We would have hired a skywriter to spell out “IT’S 2013,” but this is good too.

In today’s EOD roundup, The Guardian has condensed all the papal conclave speculation into one simple polar question and, in the grand tradition of IsItChristmas.com, made a website: IsThereWhiteSmoke.com. Oh, and in case you were wondering — so far the answer has been “no.”

While the world waits for the papal conclave to choose a new pope, some of our favorite ladies have been tweeting as they watch for the white smoke. Elsewhere, Anna Kendrick thinks she would do The Bachelor wrong, Julie Klausner gives Mayor Bloomberg some props, Rachel Simmons stars an Easter candy civil war, and more!

Remember when we had some suggestions for what the pope might do with his free time now that he’s no longer obligated to perform his papal duties? Well, Saturday Night Live had a similar idea in this commercial parody that aired this weekend for Papal Securities.

News of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation astounded the world this morning. The 85-year-old pope announced his plans to resign on February 28th, citing his age and deteriorating health. Benedict will be the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to relinquish the position. While Benedict said he plans on continuing to serve the church “through a life dedicated to prayer,” we here at The Jane Dough think he is selling his future unemployment a tad short. We’ve all been there, and no matter how high-minded our original plans were, our unemployment usually ended up looking a lot more Netflix and Seamless-y.