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Lady Randomocity stepped away from the keno table, lit a Marlboro 100, and revealed that Dan of Rochester, NY, was the winner of this week’s Swag Tuesday: a copy of Armisted Maupin’s Michael Tolliver Lives. Dan sez: “Read Armistead Maupin!! Not just the Tales of the City series, but The Night Listener, and Maybe The Moon – two of my …

Andrew Lloyd Webber has been writing a sequel to Phantom Of The Opera, called Phantom In Manhattan. However: “I was trying to write some new music; Otto got into the grand piano, jumped onto the computer and destroyed the entire score for the new Phantom in one fell swoop.” And Broadway was saved. Who’s a good kitty? You are! Yes, …

UPDATE: I neglected to mention that the vote below was much closer than it seems, as only 50 “yes” votes were needed to get the measure on the ballot. My apologies. In a 151-45 vote, Massachusetts legislators just voted “NO” to putting an anti-gay marriage amendment up to a statewide vote in 2008. Putting the amendment on the ballot would …

In a story picked up by today’s NY Daily News, Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff is joining the chorus of critics calling for a boycott of the new movie version of John Water’s Hairspray, charging that star John Travolta’s faith, Scientology, is homophobic. I haven’t mentioned the boycott previously, because I didn’t think much would come of it, but the …

“It’s more her awful appearance in an inappropriate and ill-fitting ballgown with a plunging neckline.” – Former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey, blaming his estranged wife’s attire on Oprah for her book’s poor performance, rather than his having charged her with being homophobic. In addition to dissing her fashion sense, he said her book is “dull” and “poorly written”. Meow!

Last night’s WYSIWYG Gays Gone Wild show was a blast. All the performers were hilarious, with Leigh Thompson’s question and answer routine about his life as a transman being the highlight of the evening. Rod Townsend sang a song about gonorrhea (to the tune of ABBA’s Mamma Mia) and Amnesia Sparkles did a bit about being Satan’s receptionist. Joel Derfner …

I’m a “good” sleeper. I can sleep through noise, through bright light, just about anything. I’ve slept soundly, flat on my back on the bare floor of an airport terminal. And when I wake up, I’m up. Within 30 seconds of opening my eyes, I’m out of bed. No snooze alarm, no comfy half-awake blankey snuggling. In fact, I don’t …

Here’s a fascinating map that compares the Gross Domestic Product of other countries to American states with similar economies. Texas=Canada. California=France. And New York=Brazil. Unreal. Embiggen for the easier reading.

A little cyber-birdie just told me that today is the birthday of beloved JMG commenter Crixi Van Cheek. Have a great one, Crixi! (I suppose I shouldn’t get in the habit of mentioning reader birthdays or that’s all I’d be doing. Hey, when is Lynette’s?)

There’s a new service out of NYC called Daily Lit which will email you chapters of classic novels and famous texts for easy reading via your PDA. If you’ve got a train or bus commute and you have a Blackberry or similar device, you can catch up on the classics, 1000 words at a time. It’s a free service, all …