Are You There Kris Kristofferson? It's Me, Heather.

Kris Kristofferson is everywhere. You're just living your life, minding your own business, when suddenly Kris randomly appears. This guy has been everywhere. I suspect he was at the Last Supper, was one of the original framers of the U.S. Constitution, witnessed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, knocked down the first portion of the Berlin Wall, and was one of the vote-counters during the Florida recount for the 2000 presidential election. He's done everything and he's been everywhere.

He appeared in Sports Illustrated when he was in college because of his achievements in football, rugby, and track and field. You're flipping through some 1950s edition of Sports Illustrated, do you expect to see Kris Kristofferson's face? No. You just got Kris-Kristoffersoned.

He earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford and got a graduate degree in literature (!).

He was a captain in the U.S. Army.

Guess who was a janitor at Columbia studios, sweeping the floor, while Bob Dylan was there recording his "Blonde on Blonde" album? Kris Kristofferson.

Who worked as a commercial helicopter pilot, and landed his helicopter in Johnny Cash's yard to grab his attention and to give him tapes of his music? Kris Kristofferson. Kris made Johnny listen to "Sunday Morning Coming Down" before he agreed to remove the helicopter.

It was while he was singing Kris Kristofferson's song "Sunday Morning Coming Down" that Johnny Cash got in trouble with the censors. Johnny recorded the song live on The Johnny Cash Show, and before the show, ABC censors told Johnny to change the lyric "Wishing, lord, that I was stoned" to "Wishing, lord, that I was home." When the show came on live, Johnny sang it the way Kris wrote it and he even enunciated the word "stoned".

Kris Kristofferson wrote "Me and Bobby McGee". And he dated Janis Joplin.

He also wrote songs made famous by lots of musicians like Waylon Jennings, Ray Price, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson.

In addition to being a songwriter, he's a singer/musician himself. He won a Grammy for country song of the year in 1971 for "Help Me Make It Through the Night."

Willie Nelson actually released an album called "Willie Nelson Sings Kris Kristofferson".

He won a Golden Globe for Best Actor for the movie "A Star is Born".

He dated Barbra Streisand.

He was married to the singer Rita Coolidge.

His name has also been thrown around as one of the possible muses for Carly Simon's song "You're So Vain."

There was a music project (a supergroup, if you will) in the 1980s that consisted of Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee, and...Kris Kristofferson.

Then there was another supergroup called the Highwaymen that featured Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and...Kris Kristofferson.

He's inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

He's inducted in the Texas Film Hall of Fame.

Remember that crazy Pee-Wee Herman movie, "Big Top Pee-Wee"? Well guess who was the ring leader of the circus? Kris Kristofferson.

He's also that crazy old guy in the Blade movies.

Apparently, he was also in "He's Just Not That Into You."

Have you found yourself watching "The Land Before Time VI" and thinking to yourself there's a voice that sounds familiar? It's Kris Kristofferson.

Did you ever see the Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There"? Kris Kristofferson was the narrator.

He's friends with Muhammad Ali (oh yeah, and everyone. He's just friends with everyone).

Remember when Sinead O'Connor performed on Saturday Night Live and ripped a picture of the Pope? And people were kind of pissed off about that. And then she was to perform at a concert in New York City and she was booed off stage. And she ran off the stage, crying? Guess who was standing in the wings and immediately hugged her once she came off stage? Kris Kristofferson.

Kris Kristofferson and his music is even referenced in Martin Scorsese's movie "Taxi Driver". Betsy tells Travis that he reminds her of a Kris Kristofferson song. Then Travis goes out and buys the album.

When Cameron Crowe was doing research for "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", he posed as a high school student. Rumor has it that the principal was not thrilled with the idea, but when he asked Crowe about what musicians that he had met (as he was a music journalist for Rolling Stone), he mentioned Kris Kristofferson. As the principal was a big fan of Kristofferson, he agreed to let Cameron stay on campus. While I doubt the validity of this story, it's another example of Kris permeating pop culture and urban legend.

He's one of the few male celebrities to appear as a model in both Playboy and Playgirl.

He is omnipresent.