The Log Cabin Republicans, behaving like that guy who always goes back to the abusive relationship, have endorsed McCain for President. Their reasoning seems to be that McCain is one of the few people in the party who will actually talk to them, and certainly their non-Republican friends have given up on them long ago. The Bay Area Reporter rather unnecessarily points out that only 6% of the delegates at the Republican convention favor legalization of gay marriage, and that the party platform explicitly supports "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the Defense Of Marriage Act. I looked ...

Mark Lisanti's Lisanti Quarterly has a smallish shitload of thoughts on Palin's speech. But first, as Julie Chen is wont to say, we'd like to add this: Among the quirky names Palin has given her children the quirkiest belong to her oldest and youngest, Track and Trig, respectively, and conjure up in us images of the hunt: First you track the animal, then you pull the trigger. Was that deliberate? ...

An online petition is in the works to bring back The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, the cynically hilarious herky-jerk romp through Hollywood that starred Laura Kightlinger and Nicholle Tom, and, as you may remember, was produced by World of Wonder in its second season. Click here to sign the petition and bring back Jackie. ...

Doing his part to liberate the word "cunt," Hamlet 2's Steve Coogan has written "The Cunt Song," which he'll debut when his sketch-comedy show begins touring the UK in October. "I'm a firm believer in the Lenny Bruce school of thought," he says. "If you clamp down on a word, you give it power. I want to use it because it's taboo." (Contactmusic) ...

The variegated agaves that I brought from Concord, California, and planted along my driveway have all died. I thought it was due to overwatering in June, when the first one started to go. Since then I have avoided watering there, but we have had some rain. The death slowly spread downhill. The lowest and healthiest agave was going to make it, I thought, but it suddenly showed signs of droopsy just before I left for Burning Man. When I got back, it was lying flat. I pulled it up, as I had done the others, and it came up rootless ...

Actresses Justine Bateman and Meredith Salenger. (t/y Lindsey) ...

After each night of the conventions, we turn to Jon Stewart's Daily Show analysis. And last night's was particularly hilarious and spot on. Everyone needs to see this. Forward it. Now. Watch the full episode here. (t/y Randy) ...

Palin is NOT the first woman VP. That Was Geraldine Ferraro. She is the First Republican woman nominated. And it only took them 25 years after the Democrats had nominated a woman VP. ...

Sean Penn plays Harvy Milk. The preview looks good. Hat tip: Good as You ...

This is the woman you gleely endorsed, claiming she was ‘inclusive’. For your benefit, this is the definition of ‘inclusive’. Though, in your defense, you never said what she was inclusive of – namely the gay-hating Focus on the Family (“working hard to define Family as not to include yours) and the Alliance Defense Fund (litigating the gay away since 1994!). You refused to endorse Bush in 2004 (when it didn’t really matter) – can you explain how Palin is better than Bush, that she is entitled to your endorsement? ...

You'd think being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is the ultimate accolade for an entertainer. Alas, like all things Hollywood, there's even a power struggle at play when it comes to getting a star. It's not so much about simply joining these ranks as it is about where your star joins the ranks. While the Charlizes and Halles of the world get prime sidewalk real estate in front of Oscar's own Kodak Theater, and the Winonas and Johnnys party it up for eternity outside the Roosevelt hotel, TV "personalities" (even those with top-rated shows) ...

Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq War on a "task that is from God."Quote:  "Our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God.  That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God's plan."Sounds eerily like Extremist Muslim Talk to me...Also on her God As Legislator list was to have the students pray for a plan to build a $30 billion natural gas pipeline in her state of Alaska, calling ...

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Here are wife-mothers Laura Bush and Cindy McCain on stage Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention. Staff at Vanity Fair priced out what a couple of ladies who allegedly represent real working-class America might wear to such an event. Laura Bush Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500 Stuart Weitzman heels: $325 Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500 Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325 Cindy McCain Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000 Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500 Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000 Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000 Shoes, designer unknown: $600 Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100 ...

The World of Wonder Storefront Gallery just received a surprise shipment of 73 boxes containing 876 ceramic owls, yes, OWLS. Identical owls! From Japan. That were made in 1962. And were used as hairspray covers, to make your bathrooms, um, decorative. DON'T ASK HOW I KNOW ALL THIS. I just do. (PS: Our OWL EXHIBITION isn't until November, but we thought we should start building the excitement for it NOW!) – James St James (Photo by Steven Corfe) ...

† thanks to mom lynne spears now we know the answer to the question posed above... mollygood † jessic biel is denying rumors she's preggers w/ justin timberlake's baby in case you didn't know † jamie lynn spears is prepping for custody battle with baby daddy casey aldridge celebslam † kid rock is finding inspiration from an unexpected source - amy winehouse i'm not obsessed † david spade is the father of a baby girl born to playmate jillian grace last week bricks & stones † the boys of 'entourage' were celebrating the show's ...

Good grief. Jose Cuautemoc "Bill" Melendez, an animator, director, and producer who won Emmys, Peabodys, and an Oscar nomination for his TV shows and movies featuring "Peanuts" characters, died Tuesday at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica. No cause of death was reported. He was 91. Awards aside, his claim to fame has got to be as the "voice" of Snoopy in 63 half-hour specials (including the evergreens It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas), five one-hour specials, the Saturday-morning "Peanuts" TV show, and four feature films. (Washington Post; photo: Reuters) ...

WOW producer Thairin Smothers has his name on Google Alert (shut up, so do you) and yesterday this image popped up in his email. It's Thairin's torso created by the late artist Greer Lankton around 1994. As if the work weren't stunning enough, "That's my pubic hair on the doll," Thairin tells us. "I'm glad to know it's still around." ...