In People’s annual “100 Most Beautiful People” issue, 11 celebrities, including cover model (and Revlon endorser) Drew Barrymore, appear without makeup. Big deal. The real statement will be made when celebrities agree to appear in magazines without Photoshop.
2 More online merchants, including Chicago’s Threadless and Blue Tux, are opening bricks-and-mortar stores. The big drawback: You still have to fill out 13 forms at the checkout counter.
3 Some schools are banning iPods because pupils are using them to cheat. Administrators became suspicious when one student’s “essay” on American poetry turned out to be the lyrics to Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable.”
4 The CTA is spending $25 million to outfit buses with tracking devices that will let customers with Internet access know exactly where the next bus is. Customers without Internet access are invited to rely upon the same ache in their elbow that tells them when it’s about to rain.
5 A new book on how to e-mail, “Send,” lists eight reasons why you might not want to e-mail. No. 9: Nobody believes you’re a deposed African prince.
