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Busted!! Someone's been getting on the counter at night when everyone's sleeping ...

Ben and Jerry's created an ice cream inspired by Bernie Sanders. It's mint ice cream with a solid chocolate top. We are talking about Ben and Jerry's, so the reasoning behind the solid chocolate top is that it represents the massive economic gains of the top 1 percent among U.S. earners since the end of the recession.

Check out what I got for Rik and Cefus for Christmas ...

So this gives me hope that one day I could end up with Alexandar Skarsgard ... Disney star Jake T. Austin is dating a fan who tweeted him for years. Danielle Ceasar started tweeting Jake in 2009 and now the two are dating.

One of my favorite TV shows -- "24" -- is headed back to television. But there's a catch: It will feature an all-new cast of characters, which means no Keifer Sutherland as Jack Bauer!

This week is the start of Rik and I participating in the Yakima Athletic Club's "Get In Shape Challenge." Part of the six-week program is diet and nutrition. Rik's diet is let's say ... questionable at best. He eats burritos from the mini mart for breakfast while chugging down a Mountain Dew pretty much every morning.

The fever is real and contagious ... the Powerball $1.5 billion fever! It's sweeping the nation with people from other states where Powerball is not played crossing state lines to purchase tickets. We all dream about winning, and the endless possibilities that would land at our feet with all that cash.

It's that time of year ... time to get in shape. Start off the right way with the Yakima Athletic Club's "Get In Shape: The Resolution Challenge." It's a six-week challenge that helps with not only exercise, but also nutrition -- as well as education in regard to supplements...

I woke up to sad news in my Facebook feed this morning -- David Bowie has passed away at the age of 69 after battling cancer for a year and a half. I was 9 years old when David, who played Jareth the Goblin King in the movie "Labyrinth," sparked something ... my love for the bad boy.

We learned about a new dating app ... it's called Bumble. It's similar to Tinder, but the girl is in control. You still swipe left or right just like Tinder, but if you match a guy, then it's up to the girl to message him within 24 hours or he disappears...

Sixty-six percent of people make fitness and diet part of their New Year's resolutions. I'll be among those 66 percent. Starting next week, it's time for the Get In Shape challenge at the Yakima Athletic Club.

Rik noticed that the current "Bachelor," Ben Higgins looks an awful lot like Christopher Knight from the "Brady Bunch." What do you think? Yes or no? Does Ben look like Christopher?