And a recording contract.

Kepler's is reopening.

Her lastest album is called "Tissues and Issues". I don't quite know what to say.

It's like Christina Aguilera, only more so.

Only Christina Aguilera is too skinny....

just kidding....

I am with Jesse in the "it is just the right age to tart up" camp. It somehow doesn't bother me nearly as much as every single girl/woman getting famous and then losing oodles of weight. But this is clearly my issue.

Okay, I need suggestions. I'm going down to stay with my parents this weekend. They'd hoped to be into an apartment by now, but the apartment doesn't have power yet, so I'll probably be staying with them in Baton Rouge. I want to bring a gift of some kind to the couple whose house it is. My first thought was something food-related, but the woman is a cancer survivor and is on a specialized diet. No preservatives, no coffee, no alcohol, etc. So food options are pretty much out.

What else could I bring that would be a gift for both the husband and the wife?

Stationery? Nice candles and candle holders? A pretty photo album?

Could some really good fruit work?

A really nice floral arrangement, Dana?

I think Church looks tacky and gross, and I don't care what weight she is when she's doing it. Majority be damned, my mother would have splattered my grey matter all over the floor.

Or something.

From IMDB:

Paparazzi convicted of assaulting celebrities could now receive hefty fines in California. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law a bill that triples damages celebrities can win from paparazzi if they are assaulted. The governor himself was involved in an incident in 1998 when photographers surrounded his car as he and wife Maria Shriver picked up their children from day care. The photographers were later convicted of false imprisonment and reckless driving. In a statement incoming SAG President Alan Rosenberg called the new law "a victory for guild members who have been terrorized by unprofessional paparazzi." The law is due to take effect on Jan. 1.

This makes me wonder what's so wrong with the standard rules. But I guess the paparazzi have better financing.

I've often gone with candles/holders. OH! One of the nicest and most useful thank-you gifts I've received was a pretty glass cutting board. Something like this? [link]