I really dislike the new Salon layout.

Just not sure how adult confirmation systems would work on the iPod interface setup. Typing in passwords or the like.

You don't grab content from the iPod. You grab content from iTunes.

I'm sure if they've worked out a vaguely satisfactory way to get porn on this, they can get it onto a device whose primary control is your home computer.

I just created a CNN news alert with the keyword 'indictment" I think that will cover everybody.

Can you create one with the keywords "Rove suicide" or "Bush meltdown OR drunk"?

Still more conjecture (I should stop reading this stuff and wait for an announcement, huh?):

Here's one more theory to ponder as you process the news that there won't be any news from Patrick Fitzgerald today. We walked through some of the what-it-means possibilities a few minutes ago, but we neglected to mention another possibility: Is Fitzgerald buying himself some time in order to work out a deal with one of his would-be defendants?

As we noted earlier today, Fitzgerald was spotted Tuesday at the offices of the Washington law firm Patton Boggs, where Karl Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, practices law. If Fitzgerald was just hours away from indicting Rove -- or if he'd already decided not to -- there wouldn't have been much of a need for a face-to-face meeting with his lawyer. But if the prosecutor was looking to cut a deal with Rove, or vice versa, then Fitzgerald and Luskin might have had all sorts of things still to discuss.

In my happy-place they're negotiating surrender terms.

Food question: I bought some carrot-ginger soup at Whole Foods the other day, but I still don't feel like eating it. Can I freeze it?

ION, I saw the headline U.S. Seeks Review of Piracy Enforcement, and my first reaction was to wonder which government agency is responsible for dealing with pirates? The Coast Guard? The FBI? The Navy?

The coast guard, I believe.

The Coast Guard for pirates and smugglers.

Jesse - yes.