Ok guys, yes this looks suspicious. However, Lapine's book wasn't published yet when Jessica's proposal went out to publishers. There's almost no way Jessica would have seen a copy of Lapine's manuscript (unless some really devious publishing flack showed it to her).

@texylady: Aieee!? Really? Well that's weird.

Yowza! All 3 are hot hot hot. Did anyone see the Vogue spread with Pen and her sis? They look almost like twins and are both gorgeous. So was the delicious young, recently-gored bullfighter who posed with them.

I would never ever buy any of those shiny things or the unitards—I always thought that stuff was just a publicity stunt. Oh, and I totally understand the Charney-hate, but... and don't hate me:

@Mollyboo: So true. I never read Gawker anymore. Jezebel only,kthx.

Good lord, I saw a woman on the subway wearing silver shiny leggings under a pink dress, with silver ferragamo shoes... just today! Guess I know who to blame for my burned eyeballs. Thanks New York Mag!

@rocknrollunicorn: No I'm not blaspheming at all, I'm having a blast. I just have to say that his early oeuvre is pretty repetitive if you read them all in a row. (ie: they all follow the same "I Know What You Did Last Summer" formula).

I don't mind the bitchy comments (if that makes me a bitch, then OK), but I will do my part.

On another sort of related but not really note, thanks to "Fine Lines," my coworkers and I have decided to start a Christopher Pike book club, and are reading them all chronologically.

Once I read the first question, I knew with a sinking heart how it would stack up.

@dingosmom1: I'm really liking the new Clinique SuperMoisture makeup. It's a little bit thicker than tinted sunscreen and has some light-reflecting particles. And it's soooo silky.

@AndSheWas: Awww, I just clicked on that link. It doesn't say anything much, but her face in that picture... I feel so sad for her.

Yeah, I tried the Neutrogena kind. It blew. My skin is wayyyy too uneven, I need real makeup.

@RainbowBrite: I think that douchebag wore a pinky ring, too. But it was the thumb ring that really stood out for me.

Ugh, I once knew a guy who wore a bracelet on each arm and 3 or 4 different silver rings including a thumb ring!!! and he used and abused me the worst of any guy I ever slept with.

@Sassafras: Because the Knowleses didn't accept $1million to announce it on the cover of a freakin' tabloid!

So she just woke up, but still managed to put on a full face of makeup? WTF?

@Xylo: He did say that Regenerist was the best product.

Ok, have to weigh in... I wanted to try those Olay eye-refining pods (the little scrubby things). My friend's uncle is a senior product development guy at P&G who works on the Olay lines, and I asked him first if they were worth the $30.

I always imagined they were thinking of sandwiches or chocolate pudding, cause that's what dudes usually want after sex: Food.