Question of the Day

Will Elton John produce a 3rd version of Candle in the Wind for M.J.?

Lowered Expectations

Ash Simps really knew what she was talking about with her song Shadow: Michael Jordan's son, Jeffrey, quit the Illinois basketball team. Seriously, that must have been an insane amount of pressure and expectation.

My Top 5

Unlike Ross Geller's, this list is not laminated, so it is subject to revision. In no particular order:

1) Clooney (even though he's better than a list)

2) Josh Jackson

3) Matthew Fox

4) Naveen Andrews

5) Andy Samberg

Oldies but goodies (i.e., possible alternates): Omar Epps, Malcolm Jamal Warner. One or both may be bumped up once Lost ends.

I Want to Go to There

Disney World is adding a Lost attraction to its park. My life is complete. Road trip!

Worried Baby Part 2

Alexander's brother, Sascha, inherited the worry wort gene.

Just In Case He Forgets

While the Willow Palin/David Letterman joke/feud/apology is all the rage this week, I would like to take a moment to point out something lighter yet worth noting: Levi Johnston has his own last name tattooed on his left arm.

Game Changer?

Monday's Jon & Kate Plus 8 might be too sad for my little heart.

Celebrity Relatives

Kathy Griffin is the sister I never had. Check out her recent appearance on Larry King Live: she rips into Sarah and Todd Palin, Jon Gosselin, George Bush and pretty much anyone else she can think of. I approve!

Early Hanukkah Gift?

Meet Rebecca Rubin, the newest member of the American Girl family. Her description reads,

"She is a 9-year-old girl living on the Lower East Side in 1914 with her Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, siblings and a grandmother known only as Bubbie."

They failed to mention that her outfit is totally 1900's Jewish Casual. Does it get any better?

Love and Basketball

In case you are wondering, I love Shaquille O'Neal. Here are my reasons:

• Shaq loves a good dance-off (above) and will even perform in earnest (see his routine with the Jabbawockeez).
• Shaq will call you out if you make him mad (see retaliation rap against Kobe Bryant).
• Shaq loves the kids (Oprah intro'd him to a 12- year-old boy who is already taller than the b-ball star! Plus, he had that under-watched reality show helping kids lose the l-b's.).
• Shaq will kindly take time out of his day to shake hands with 5'4" red heads (true story, if I had a pic, it would be posted).

My Arch Nem

3. Shorts: My body is too pear-shaped to wear shorts.

Thin Is In

(This image review came my way via a Huffington Post slide show of "The World's Most Famous Swimsuits.")

Yes, this picture of Demi Moore's in Charlie's Angles: Full Throttle is a few years old (6 to be exact), but this time around I noticed how incredibly skinny she was (and still is) and I don't mean that as a compliment. After seeing Marilyn's iconic one-piece (I know, it's a trite comparison), even Kathy Ireland's 90's look (creepy eyebrows!), I was somewhat stunned, and yet not, by the evolution of a modern woman's desired weight: Demi's starvation-chic bod apparently sets the current standard.

Jewish Casual

Attention readers, there is a dress code category you have been missing out on your entire lives: Jewish Casual. Coined by my mother (really, do other parents use this term?), Jewish Casual is equal to dressy casual, but may some more limitations unlike the latter. Though not a spoken rule, Jewish Casual implies no jeans, and nothing too skin-bearing. It can be worn to social events, but not Saturday morning Shabbat services. Realizing this may be an exclusive family term only my bother and I were raised with, my cousin did some interweb research and found an alternate and equally appropriate definition:

"“Jew Casj” (Jewish Casual). That is when a cool out-exterior is masterfully negotiating a jumble of inner-neurosis."

While I was raised to think of Jewish Casual as a dress code, I feel my world has expanded by considering it a state of being. Today, neither my outfit or attitude would be described as Jewish Casual, but I have a feeling I will be both for an upcoming family event. L'Chayim!

Celebrity Relatives

Perhaps the ultimate in kooky celebrity relatives that I would be honored to have in my family: Cloris Leachman! She took a page from the young starlets and started her own fashion line, and it's pretty fierce. Plus, Cloris called out Russell Crowe for being an a-hole and has a raunchy sense of humor- amazing combo!

Get Lost!

Kate Austen proved her uselessness last Wednesday with her faux reach for a dangling Juliette. Nice work, Freckles! Go back to using sex as a weapon, it's way more your stylo.