He May Be Right, We May Be Crazy.

But as jurors decided the fate of the Alaska Republican, things turned tense in the jury room, where jurors described a "stressful" environment and sent a note to the judge asking that one member of the panel be dismissed. "She has had violent outbursts with other jurors, and that's not helping anyone," the note said. But the judge left the violent juror in place and urged jurors to behave themselves.

You have to learn to pace yourself.

Pressure.

You're just like everybody else.

Pressure.

At the White House, Bush, all but forgotten, had but one meeting on his public schedule for the day: with participants in the U.S. Middle East Partnership Initiative. Nobody seemed to notice.

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes.

I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.

Say goodbye to Hollywood.

Say goodbye to my baby.

And at the press club, Joel had finished his hour-long talk and mini-concert. As a final question, he was asked to suggest which of his songs could be a theme for each presidential campaign. He declined, opting instead to sing one of his old ballads, "Summer, Highland Falls," which seemed newly appropriate for the times.

They say that these are not the best of times,

But they're the only times I've ever known.

And I believe there is a time for meditation

In cathedrals of our own.

Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes,

And I can only stand apart and sympathize.

For we are always what our situations hand us.

It's either sadness or euphoria.