2002-07-29 | 6:13 p.m.

corduroy licorice insisted on paying a pretty penny for everything. he'd borrow his mom's nail polish and dab a perky pink hairdo or a blue boufant onto abe lincoln's head. once the coins had dried, he'd go shopping.

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claudia schiffer is preggers. this article explains that she originally fell for her hubby-to-be when he gave her a tortoise. well, no doubt. isn't that how she got knocked up in the first place?

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in other news, friends who saw goldmember this weekend say that my britney/mini me beach speech was eerily prescient. i anticipated my purse snatcher encounter, too. perhaps i do have psychic powers, after all.

speaking of powers, do you think anyone has ever taken a job in a chemical laboratory hoping that one day a bizarre accident might give them super powers?

that'd be a good question for the interview.

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