My brother and sisters and I are inveterate listmakers with each other. Think of it as one endless High Fidelity Top 5 email chain--favorite movies, childhood memories, places to go on vacation, beaches, Broadway shows, books, etc. You name it, we've probably exchanged lists on it. I'm usually the spoilsport who says that I can't possibly narrow things down to just 5. My youngest sister started the Top 5 80's hit songs list, and once again, I complained how hard it was to narrow it down. But I buckled down and picked them. In no particular order, here are my 5:

Tenderness-General Public, In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel, Every Day I Write The Book - Elvis Costello, Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson and Graceland - Paul Simon.

There's at least 20 others I could have added in their place, but 20 years + later (sigh!) I will still stop and listen to each one of these songs and still love them as much.

So what's your 5?

Talk Left has the new Waas piece detailing Ashcroft's involvment.

Now she has this: What has not been previously reported until now (a blog breaks news!?), is that not only could Rove not remember the name of the journalist who purportedly might have told him of Plame's CIA employment, but he also claimed to remember virtually nothing about the circumstances of the purported conversation. He could not even recall whether the conversation took place on the phone or in person."

When I hear this kind of memory loss testimony come from a "detail man" like Karl Rove for some reason Peter Gabriel's " I Don't Remember" pops into my head. Did the questioning go something like this?

Fitzgerald : Mr. Rove, who is the journalist that fed you Plame's CIA employment information?

Rove: I don't remember.

Fitzgerald: Where did the call take place?

Rove: I don't remember.

Fitzgerald: What time of day did the call take place?

Rove : I don't remember

Fitzgerald: Did you ever meet in person?

Rove: I don't remember.

Fitzgerald: Who is the President of the United States?

Rove: <silence>

Fitzgerald: Answer the question Mr. Rove.

Rove: I'm thinking...