Do You Get It? It's Because He Was Stupid!

• The Monologue:
• George W. Bush's memoir, Decision Points, will be released in November. It's an early favorite for the Newberry Award.
• George W. Bush's memoir, Decision Points, will be released in November. It was ghost-written by Shel Silverstein.
• The best part of Decision Points? Pop-up Paul Wolfowitz.
• Random Pop Culture:
• I think my NBA/NHL postseason watching will start tomorrow. The Thunder visit the Lakers in Game 5 with the series tied. Kevin Durant is awesome, but Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook has to be the secretly most exciting player in the league.
• I also saw Mike Judge's Extract over the weekend. It had some funny moments, but it did not work as a whole. No cohesion to the plot and it seemed to drag on too long.
• Random Music Video:
• Some great music birthdays today, including Duane Eddy, Bobby Rydell, and Stevie Nicks, but the day belongs to William "Count" Basie who was born on April 26, 1904, and died on his 80th birthday, April 26, 1984: