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If there is a more enjoyable computer experience than dragging a cutout of Naomi Campbell’s lips and placing them in the middle of Michael Jackson’s face or Allen Joines’ face or Virginia Foxx’s face and then having a little chuckle, I’ve yet to find it.

This guilty pleasure comes courtesy of the fine people at JournalNow, our online partner. They put together this very

that lets you match up lips with faces. Good, clean and harmless fun.

The folks at JournalNow do a lot of serious journalism. Their presentations of the

cases have won national awards. But creating a dynamic journalistic culture that moves easily between print and online has to be about more than the sober grist of hard-hitting stories.

Hence the lips. Newspapers have always recognized that readers want a buffet of sorts. Meat. Potatoes. Dessert. You don’t want to scrimp on dessert. It’s the last thing people eat before the check arrives.

Dessert isn’t a frivolity. It’s what people expect. For dinner. In print. And online.