Ask your friends about Chuck Norris, and someone might tell you that Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door or that Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.  But can Chuck Norris influence a presidential election?

On today's CNN Political Ticker, there was a story about how Norris is supporting Republican candidate Mike Huckabee for president.  Separately, Oprah Winfrey has recently made it clear that her choice is Democratic candidate Barack Obama.  Does any of this matter to you?

Let's say you just became a registered voter, and your favorite singer/football player/actor endorsed a political candidate.  Are you more likely to vote for that candidate?  Would you look for more info on the candidate, or would you not care at all?

Inspired by this Friday's story on some weird laws, I took to the Internet to see if I could find any others worth mentioning.  I found two:  one that said donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs and one that said you can't carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket on Sundays.

Well, there go my weekend plans.

Now I didn't personally go and find these in the law books, so I can't promise you these rules are being enforced.  But we'd love to know what is.  So if you get a chance this weekend to rummage through your own state's laws and come up with anything obscure, strange, or just plain nuts, tell us about it in this here blog!

And as for your pet donkey, keep him out of the bathroom.

I spoke at Snellville Middle School last week, and some students there asked me what I do on Mondays and Tuesdays, when Monica anchors the show.  I'm usually stretched out on a blindingly bright beach in the South Pacific, listening to waves lapping on the sand, lazily wondering if I should ever return to Atlanta...

Actually, I'm either assisting in production, writing original reports for the program, voicing the interstitial segments, writing scripts for the show itself, or a little bit of everything.  It's not quite the same as a far-off Fijian reverie, but it pays the bills.

On Sunday, for example, Jordan had the day off, so I was in the writer's seat, crafting what Monica would say on Monday's show.  So my question for you is... could you tell?

Hi, I'm Donna Krache, executive producer of CNN Student News.  Today's First Up story about the school shooting in Ohio is the kind of story that is tough to tell to anyone, but even tougher to present to our student audience.  Each day, we hold an editorial meeting where we talk about the stories we will cover, and the context in which we will cover them.  Today's meeting involved a very thoughtful discussion about how to tell this story, one that we know the students will be talking about.  At times the discussion sounded more like an intense debate. Our writer was concerned about singling out kids who are "different" as "threatening."  Our curriculum manager was adamant that we empower kids by giving them a sense of control over their own safety.  Everyone on staff agreed  that the story is news, and in a daily news program, it needed to be told. 

We are always mindful of our responsibility to present the news of the day to our unique audience and give a lot of thought as to how that is done. 

"Jeff, Jordan, why don't you guys play something on the show?"

What?!?!?

We wanted to celebrate Start the Art Week, which promotes fine arts in school. And Jeff DeHayes (our Web producer) and I both play instruments. But we're used to staying BEHIND the camera. So when Carl brought up the idea of us jamming on the show, the butterflies started forming. But after a very quick rehearsal and a bout of stage fright, it came together.  You can see how it turned out here.

But how about you guys? Are you a painting prodigy? A virtuoso violinist? An enthralling thespian? Send us a video I-Report of your artistic achievements.