The Roommate Checks In.

Hi loyal readers, Happy New Year! I am your poor substitute for Jess while she is in South Africa this week....the Strawberry Shortcake night light to her Aurora Borealis if you will...

Continuing the spirit of Jess' love/hate, sisterly adoration/lusty, flat-out-I-think-she needs-some-help interest in all things Britney, I offer you this
nugget from the files of Celebrity Justice (which sounds kind of like a weird new series on Fox):

A Canadian musician has struck fear into the hearts of Britney Spears' family. 25-year-old Daniel Lachance was accused of stalking the singer and her family, and even served jail time for the offense.

Lachance blames his troubles on the beard he used to wear "People in jail said, 'why don't you shave your beard? You'll look more decent,'" he told "CJ" in an exclusive interview.

"People think I look like a weirdo," he added, but insisted, "Kenny Rogers had a beard. I'm not a bad person."

For the full story, go here:

http://celebrityjustice.warnerbros.com/news/0412/31a.html

I like that he picked out Kenny as the paradigm of All Things Beard.