1. Be cool
A new report pinpoints the gene responsible for earwax. I don’t know about you, but there’s something about a bunch of scientists studying earwax all day that screams “badass.”
2. The exception
Isn’t it kind of nice to read today’s cover story about all these crazy jobs and feel a little better about your own? Well, unless your Paris Hilton’s acting coach.
3. ‘Real World’ experience
AOL is launching a new online reality show. I hear there are some folks over at MTV who could use the work. Several thousand of them.
4. Yikes
Pink, please tell us this is not what it looks like.
5. It’s electric
Tuesday morning we’ll know the names of the people who’ll bore us to tears for four hours in March. That is to say, it’s time for the Oscar nominations.
6. Step by step
Did you see that Coca-Cola might start making coffee soon? Why not just make the leap to sugar-flavored adrenaline shots?
7. Little help
Rumor has it “Uptown Girls” star Brittany Murphy is thinking about recording an album. Producers are rounding up chihuahuas in case she needs tracking vocals.
8. Guten tag
Michael Jackson gave fans a quick look at him while visiting a friend in Germany. In keeping with his recent habit of dressing in women’s clothing, he appeared in blond pigtails and dirndl skirt.
9. Sky rockets in flight
The Rocket Racing League has its first team. I can’t tell you much about these guys other than that they’ve been watching way too much “Star Wars.”
