Sarah Palin usually gets more play over on the Bee's Opinion Blog, except when Tina Fey is doing her thing, but there's no denying she's sucking most of the air out of the room when it comes to pop culture this week. There's her book due out tomorrow, her Oprah appearance, her estranged son-in-law posing in the buff, her bashing of the Associated Press, her ticking off former McCain aides, and all sorts of other headline-grabbing endeavors.

What do you think? Are you going to read the book, or at least read about it? Or are you attempting to do the Cone of Silence thing and mighty irked that mention of "Going Rogue: An American Life" even seeped into the Beehive?

I'm pounding out stories today for Friday's 7 section and Sunday's Spotlight section, but even if I didn't have a few thousand words due in a matter of hours, I'd still be scratching my head trying to figure out what to post on the Hive today. It just seems kind of, well, blah out there. (Maybe I'm just glum and pessimistic after watching last night's screening of Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story," which opens Friday in Fresno.) So I'm turning this over to you. What do you care about today? What piques your interest? What news/entertainment events are you following? How would you cheer up the world?

All I know is that I want to break up with mine. It'll be a tough split, I think. My Dry Cleaner -- one of the biggies in town -- is oh so convenient to my house. But I can't stand the way my laundered shirts keep getting mangled. Time and again I rip open the plastic bag to find errant creases and crumpled sleeves. And all for $9 for five shirts! I take them back and complain to get them redone, but, alas, what a pain. Somewhere along the line I got the impression that if I paid that money, I'd have a crisp shirt that's ready-to-wear without having having to iron it myself. Silly me.

So, I'm taking an extremely informal poll. Is there a dry cleaner in town that actually satisfies people in terms of price and quality? Who should I avoid? Write us a dry-cleaner love letter. Or tell us how you keep getting burned.

UPDATE 8/3: This item got used in the Buzz on Page 2 of Monday's Bee, so I thought I'd make it easier to find. A friend writes:

Alas, I have had the same problems with, I am sure, the same dry cleaner. The have ruined several of my husband's shirts and, until I quit them over two years ago, several blouses and one skirt. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau--and talked to the operating manager personally---they denied everything. I was so angry I thought of picketing them....then I realized I would look like (more of a) loon!

Hey, I'd join her on that picket line ...