Carrie Underwood doesn't like to be asked who she voted for and she won't be asking you either.
Peter Kramer / AP
"...as human beings we are capable of making sense of situations based on the thinnest slice of experience."
Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point.
SHE HAS A SECRET: Country superstar Carrie Underwood feels very strongly about this so don't ask her who she voted for Tuesday because she's not telling. (RL)
ENGLISH SNARK: For the second time in a few weeks Graham Parker, working under a nom de plume, has released a smart alecky (but funny) song taking a few jabs at the electoral process. This time he takes a jab at Joe the Plumber. (RL)
THE LOGICAL CHOICE: Having a tough time deciding who to vote for today? Maybe casting a ballot for Capt. Kirk and Spock would be more logical. Here are 10 presidential tickets taken from the sci fi universe. (RS)
VAN THE MAN SPEAKS: It's not often that Van Morrison gives an interview, much less a lengthy look into his creative process. But he recently gave this interview to the L.A. Times in which he explains that the influential critics-fave "Astral Weeks" is about as incomprehensible to him as it is to the rest of us. But we love him anyway. (RL)
LET'S PLAY TWO: Tobey Maguire has signed on for two more Spider-Man films. That's 4 and 5. (KC)
IDOL ATTACK: American Idol has turned its sights on former castoff Josiah Leming. Leming, 19, didn't make the show's top 24, but a strict contract all "Idol" contestants must sign that makes them promise to record only with the "Idol"-preferred label, Sony/BMG. Pay the man. (KC)
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