Isolation Thought

Poker is in the air. I am currently reading a terrific poker book, "Positively Fifth Street" by James McManus. And the World Series of Poker is going on right now. Lots of names from last year's ESPN coverage are already gone, probably due to a record number of entrants. You can check out the results here. I understand ESPN will have 22 hours of taped coverage this year, and will debut some time in June.

Meal of Links

New tanning agent. It's known as hippo sweat. I'm guessing this guy already knew that.

Ashcroft comes out of his spider hole to give us the latest attack news. Who cares? American Idol ends today.

In a huge waste of money, Terry Nichols is convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing. Somewhere, John Doe Number 2 is laughing.

Exercise Yard

Minor league team cancels "Sports Criminals Night". O.J. doesn't get an appearance fee.

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30 Across: "Soap" spin-off (6 letters) Answer: Benson