Your Random Weekend Memo

Well, I sure picked a heck of a week to get ready for cancer surgery, didn't I?

Fortunately, the rest of the USA TODAY staff, notably Gary Levin, have picked up the slack to write about Jennifer Lopez's exit from American Idol. Also, AP has a story about early front-runners in the race to replace Lopez and Steven Tyler.

As you can tell, I'm significantly scaling back my Idol coverage as I head into...