1. I downloaded “The Lorax” on iTunes for Chris’ iPhone. I had no idea it would be so awesome. The narrator has the perfect voice for the story, it has great sound effects, and when you tap images on the screen, the word pops up and the narrator reads it (“boy”, “ladder”, etc.). I’ve read Kaitlyn that book about eleventy billion times, so I don’t feel at all guilty about letting an iPhone app read it to her now

2. Aaron getting voted off of American Idol – I did NOT see that coming. When Ryan separated the two groups, I was sure that Crystal and Casey were the bottom two and Big Mike and Aaron were the top two.  As much as I love Crystal, she’s been criticized by the judges for two weeks in a row.  And Casey is great when he’s playing the guitar and singing, but not so great when it’s just him and a microphone trying to work the stage.  So now I’m thinking it will come down to Crystal versus Lee – who do you think will win?

3. Jennifer Aniston’s trainer put her on a BABY FOOD DIET to help her lose weight for “Just Go With It”, the movie Aniston is shooting in Hawaii. According to this article on Huffington Post, Tracy Anderson developed a cleanse diet that keeps digestion going with baby food purees as opposed to a liquid diet, which tends to stop working once the user switches to solid food. Aniston ate 14 servings a DAY of baby food plus one solid meal.  I guess if it meant making 14 Million Dollars or whatever Aniston makes per movie, I’d eat baby food too.

4. What is it with conservative anti-gay activists actually being gay and getting caught with male “escorts”? I mean, come ON, George Rekers, do you actually expect us to believe that you thought Rentboy.com meant you could rent someone to help you carry your LUGGAGE through an airport? And you expect us to buy your statement on Facebook that “you deliberately spend time with sinners with the loving goal to try to help them”??

5. I added a Google Friend Connect button to the left sidebar, I’d love to have all of you sign it!

6. And finally, a cartoon to put a smile on your face on this gloomy, cold, rainy Friday (at least if you live in Michigan).  Have a great weekend everybody!

An Andertoons Cartoon

edited to add: I have a guest post published on Time To Play Magazine! Pop over if you’d like to read my article on how to have inexpensive outdoor fun with your kids!