I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I dread reading the news these days. Do we really want to think about the upcoming Trump presidency? Or how Michael Flynn, Trump’s pick for national security adviser, tweeted that Hillary might be part of a pedophilia ring? Or that Sarah Palin might be appointed to a high-level post? Folks, I can’t make this stuff up.

For our sanity’s sake, let’s turn to trivial matters. So here’s my latest compilation of shallow, gossipy news: