This is the strangest story I’ve heard all week.

Meghan McCain’s got a nice rack.

Usher’s ex wife is out to get him.

Bad romantic comedies teach bad dating habits.

What are Lady Gaga and Beyonce planning?

You go, Taylor Swift!

While browsing around on the internet (hey, it’s the the only way to spend the day when you’ve still got the spins from the night before), I stumbled across this little tidbit from CNN.com:  apparently peeing in the pool grosses people out AND can be detrimental to your health. Oh, and 17% of people polled still do it.

After countless summers as an essentially aquatic creature in my childhood, I know my way around a pool.  You can always tell which kid has the potential to use your watery paradise as their personal toilet.  And by “which kid,” I mean all kids.  Hell, I’ll admit, I’ve raised the temperature in a pool or two (I was young, okay??).  What I didn’t do was go swimming with diarrhea (grossgrossgrossgross), or drink the pool water (hey, I was peeing in it, why would I drink it??), or do any of the other things that health officials warn against.

In my day, peeing in the pool got you a shrill “ewwwww” from the rest of your playmates, but then you moved on and kept playing Marco Polo or whatevs until the next one of you decided that drying off, running to the bathroom and then trying to pull that wet one-piece back up was far too much work.  Gross? Yes, but apparently not gross enough to keep people from doin’ the in-the-pool-pee-pee.

So, we want do know: do you pee in the pool? Don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone.

First the Swine Flu, now an earthquake?

Jessica Biel can’t be comfortable there.

10 ideas for avoiding the swine flu.

Marry young or lose “market value.”

OMG. Cutest couple. Ever.

Obama works to help students.

First LC, now Paris. What’s wrong with Doug Reinhardt?

Do you want to be a Skinny Bitch?

Cheap and eco friendly shoes. Helloooo, Payless!

Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN: An Epic Battle.

OMG! You can meet Leo!

Spring beauty on a budget.

Beware, your mother is on now Facebook. You don’t believe me? Well, CNN has the proof. They are reporting that women over 55 are the fastest growing group on Facebook. That’s right, your mother is sending you a friend request at this very moment.

Maybe you’re part of that lucky minority who hasn’t received that email yet, the email that will crush your boundaries and make you curse the social network’s very existence. That may be true, but your mom may still be just a click away from invading your personal Facebook space.  Studies show that “there are now about 1.5 million female users older than 55 on the site — roughly a 550 percent increase over six months ago.”

Unfortunately, my mother is among this statistic. Read More »

Mandy Moore is married.

Obama wants to help students.

Chris Brown pulls out of Teen Choice Awards.

Lookin’ for a new look? How about 80’s eyes?

Shooting spree in Alabama kills 11.

Annalynne McCord drives as well as she acts.

Spring handbags!

Katie Holmes has lady hair!

Octomom coming to her senses?

5 argument tactics that never work.

Life changing beauty products.

Ok, so we are immature. But, come on; inaugural balls? Juggling? That’s funny!

[Photo and Headline courtesy of CNN]

It’s game (and wing!) time, but who will win? Oklahoma or Florida?

Big earthquake rocks Costa Rica.

Amy Winehouse looks…well, she’s alive.

Signs that a party is about to turn from “fun” to “oh hell no.”

Barbie’s creator was a total perv.

Sexy relationships…without sex.

Why everyone should get their butt out of bed early.

Heidi Montag gets Chanel manicure. Coco Chanel rolls over in her grave.

Must. start. running.

Celebrate National Bubble Bath Day with these products (and someone special!)

(We’re back with another weekly installment of G.W.W.E. [Guys We Wanna Eff]. With all the news retrospectives airing to close out 2008, we thought it was about time to pay homage to our favorite journalist, the infinitely effable Anderson Cooper. )

Let me make no mistake: Anderson Cooper is a stone cold F-O-X. They should change the call letters of his station from CNN to E-F-F, because when I tune in, all I see are Anderson’s steely blue eyes telling me he wants to jump my bones.

But Anderson isn’t just a journalistic automaton–the guy’s got substance. After graduating from Yale, he didn’t have a job and simply decided to fly himself to far-flung locales like Burma and Somalia to cover wars as a freelance journalist, which he wrote about in his book. He gained recognition for his hard-hitting news coverage, landing him a spot as a CNN reporter and anchor of the program Anderson Cooper 360. Known for his grit and endurance for reporting across the globe, Anderson also starred in the documentary Planet in Peril, about the most critical environmental issues facing the earth today.

But all work and no play would make Anderson a very dull boy. He is well-known for being down-to-earth and plugged in to today’s popular culture. He’s a BIG fan of Real Housewives of Atlanta, (as he’s professed on many talk shows), and has a Facebook and a Twitter. He made a big splash a few weeks ago (literally!) when he challenged Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps to a mini-swimming race. Anderson may have lost the race, but ladies won the chance to see our favorite journo jock shirtless on national television. Most recently, he co-hosted CNN’s New Year’s Eve special with Kathy Griffin (whose wild remarks have been the talk of bloggerati since yesterday), where he professed his resolution to blog more in 2009. Will I be hanging on his every effable word? Yes, yes I will.

Don’t worry, I’ve read all the gossip. I could care less if he loves men, women, or panda bears–I’d like to dispatch Mr. Cooper to my bed to experience some of his hard-hitting coverage. “Anderson Cooper’s Effability” is the only breaking story on my news feed.

Did she just say….dick?

What were the celebs’ resolutions?

In case you were too hungover to watch, here is a rundown of all the bowl games yesterday.

Looking chic without looking like you tried to.

Charles Barkley is a naughty, naughty man.

Don’t mess with this old lady!

Lilo and Sam are fighting again.

Getting to know bitchness, Olivia Palermo.

The credit crunch meets the fashion world.

What is going on in Israel?