We are now aware of this bug and will be releasing another upgrade soon to address the "Circle of Inconvenience" (has anyone really died from it yet? ). This lingering spinner only happens in the Journal app and there are some things that you can do to make it go away if it happens to you:

1. Try saving the journal.
2. Try opening a different journal.
3. Try quitting the journal by choosing Menu-->File-->Quit.
4. If none of that fixes the problem, a reboot may be necessary.

Tom