  Nan - It sounds as though you have a very nice trip planned. Enjoy, but don't let all of the pampering spoil you. Lol! In regard to Shep's prediction about the Michael Jackson story bringing higher ratings, that may well be the case, but I found an article posted at Electronic Media that stated that on Wednesday night, Larry King scored a higher rating than Hannity & Colmes. The Larry King show that night was a birthday tribute and wasn't about Michael Jackson. Larry King drew 1.8 million viewers to Hannity & Colmes 1.6 million viewers. The article also mentioned that this was the second time in recent weeks that Larry King had outdrawn Hannity & Colmes.
I don't think that we can draw any conclusions at this point, but the ratings gap between Fox & CNN could be narrowing. We'll have to wait and see how the ratings continue to shape up. I want to give my highest recommendation for a book that I think all of the LevenGals would enjoy. The book is "Arrogance" by Bernard Goldberg. It deals with the arrogance of the network news media. The overall theme won't be a surprise to anyone who ever watches ABC, NBC or CBS, but the depth of news media arrogance, bias and political agendas may be a revelation. One point of interest is the documentation of how the networks deliberately leave vital bits of information out of their reports, thereby changing viewer perception of the facts. The liberal media isn't cut any slack in this book. From what little I've seen, the only hottie to show up today is Greg.
(Has anyone ever noticed Greg's mannerism of licking his lips? I can't even remember if Rick has any mannerisms. He's not on often enough to notice. ) The only consolation for the hottie absence is that at least they haven't been on reporting on Michael Jackson, although a couple of the hotties likely will get stuck with more Jackson coverage. 
