Couple of Suggestions...

if you're like me, you were scared s*itless after reading some of the initial press on samuel alito, jr., our beloved president's latest choice to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor...the media made a lot in particular about his ruling in the early 1990s upholding a Pennsylvania law requiring women to notify their husbands before getting an abortion (which i think is absolutely ridiculous and beyond unconstitutional)....but this article in the LA Times gives a more moderate picture, and at the very least, I suggest reading it before making any final judgments on the candidate
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-legal2nov02,0,4962703.story?track=tottext

on a lighter note, check out "Everybody Hates Chris", the only UPN show you will likely ever laugh during...it's narrated by none other than chris rock, and is based on his childhood growing up in Brooklyn. I saw it for the first time on Tuesday and, going in with low expectations, was pleasantly surprised.