POLITICS BUZZ: Gov. Sarah Palin had a tanning bed installed inside the Alaskan Governor’s Mansion, which is nearly 100 years old. To be fair, it’s the only oven big enough to cook the caribou in.

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The Best Links:

1. “John McCain Recently Said of Palin, ‘She Knows More About Energy Than Probably Anybody in the United States of America.’”
2. “Who Would of Thought That for All the Hype About Hunting and Fishing and Outdoorsy-ness, the Governor is Really a Pioneer of the Great Indoors?”
3. John Edwards’s Haircut? $400. Sarah Palin’s Tanning Bed? $2K-$10K. The Sad Fact That This is Officially Part of the National Political Dialogue? Priceless.
4. Sarah Palin Hunting - Featured Picture on BuzzFeed
5. Democrats Will Only Handicap Themselves if They Don’t “Sling Sh*t Like the Best of Them.”

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Nathan Lane is releasing a product meant to “boost lip volume up to 40 percent,” which makes sense because — oh wait, no, that makes NO SENSE AT ALL. Weirder yet, Jodie Foster is expected to “provide funding.” Is it just me, or is the thought of Nathan Lane and Jodie Foster chatting about lip volume utterly ridiculous? Actually, isn’t the thought of Nathan Lane and Jodie Foster just talking ridiculous?

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The Best Links:

1. “There is Nothing I Can Add to This Story to Improve Upon It.”
2. The Press Release (Allegedly Real)

STYLE BUZZ: Surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a 2003 shark attack, has created a lip gloss that can easily be pushed up and down with one arm. Well, isn’t this the most uplifting lip gloss news you’ve heard all day! A percentage of the proceeds even go to World Vision, a children’s charity.

The Best Links:

1. One-Armed Lip Gloss
2. Bethany Hamilton - soul surfer official site
3. “This made me laugh inappropriately”
4. Buy Bethany Hamilton Stoked LIP Gloss
5. Beauty Packaging Magazine

FOOD BUZZ: A seller on Etsy has crafted vegan soaps made from Pabst and Guinness. This is probably the last thing you want to bathe yourself with the morning after a vomitous night of binge drinking. But for any of you who have ever looked at a keg and wished you were soaking in it, bathing with beer soap might be the next best thing.

The Best Links:

1. Buy the Beer Soap on Etsy
2. Beer Actually Has a Broad Range of Uses, Including Antibacterial Cleansing Properties
3. The Soap Is Vegan
4. Bathing with Beer without the Hangover
5. Experimentations in Soapmaking: Sierra Nevada vs Busch Lite vs Blue Moon
6. Guinness Soap on Etsy (Sold Out for Now)
7. An Alternative to Bathing in a Keg

STYLE BUZZ: A shop opens in downtown Manhattan that specializes in all manner of products made with Mastiha, an all natural antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial resin which can only be harvested from the sap of evergreen bushes found exclusively in the southern part of the Greek Island of Chios. Also referred to as gum mastic, it’s the new miracle ingredient you’re going to start seeing in everything. Apparently the new Mastihashop even has gum mastic chocolate pistachio balls!

The Best Links:

1. Mastihashop In L.E.S
2. A Delicious, Elusive Flavor – Almost Minty, Almost Clovelike
3. Mastiha - What Is This Greek Food?
4. Visit the Online Mastihashop
5. Mastiha Has Over 300 Uses, From Taffy to Cheese Spreads to Shampoo and Eye Cream
6. It’s Better than Organic - It’s Got a Strong Sense of Tradition and History
7. It Has a Fresh, Piney Flavor
8. Mastic Gum Ice cream - Get the Recipe
9. Gum Mastic Pudding Recipe
10. Gum Mastic: a History of This Unique Crop from Chios Island