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From the cuddly sweetness of Andrew Garcia to the rugged dreaminess of Casey James to the... unfortunate-colored teeth of Crystal Bowersox, American Idol's season 9 Top 24 is the "best ever, dawg."  But there's one contestant who's drawing the ire of parents, and that's former Color Purple cast member Todrick Hall.  And it has nothing to do with his song choices or dance moves.  In fact, it has nothing to do with AI at all.  Rather, it has to do with $50.

Or rather $50 times a bunch of angry would-be Munchkins...

The "Pregnant Man," as he's been dubbed by the meda, is expecting a third bundle of joy, as reported by MomLogic.  Part of me is all, "Yay, transgender rights" and such.  And part of me is like, "Attention whore much?"  You'd think he was Michelle Duggar with the way he milks (no pun attended) his pregnancy for all it's worth. 

Or maybe he's just mad that the "Second Pregnant Man" is stealing away some of his thunder...

We've all been angry enough at a person to want to, well, slap them.  Maybe we've even been angry enough at our children to want to give them a smack on the behind.  But a teacher is a paid professional, one who is supposed to be trained to deal with unruly kids.  But abusive teachers do exist; you've probably seen one on the news or heard about one through the school grapevine.  But a teacher who incites kids to fight each other?  Paging Tyler Durden!

Apparently, I offended some people with my question: can you be a "hipster" and a "mom?"  The Hipster Mom herself wrote a response blog in which she told me to, erm, "suck it."  I'm assuming she means a delicious banana popsicle...