This has to be a social experiment, right? Somewhere, Erin Andrews, clad in her Tampa Rays “Longoria” jersey, is jumping for joy.

The longer we look at these two jarring photos of Fox’s Charissa Thompson, the less we’re certain the one on the left (from this weekend, apparently) is actually her. It’s gotta be for an episode of Ellen or The View, right?

In other “changing” news, the LA Times columnist who was a man and then became a woman, is now switching back to being a man. Eighteen months ago, we questioned whether or not this was a hoax … and privately, we received a truckload of emails wherein many people called us names. Of course, if Penner announces his book is coming out in the Spring of 2009, we fully expect all those troglodytes to apologize. Ha. In the immortal words of Alicia Silverstone: “As if.” Perhaps, just for kicks, we’ll run some of the particularly nasty and vitriolic emails, Mark Cuban-style.

Charissa Thompson Continues Down Suicidal Path to Frumpyville (Deadspin)