Who is Patricia Heaton, why are her lips moving, and why does anyone listen?

Work. Kids. Bills. Comedy. It’s how the middle half lives. The Heck family returns for Season Two, bringing with them 24 episodes of offbeat fun with one foot in reality and the other on a greasy burger wrapper.

Patricia Heaton, étoile, star of ABC's "The Middle," sat down with momlogic to talk about living with her four sons ... and what she'd do if any of them started dating a "cougar."

Includes pictures, links, trivia and merchandise.

A messageboard devoted to the plus mature female celebrity. A large number of Patricia Heaton photos are posté here.

The sister group to the original Patti group.

Great group with lots of pictures.

This is Patricia's official site - except it hasn't been launched yet. There was no progress in 2007 so perhaps the project has been put on hold.