• Jessica Simpson to co-host The View in November, presumably to take Elisabeth Hasselbeck's spot as "the dumb blond one" while Lizzy pops out a tiny, uber-conservative baby.

• A mysterious woman who makes giant cow-sculptures out of butter just might catapult Barack Obama to victory in the Iowa primaries.

• TMZ gets called out for resorting to Ebonics, refusing to "keep it real."

• Dan Abrams tackles the Dumbledore (a.k.a. "OMG, a fictional character is gay!" story with the requisite amount of tact and decorum.

• After that whole embarrassing "Hurricane Katrina" debacle, President Bush isn't taking any chances. He's already officially pronounced those scary California wildfires to be a "major disaster." Presumably, the over 1 million people who've already been displaced from their homes would agree.

• Apparently, we're the only ones who think bedsharing is old news. The Times article about parents who sleep in the same room as their well-adjusted eight year-olds is currently #2 on the "Most Emailed" list.