“Working for a major studio can be like trying to have sex with a porcupine. It’s one prick against thousands.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #100: Il Planetario di Figaro
Wow, 100 issues of Nota Bene! Props to Russ for helping me for a while with this nifty little S&R feature. Never mind all that now, let’s get on with this issue. […]
Nota Bene #90: Monkey Business
“One reads such links, and what can one say but—
The Scrogue's Guide to Denver and the DNC: Things to do when you're L, G, B, and/or T
Scrogues and scrogue sympathizers: As the National Stonewall Democrats are expecting a record number of LGBT delegates at the upcoming shindig, and there will surely be no shortage of bloggers and journalists […]
Fattening up fashion models

 Is legislation the answer to ending anorexia in the fashion industry? “Project Runway” has been a mixed blessing for the fashion industry. On one hand, it’s given us the chance to become […]
Westboro Baptist Church to picket Heath Ledger's U.S. memorial services
I’m not usually one to post celebrity news, preferring as I do news with more substance. But pretty much anything the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas does grabs my attention. And […]
To the man in the sombrero: The point is that we citizens ought to be flush, not flushed
by Aengus Cargo It’s about 22:00. The parking garage at DIA is cold and dark. I stand against a concrete pillar wearing a sensible cap and a beige trenchcoat. My beard is […]
Quotabull
I’ve got God’s shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I’ll bet I’ve shed more tears than you can count, as […]
The Surgeon General, medicine, and morality
President Bush nominated Kentucky cardiologist Dr. James Holsinger to be the Surgeon General of the United States, but gay rights groups are unhappy with his nomination. Apparently Dr. Holsinger voted to expel […]
That Tinky Winky is at it again…
From the speaking ill of the dead dept.: The child rights ombudsman for Poland is currently investigating Tinky Winky. Ewa Sowinska is out to discover whether the big purple purse carrying Teletubby […]