Dual boot Linux

So what I'm looking for here is two things - a Linux distro good for we poor schlubs whose acquaintance with Linux is nodding at best, and a kind of Dual Booting For The Compleat Idiot so I can dual boot with XP.

No show tonight

I feel utterly without energy of any kind right now, and I get the feeling a whole lot of people aren't going to be able to make it anyway so hie thee to the main feed off the station page to request your faces off and have yourselves a good evening. Me, I'm going to play City Of Heroes until I fall down go bleah.