Thursday, April 08, 2010

Page 1 Consider (04/08)

  • Hard to Swallow: My pal Louis Bayard asks his Lexapro, "What have you done for me lately -- or ever?" (Salon)

  • The Third Degree: The latest chilling details from the investigation into the killing of Robert Wone: Joe Price’s MPD interview transcript. (Who Murdered Robert Wone?)

  • Insanity Plea: Nice to see Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann sharing the stage at Crazyfest 2010 in Minneapolis. (AP)

  • On the Mend: Maura Tierney is making a return to TV after dropping out of NBC's "Parenthood" last summer as she battled breast cancer. Tierney, best known for her longtime role on the NBC drama "ER," will resume her guest spot as the love interest of Denis Leary's firefighter character on the FX action drama "Rescue Me" (Variety)

  • A Higher Calling: Gay Jesus is moving to Fort Worth. (Dallas Voice)

  • Malay-Gay: "In a Bottle," Malaysia's first mainstream gay movie, could hit cinemas within months, its producer said, after government censors eased restrictions that have stifled the film industry here for decades. Although the Malay-language movie won't have explicit sex or even kissing, its screening would be a huge step forward for freedom of popular media in this Muslim-majority country that many fear is coming under the influence of Islamic conservatism. (AP)

  • 40 Love: Are you ready for the Advocate's "Forty Under 40," the gay news magazine's annual list of the 40 people under 40 they could think of they believe are advancing the LGBT movement. (Advocate)

  • Queer Medicine: California looks to repeal its gay "cure" law. (NBC) But many LGBTers -- including GLAAD -- aren't happy with the way the media is covering the story.

  • Hygiene Alert: Does nude yoga seem like a good idea to anyone? (Advocate)

  • Up in Smoke: The only thing worse than a snotty diplomat? One smoking on an airplane. (NYT)

  • Times Are Tough?: There's only one newspaper that could write a story in this economy about looking good in a suit that costs -- gasp!!! -- less than $1,000. (Styles)

  • Dumbs as Pols: OK. Now these assholes in Virginia are just fucking with us. (ABC)

  • A Doll's House: A couple that "made a fortune in Cabbage Patch dolls and Pokemon" just bought Bernard Madoff's opulent digs? (MSNBC)
  • 1 comment:

    dkm said...

    Re Nude Yoga:

    "And while participants do occasionally report a frisson of excitement..." AKA boners. Great euphemism, but I doubt they actually need to "report" their "frisson." Should be pretty obvious. LOL