a fantan-diddily-astic weekend

So Karl Rove is off the hook, for now, and says he's looking forward to a "fantastic weekend." I'm assuming he won't be running in the Marine Corps Marathon, but it is supposed to be lovely in DC this weekend. I'm sad not to be there for my usual last weekend in October trip! Good luck to all the runners, and Karl, since we run into each other everywhere (more on that if/when he gets indicted), I'll see you at CityZen on the 11th.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, it looks like Scooter Libby will be indicted in the next few minutes. Or maybe Grand Jury 03-3 will have its term extended for a bit longer (my gosh, wouldn't you be annoyed if you'd been on a grand jury for two years and they asked you to keep on keepin' on?). All the gossip/news that is gossip/news can be found here.

That said, without further ado, I give you a list of "Things, Other than Conservatives in a Tailspin, to which I am Looking Forward this Weekend":
1. The Texas Book Festival on the capitol grounds this weekend. Ginger, Julia, and I are going to hear Lemony Snicket speak in the morning and have our books, etc. signed. I am also hoping to catch historian David McCullough, historian and legal scholar John Hope Franklin, Coach Darrell K. Royal, and constitutional scholar Noah Feldman.
2. Texas trouncing Oklahoma State in Stillwater.
3. The Iron & Wine and Calexico show at Stubb's on Sunday night.
4. Skipping Baylor Homecoming. I am finally too old to stay up late for the brothers' party and still make it to the parade looking like a Baylor girl should.
5. Hanging out with my friend Whitney, who's flown in to spend most of Baylor Homecoming in Austin.
6. Halloween-related festivities.
7. High school football tonight!
8. Dinner with Alexander McCall Smith on Monday.