It will be her first interview on a late-night talk show, and it will be on the one that happens to compete with David Letterman, with whom she has engaged in a longstanding feud.
But, it is important to keep in mind that the only poll that counts is the one that happens on November 8th.
To somehow denigrate "The Sopranos" because it can't be deemed classic under Terry Teachout's restrictive definition of the term seems to miss the larger point: in the shared opinion of legions of viewers, "The Sopranos" certainly seems to be a classic, albeit one that happens to appear on television.
Environmental advocates who have long fought logging in the region, and some scientists, see this proposal as science on the model of Japanese whalers, who take their harpoons to sea in what they call a research project -- one that happens to put whale meat on the menus of pricey restaurants in Tokyo.
At its core, this is a separation-of-powers revolution, one that happens to be playing out now on the field of states' rights but is not likely to stay confined to that battleground.
As a global sport dependent on the world's largest bodies of water, and one that happens to be incredibly sexy in its pursuit of living life via life and death thrills, surfing is uniquely positioned to get everyone from lay persons to law-makers enthused about racing headlong into the rush of tackling the environmental crisis.
Recognizing that politics stands in the way of loosening controls on methadone, they decided to start fresh with a new medication, one that happens to be safer.
The replay rigmarole has become just another stoppage, albeit one that happens to be exciting.
"It's not a decision we take lightly and not one that happens often," Urwin said.
(Let's remember: depression is an illness, one that happens to you, not because of you).
