In today’s EOD roundup, we recognize that the week is almost over, we’re all tired, lawmakers are being creepy, and all we want to do is eat pizza and drink beer in housecoats, so we’re going to take it easy on you. But first, we’re going to make you weep until you look like the lost member of the California Raisins! The New York Times has published a tender and deeply personal tribute to Nora Ephron by her son, Jacob Bernstein. Forge ahead only if you have a box of tissues near you and have been properly hydrating all day.

When does this woman sleep?

Because it’s the last day of the year and I’m automatically granted a clean slate tomorrow, I’ll let you in on a shameful secret of mine: I just ate a bowl of mac n’ cheese, grilled cheese sandwich, blueberry scone, and loaf of whole wheat bread, all of which were from hearty Panera Bread. In the words of the sagacious Christina Aguilera, “my [starving, post-workout] body’s saying let’s go, but my heart is saying no.” But it’s okay to embrace carbs after epic gym trips or work days, and that’s exactly what these five successful women do during their rare moments of downtime.

Jessica Simpson just shared a photo of her new baby, Maxwell with the world, but some have taken to the Internet to complain that the snapshot is “embarrassing” and inappropriate. The picture, which features the four-month old in a yellow two-piece swimsuit, is getting some folks more riled up than necessary.

Are you heavier than you’d like to be right now? Well, the best solution for that is to not enjoy indulgent food, even for your birthday — according to the New York Post.

I don’t know about you, but I get a little tired of the Obama-Hollywood lovefest sometimes. That’s why I was so entertained by Mediaite editor Andrew Kirell’s recent slideshow on “Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Are Republicans” that I decided to do some extra digging and track down big name female figures who voted red or have come forward about their conservative views. And I was surprised to see that they weren’t all country music singers as one would expect. Here are some ladies in the limelight who unabashedly lean right.

The media can be pretty unkind to celebrities, but we’ll never fully understand the defense of former holier-than-thou singer Jessica Simpson, whose tactless statements about food and digestion were somehow perceived as cute and endearing in her 2003 reality show, “Newlyweds.”