American Idol auditions come to Austin August 11th. CLICK HERE for all the info you need to know.

Gwyneth has gone country.  To hear “Country Strong” from her upcoming film of the same name CLICK HERE.  Yee-haw, ya’ll.

This is for all my girl friends that have babies on the way or have new babies now. 

If you are nursing, you CAN have cute nursing bras. 

With my first baby, I didn’t.  I just had the basic beige stretchy tshirt nursing bra….which is good to have in your lingerie wardrobe because it works under everything, but it gets pretty boring.  Especially because you have to see it so many times per day. 

So, I was so excited to find all these fun nursing bras at Petticoat Fair.   This time around I decided to stock up on a few fun colors and patterns because it will just make me feel better  to wear lingerie that is pretty at a time when I’m not only nursing my baby, but nursing my body back to pre-baby shape. 

Look at these!

Here’s a close up of my favorite.  The Pink Polka dots are so fun!

Are you making people angry with your emails? Studies show that emails are interpreted incorrectly 50% of the time. With a new email plug in called Tone Check, you can check your email for words or phrases that might convey some unintended emotion or negativity and clean up your message before you press send.

Email lives forever….so check your tone and prevent flame wars.  There’s a beta version out now for Outlook that’s free for a year.

Of course, you can just turn it off when you really do want your tone to convey that the person to whom you are writing is a complete  %@^hole.

CLICK HERE for Tone Check.

You can be the one for sea turtles, sandcastles and healthy wetlands.  The Restore the Gulf campaign urges people to sign a petition to demand a fully-funded plan for the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico, its coastlines and its wetlands. President Barack Obama had said last month BP would pay for the damages caused by its oil spill.  Use your voice to help that happen. 

And check out all the celebrities who are speaking up.  Sandra Bullock, Lenny Kravitz, and John Goodman appear here, just to name a few.

Here’s the mug shot taken of Lindsay Lohan just moments after she arrived at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood to serve her jail sentence.

CLICK HERE to see a huge collection of other celebrity mugshots.

Not everyone was happy about Steve Jobs’ free case offer today.

Mel Gibson vs Steve Jobs

There is possible good news today that BP may have finally been successful at stopping oil from leaking into the Gulf.  I, for one, am holding my breath that this new cap works and they can get the real clean up underway.   But, so much damage has already been done.  CLICK HERE to see photos that show what some people say is the real reason the oil spill is a no fly zone and the media cannot photograph it.  But be prepared.  You could tear up looking at these picturres.  I did.

Here is Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher’s “first dance” song. Beautiful.

CLICK HERE to read more about Carrie and Mike’s big day.

An odd, obscure board game is getting a lot of attention these days. It’s called BP Offshore Oil Strike. It was released back in the 1970s.  Players build off-shore oil platforms and then have to deal with paying for the cleanup when they fail.  Creepy.