goregous scenery), after which I am going to work on assembling and posting the best of the hundreds of photos I and others took while out at Hunter Thompson's Owl Farm yesterday.

The speakers were top-notch, we all learned some good trial tactics, the comraderie was terrific and the meals unbeatable. The person who impressed me the most was Anita Thompson.

So, while I relish the wonderful five days I just spent here in Aspen during the drive home, here's a place for you to talk about whatever else is going on. I'll be back in time for the final Soprano's Open Thread of the season.

I'm headed up to Aspen for the NORML Legal Seminar. I'll be blogging from Aspen tomorrow through the weekend, with an edited report of our Saturday day trip to Hunter Thompson's Owl Creek Farm where I hear Jimmy Ibbotson of Dirt Band fame, will be performing his brand-new anti-drug war song. Anita (Thompson) is putting together a souvenir booklet of some of Hunter's writings on defense lawyers. If you are a defense lawyer, it's not too late to attend -- just show up to register.

Here's some news from the rest of the world:

• Sen. Barbara Boxer calls for troop pullout from Iraq - by Thanksgiving.

• The Government says Congressman William Jefferson tried to hide his papers. Some are praising Congressman Sensenbrenner for his demand for info on the raid. Not me. He's a menace. He's behind some of the worst proposed legislation out there -- from the most punitive immigration bill in history to his "five years for passing a joint bill" and "snitch or go to jail bill."

• A federal judge has ruled the Government must release information about monitoring converstations beween detainees and defense lawyers. The New York Times reports:

Three days off means catching up on four days of work. For those of you not so hamstrung today, here's a space for you to keep us up to date.

There's been some great blogging this holiday weekend. Many thanks to TalkLeft commenter Squeaky for assembling the first, and I hope not the last, edition of Squeaky's Sightings:

• Jane's Sunday Syllogism. (I'll add: Also check out Jane's tribute to Duane Allman and this rare 1970 footage of the Allman Brothers performing Whipping Post.)

• Atrios on Timmeh

• Empty Wheels awesome two-part Plame Story narrative.

• Crooks and Liars' Late Night Music Club with Wes Montgomery and Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa. (I'll add John's link to Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Prince performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps.")

Check out this terrific video promotion by Ava Lowery for Yearly Kos.

Here's another , which Yearly Kos writes is by actor Will Keenan.

Thanks to Hoverground for sending them -- a great Will Keenan video is here.

Yearly Kos, June 8 to 11, Las Vegas. My thoughts on the event are here.

From Financial Times:

The internet will this year overtake national newspapers to become the third biggest advertising medium by spend, according to authoritative forecasts.

By the end of 2007, internet advertising will close the gap on regional newspapers, the number two medium, but will still be well short of television, the biggest outlet in the £12bn-a-year media advertising market.

No wonder --the prices are much more reasonable. Check out Advertising Liberally and The Law Blog Ad Network.

The blogging cool kidz will be in Vegas the weekend of June 9 attending the first Yearly Kos convention. So will many Democratic party leaders. The Sunday New York Times Magazine gives it a big shout-out.

Next week, 1,000 devotees of the liberal blogging universe -- people who know one another only as pseudonyms on a screen, connected by only their running commentaries -- will descend on the Riviera Hotel in hopes of affixing names and faces to their online personas.

If you are online today, and not because you are at work, chances are, like me, you are avoiding or procastinating doing something else. In the spirit of 100 Things I've Never Done by Jim Capozzola of Rittenhouse Review (also see his 100 Things About Me), I'm going to list as many projects as I can that I haven't finished -- mostly because it's easier to sit at the computer and surf the net or blog. I'm hoping that by writing them out I'll not only have a written list but actually do some of them.

What could or should you be doing other than reading this? Feel free to list them in the comments. No need to list 15, any number is fine. If you number them, you can post a followup later should you get any done.

Ok, here's my list, in no particular order:

I'm told this is the most popular screen-saver in the U.S. (If he gets stuck, just move him with your cursor or right-click and press play.)

Here's an open thread to begin the holiday weekend.

Say hello to Stand Down, a blog by the Texas Standown Project covering death penalty issues. While Texas-centric it also links to major national stories and events.

It's great to see more of anti-death penalty blogs. I also recommend Abolish (NCADP) and Capital Defense Weekly which in addition to its own blogging, has a blogroll with many defender blogs.