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Imagine a world where swimsuit models haven't been Photoshopped to perfection: This British department store is banning airbrushing. (TheFrisky)

If Paris can do it, anyone can. More proof that anyone can write a book: The Kardashians are penning a memoir. (LimeLife)

From "Shirtless Love" to "Troubles in Therapy," the 10 A-list celebrity dating shows that need to happen ... right about now. (CollegeCandy)
How do you get a boost when you wake up feeling sluggish? 13 ways to feel super-energized all day. (Health)
We're celebrating the fathers, all right: 7 sexy celebrity dads who make parenthood look good. (YourTango)
What are your favorite pieces this season? The Sugar Girls show off their flirty summer looks. (TresSugar)
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Usually any fashion fad, much like a coin, has two sides: the one that makes you decry it violently and swear you'll never touch it, and the one that, two weeks later, has you secretly trying it out in the dressing room of Bloomingdale's and wondering how to explain your change of heart to your friends.

But occasionally, like with high-waisted jeans, comes a trend without any redeeming quality at all -- and the latest obsession with all things sheer falls in this category. Here are our reasons as to why buying into the transparency trend is a more dangerous pitfall than, well, than that old Atari game "Pitfall":

You'll Immediately Look Geriatric
Sheer bits on clothes are kind of like the sartorial version of being filmed with Vaseline on the lens: You look like you're trying to conceal something, and at the same time, you're drawing more attention to whatever it is than you would be if you just left well enough alone. Considering that half the time the celebs sporting this style surely have nothing to hide -- like Kirsten Dunst, here -- this seems ridiculous. Save the forgiving netting for your golden years, ladies, when you'll actually need it.

There are about a million different kinds of dads. There's your Clark Griswold type, who are always forcing you to, like, get outside and enjoy nature. And then there are dads who are happiest just hanging out with you on the sectional sofa, enjoying the bowl of Chex Mix on their dad bellies and watching a DVD with their issue.

Sure, brunches and botanical gardens are fun for moms, but personally, we think there's nothing better than treating your dad to a glorious day of Doin' Squat. In that spirit, we've assembled some of the best dad films we've ever seen -- from those that star dads who kick butt to those that will make you and pops mist up -- as well as a helpful list of a few to avoid on that most paternal of days.

Check out our picks below, and then leave your own in the comments. Feliz día de los padres, team!

THE BEST

"Three Men and a Baby"
An utterly re-watchable classic. What's better than having Ted Danson as your father? Having Tom Selleck and The Gutt as a Triforce of swinging bachelor co-dads. Win x3.

"The Professional"
Sure, Jean Reno isn't really Natalie Portman's dad, but the father-daughter dynamic here is one of the best ever captured on film. There's a lot of shooting, so this one is best for Action Dads.
"Raising Arizona"
Nicolas Cage will knock over a convenience store to get his (borrowed) baby diapers. That's love, there.

Well, for SOME REASON, the dozens of fan letters we sent our fake Internet boyfriends Gabe and Max didn't make it into their newest Gabe and Max 100 Seconds clip, "Gabe and Max Read Some Fanmail." Nevertheless, we watched and enjoyed the boys reading some meaningful and very real letters from the audience.

The video reveals several deep secrets about the pair -- like why they always wear matching carnations on their lapels. "We believe fashion should be aspirational, and we aspire to be prom kings." Oh, Gabe and Max, you'll always be the prom kings ... OF OUR HEARTS! Enjoy!

America the Beautiful
America Ferrera's rep confirmed to People that the "Ugly Betty" star is engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Ryan Piers Williams. (People)

Dina Lohan Screams for Ice Cream
The mother of America's most prolific actress had a run-in with law enforcement after trying to purchase ice cream with her daughter's, um, Carvel Black Card. (Radar)

Menudo Recruiting Starts Early
Think your baby doing the "Single Ladies" dance is cute? Think again. (BoingBoing)

Seventh Heaven
Recently rehabbed actor Jeremy London was forced to smoke crack and buy booze at gunpoint by a pair of fun-loving kidnappers who had obviously done their research. (NY Daily News)

Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up?
Taking a break from total obscurity, anti-gay-slur fan Eminem has come out in support of same-sex marriage. (Dlisted)

It's a Saturday and you're up and on the street earlier than those construction guys around the corner. Why the get-up-and-rub-those-sleepies-out-of-your-eyes motivation? Two words: Yard. Sales.

We grew up organizing them with our parents. But back then, we were unloading Beanie Babies and your parent's vintage vinyl collection in the 5-for-$1 bin. Now that we're older and wiser, we're realizing that other people's unwanted clutter can lead to some serious finders-keepers bragging rights!

Here's how to grab the gold and stay off the loser's block. Leave a comment below to tell me about your favorite finds and tips (it might end up in a follow-up post)!

Gold Find Tip #1: Go for Home Décor
Yard sales are like the Ikea of home décor: You're going to find things that have you thinking, Now how did I ever survive without that? But unlike Ikea, shopping at yard sales promises one-of-a-kind kitsch that won't cut into your grocery allowance. Vases for 50 cents? Useful trinkets at 2-for-$1? Practical magazine racks, corner book stands, vintage cookie jars and unique throw rugs for less than an iced coffee? You can't go wrong with finding eye-catching, engaging accessories that travel well from someone else's yard to your newly spruced-up home.

In our fast-paced world of globalization, double half-caff-low-cal-no-whip-soy mochachinos, news alerts, tweets and turbo-speed Internet access, our dreams are working overtime to keep us sane.

Our unedited, unscripted, unrated, uncensored, graphic, high-speed, high-tech, sometimes-violent and XXX dreams toss out the G-rated niceties of our public persona. In our nighttime dream theater, our small voice of intuition and authenticity gets a bullhorn and runs the show without constraints.

Dancing wildly in the grey matter of today's dreamer are such symbols as: blog, life coach, laptop, Twitter, terrorist, eBay, Tivo and Starbucks. Instead of a horse and carriage, a modern dreamer might dream of a fuel-efficient hybrid car zipping past gridlock traffic in a HOV lane. Instead of penning a letter with a quill, you might dream of sitting in an Internet cafe emailing a friend. Instead of surfing the ocean blue, you might dream of surfing the Web and meeting Mr. or Mrs. Right on Match.com. Understanding the symbolism behind these 21st-century words will help you keep up with your dreams that are trying desperately to keep up with you!

After the jump, the top 10 dream symbols today's dreamer dreams about most -- explained.

You might think that Beth Raymer's upbringing prepared her for the gambling business. At age 7, she'd accompany her dad to the dog track (where she'd pick out the skinniest girl pooches). Before she was even a teenager, she'd sit beside her father playing blackjack and sipping beer at Bahamian casinos. But as she reveals in her memoir "Lay the Favorite" (out June 22), professional sports gambling is a very, very different world.

When she found herself in Las Vegas -- having moved there with a boyfriend, then splitting with said boyfriend -- she broke out of cocktail waitressing and into working at Dink, Inc., owned and operated by Hebrew-schooled Queens native "Dink" Heimowitz, a gambler who made a living wagering on just about anything athletic.

"He bet on the NBA, NFL, PGA, NCAA basketball, NCAA football, tennis, WNBA, the Little League World Series, Miss America pageant, the National Spelling Bee and the Coney Island hot dog–eating contest," Raymer writes. (The hot dog–eating contest?!) "He specialized in horses, hockey, baseball, and also dabbled in poker."

Soon she's throwing around lingo like "Canadian line" and "Grand Salami" and betting thousands of her boss's dollars on a daily basis. Raymer has long since cashed in her chips, trading her pro-gambling career for Columbia grad school. But she looks back fondly on her high-rolling days.

Lemondrop grilled her for any hot tips you can use at your next poker game.

Lemondrop: Before I read your book I had no idea that professional gamblers had employees or offices. Or pet hamsters.
Beth Raymer: It surprises a lot of people. I probably had a similar outlook -- I thought of bookmakers and I would think of how they're portrayed on films: smoking a cigarette in some messy office in a basement somewhere.