The BBC said tonight that, if she is able, Susan Boyle is planning a CD this fall and then a tour of the US. I hope she is able.

This thread is disappointing. It started out, I think, on a cheerful, cheering note for the woman and the surprise she graced us with but deteriorated quickly into being a sniping contest that smacked somewhat of sour grapes.

Why not, as Sage intimates, let this thread be a You go, girl! instead of a sniffy 'I know LOTs of people who would do better', with more than a hint that s/he is speaking of her or himself.

"And that is all I have to say about that."