Not really a shocking story, but I admire this one. If you're a celebrity watcher like me, you know how many celebrities undergo Los Angeles plastic surgery on a regular basis, some changes good, some changes not so good. Just like me, you saw Pamela Anderson's breasts go from big, to normal, to big again. You've seen Cher looking scarier and scarier. You've seen Ashley Simpson go from goofy, to glamorous. You've seen Priscilla Presley go from gorgeous to ghastly. And then there are the countless Beverly Hills facelift surgeries. Joan Rivers vs. Sharon Osborne? No contest. The truth of the matter is, as a normal person myself, I feel enough pressure being thin and beautiful away from the spotlight, so I can imagine how much more the pressure is for those in the spotlight. But if I chose to change my look, celebrity or not, I wouldn't want to look like I've had work done.

I would of, course, admit to it if asked, but I wouldn't want it to be the first thing someone thinks when they see me, "whoa, she's had work done!" So that's why I admire all those celebrities who chose not to overdo it when getting cosmetic surgery. Take Kelly Rowland of singing group Destiny's Child for example. She recently spoke publicly about her Los Angeles breast augmentation, saying she's proud of them, they make her "feel complete." The petite and talented singer, previously a size A cup, spoke of her frustrations not being able to fill out her clothes. Now, at a size B cup she's much happier, realizing that she "didn't want to have double Ds and be a little bitty size 2 - that would look nuts!" Now why can't more celebrities follow in her footsteps? Finding a Los Angeles or Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgeon isn't all that difficult. Finding a good one who will tell you the truth; now that's a bit trickier. Some advice from Kelly Rowland: "It is a decision I made for myself. I like it, and that's all that counts. For young people: Think about it before you just jump off and do something (you may regret later)." Wise words Kelly, you go girl.

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I think it would be groundbreaking if Switchboard could be integrated with Blogger.

If I'm thinking right, implementing this should be fairly easy. Allow me to share how I think this could be implemented:

Right now when you click "Comments" under a post in Blogger, the link looks like this:

http://www2.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6864645736383964039&postID=5212489249342228640

Now, by editing the Blogger template html, this link could be changed to point to something like this (or some variation of this):

http://yourname.touum.net/comment.g?blogID=6864645736383964039&postID=5212489249342228640

Every entry in the RSS feed of any Blogger blog contains both the "blogID" and the "postID" (the two elements in the link above). So once Switchboard implements its planned "discussions from feeds" feature, it can be taken one step further by extracting the "blogID" and "postID" from entries in the feed and using it to make the above hypothetical link work by having it point to your blog post's corresponding post on Switchboard (that was created from your feed). So the following link (or a variation of it) would work, and users who click on "Comments" under your post will be directed here instead of Blogger's comments section:

http://yourname.touum.net/comment.g?blogID=6864645736383964039&postID=5212489249342228640

I know it probably isn't as easy as it sounds, and I'm no expert, but I thought I'd share that idea in case it comes of use.

Wordpress already has capability to be integrated with forums, but it is impossible to do that with Blogger currently, so if you can get this feature to work, it would be a huge hit. Besides, ever since Google bought over Blogger, it has gone through an amazing transformation and I only expect it to get bigger and better - so adding Blogger integration would really be a cutting edge thing to do.

Thanks and keep up the great work, Joel.

I would love to be able to add users manually, setting their username and password...

Is there any project to make a spanish version?