The winner of our September/October Encounter Story contest is "It Took Everything NOT To Lick Chelsea Handler" by Surferwife.

This entry had it all:  Photos, a detailed narrative, an intriguing title, and, most importantly...TONS of views! 

It's a great story to begin with, but Surferwife also helped her odds by getting it shared and retweeted through her twitter and FB networks. 

Could you be the next winner?  Click here to get started!

Still not sure who to vote for tomorrow?  iFollo and Asylum blogger Andy Green weighs in with a special election edition of Fattitude.

It's hard not to love the National Lampoon vacation movies. Alot of that love stems from the bumbling idiotic goodness of Randy Quaid's character Cousin Eddie. He portrayed a degenerate so well..that it looks like the role has overtaken his life.

Randy and his wife have been arrested for living in a guest house without permission. Could you imagine checking your guest house and finding a squatting Randy Quaid? That's a hell of a story for the office!

 We just love how Conan O'brien continues to use social media to reach out to fans.  From the Sarah Killen Twitter stunt to his latest solicitation on his Team Coco Facebook page for a random volunteer, he never hesitates to go straight to his audience for material and feedback. This video, which he released on Team Coco a couple of days ago to promote the premiere of his new late night show on TBS , already has over 5000 responses.  (You can read them here).  What's your question for Coco?

The Obamas' ten-day stay at Martha's Vinyard may be over, but the First Family looked like they were still in vacay mode when they stopped in at the Parkway Bakery & Tavern during their visit to New Orleans today:

First it was 500 Days of Summer, where Joseph Gordon-Levitt not only gave a touching performance in the lead role, but also surprised us all with his keen aptitude for musical comedy:

With back-to-school just around the corner, we wondered what lessons celebrities' school yearbook photos might hold for the rest of us.

Here's what we've gleaned:

1.  FOR THE MOST PART, STARS REALLY ARE BORN, NOT MADE

Yeah, yeah-- we'd all love to think that today's most gorgeous stars were as awkward and pathetic in high school as we were, but you only need to look at a few of these photos to realize that the camera loved them just as much then, and they knew it.  

A sampling: