Tag Archives: silliness

Via Bilerico: At long last, the most important endorsement of the 2008 presidential election is here. During a press event last night in New York, Madonna made it official: She’s backing Hillary Clinton for the White House. According to Madonnalicious – the online community of all things ‘Material,’ – her Madgesty responded, when asked “Hillary or Obama?,” with an enthusiastic …

American Idol finalist Kelli Pickler is a high school graduate. And the world gets more dimmerer for U.S. Americans. I think this clip aired a couple of weeks ago, but I was watching Dancing With America’s Runway Chef Idol.

Believing he is cursed for having stoned two dogs to death as a child, an Indian man is attempting to remove the curse by marrying a dog in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony. P. Selvakumar, a 33-year-old farm labourer from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, married the four-year-old stray bitch after it was bathed and processed to his village …

BearForce1 wishes you a hairy Xmas. Is it too early to watch furry guys in shorts disco in the snow? Didn’t think so.

Police officers in Thailand will be forced to wear a hot pink Hello Kitty armband if they disobey the rules, thereby shaming their masculinity. A police official in Bangkok says, “Simple warnings no longer work. This new twist is expected to make them feel guilt and shame and prevent them from repeating the offense, no matter how minor. Hello Kitty …

I passed by the midtown Apple Store yesterday where people were already lined up for Friday’s iPhone release. Some of them have been there since Monday. I’m trying to think of anything in the entire world worth waiting for five days in 90 degree weather. Maybe a winning lottery ticket. Suddenly I’m hoping for torrential thunderstorms. Maybe some hail. I …

I wasn’t going to going to mention this story, as it’s rather old news, but more information is coming to light about the Pentagon’s so-called “gay bomb” via Berkeley’s Sunshine Project, an activist group dedicated to uncovering the military’s bio-weapons research.

In a move to shed her stodgy image, Sen. Hillary Clinton is asking visitors to her presidential campaign site help her pick her official campaign song. The songs to choose from include Right Here, Right Now – Jesus Jones, Beautiful Day – U2, I’m A Believer – Smash Mouth, and curiously, the old R&B classic, I’ll Take You There by …

And at the moment, it ain’t me. Voting for ultimate blog Daddyness ends at 8am tomorrow. Thanks again to Malcontent for a silly/fun bit of foolery that led me to some new blogs that will go up on my blogroll shortly. And then we’ll get back to serious stuff, like Sanjaya.

Squeaking by Outsports with a scant 51.6% of the vote, this here website thingy has advanced to the final round of Malcontent’s March Gayness, in which JMG is pitted against OMG Blog for ultimate blog Daddyness. Check out OMG Blog, then vote here. There can be only one! Go Gators!

The Monica Geller in me compels me to mention the Fey Four, the penultimate round of Malcontent’s March Gayness, in which I’m bracketed against Outsports. The other two survivors are Towleroad and OMG Blog. The original 64 blogs in the playoffs yielded me a couple of new reads, I recommend scanning that list for some fun new stuff. Voting in …