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Afternoon Meme: Goodbye Corey Haim, Ellen & Portia Canoodle, and Browncoats Rejoice at a "Firefly" Reunion of Sorts

We start today on a sad note, as Corey Haim has been found dead at age 38 in Los Angeles of an apparent accidental overdose. Say what you will about his later years, but a young Corey was many a gay boy's first crush. Our condolences to his friends and family.

The headline on this story, BofA to end $35 overdraft fee on debit purchases sounds like a positive human development, until you realize they’re just going to decline the purchases instead. The government may be forcing them to be more honest, but nothing will make a bank more humane.

I’m going to link to EW.com’s coverage of American Idol last night mostly because it contains many references to how affectionate Portia and Ellen are to each other, even during brief commercial breaks. It’s really sweet.

I’m a little stunned to find out that Glee is being honored in the 17th Annual Catholics in Media Associates Awards. Look who’s trying to be hip and cool suddenly.

Cynthia Nixon of Sex and the City fame has recorded a new PSA for New York Marriage Equality that you can watch over here.

The Motion-Sim 4DOF racing simulator will give you a realistic gaming experience, but its presence will drain your bank account of $25k, and its presence in your home may alarm potential boyfriends.

A new role-playing game has been announced based on author Charles Stross’ series of books set in The Laundry. It’s a shadowy British government organization set up to battle the occult with a James Bond flair, and the books have a gay couple named Pinky and Brains.

SyFy’s Warehouse 13 has cast Firefly’s Jewel Staite and Sean Maher in guest roles for the upcoming season, and with Sean being a gay fav, and the Browncoats being a loyal viewing audience, we’re betting on ratings that will make Caprica weep.

MTV caught up with Gutsy Smurf himself, Alan Cummings to talk about the film, and while we know most of what he said, he did mention that they’re “negotiating with someone who would be fabulous” for the role of Gargamel. “Fabulous” and Gargamel aren’t words I’d ever use together, but I’m intrigued.

National Geographic has a great piece on the purposes of the giant figures created in Peru by the “Nasca Lines” and what we’ve learned about the culture that created the figures more than 2400 years ago.

They’re casting Men in Black 3. Please stop.

Adam Lambert tells an Australian newspaper he’s proud to be gay. We’re proud he’s gay too.

A group of young men in the Bronx are facing a year in jail for criminal possession of a weapon after a stray snowball struck an off-duty transit cop in the leg. He pulled his gun and called for backup. Say – wasn’t New Yorker Joe.My.God  loudly mocking D.C. cops for the same thing back in December?

Bravo is adding a fifth night of original programming that I won’t watch unless tied to a chair, like Miami Social Club. Although I admit to being intrigued by Room Service, about a high-end hotel that provides male escorts to their clientele. Will Bravo be brave enough to provide male escorts to both female and male clients?

The New York Times alerts us to the fact that Mattel is releasing Mad Men-themed Barbie & Ken dolls for collectors, retailing for $75 each. There are four dolls to choose from, Don Draper, his wife Betty, Roger Sterling, and Joan Holloway.

Where's my Sal doll? Mattel should know their market better than this.

I think people have grown tired of my love of dogs, cats, and monkeys (apes!) so I went looking for another cute animal to wish you good day with. I came up with a baby alpaca wearing a jacket. How's that working for you?

Don't we make jackets from alpacas normally?

I think this pair of bathroom door signs is brilliant, but I'm not entirely sure everyone will agree.

A little literal perhaps.

I get so very tired of whackjobs on the right using children to scare people away from supporting equal rights. It's a sadly effective scare tactic though. But this one is so over-the-top that I had to share.

I didn't know dresses were mandatory for teachers under ENDA.

It did remind me of some signs that were salvaged and copied from coal company towns near where I lived. I had pictures of the rules for teachers from 1872 and 1915, but in 1872, they were so silly no one would understand them. Is this what people want us to got back to? Or are the rules for petticoats what causes the men the above scare ad talks about?

I challenge you to find a downtown ice cream store to loiter in.

Artist Snowcrash created these Real Life Merit Badges for a contest, but I really think he should market them to little boys the scouts didn't want. And maybe some big boys, too. You should totally take a look at his other creations.

Collect them all - gay Pokemon!

Twilight: Eclipse released a trailer for their trailer today. This iteration of the series seems to come with 40% more cheese!

Finally, RuPaul's Drag Race seems to be on a rock 'n roll kick for next week, as this preview is titled "Taking Her Breath Away."

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Addison Dewitt's picture

Merit Badges

Is this the ultimate accessory to the "gay card" we could all have taken rom us for not knowing about gay culture? It could the the quantifying criteria for indentifying another friend of Dorothy! ;-)

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jef's picture

OLTL is terminating Brett and Scott!

My god. It appears that Frank Valentini has decided to write out Fish and Kyle! They will be gone in April!

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/one-life-to-live-kos-kish-4337.html

And isn't it suspicious that they told TV Guide about it, but didn't bother to tell AfterElton after all the interviews, reporting, and promotion this site has given the characters and show? Sounds like they're trying to avoid a bad backlash (like that's going to work).

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DaisyViolet's picture

Mad about the Doll

 Okay, no way that Joan doll is curvy enough! Nonetheless, I'll bet the Joans and Dons sell out immediately, and there are piles of discount Bettys left after Christmas.  I'm with you on the Sal doll~ and it should come with an optional Bellhop!

 

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain~ Louisa May Alcott

Cufflinksandtie's picture

I recall my English teacher got censored

for mowing his lawn in a tee shirt.  It was probably more that he had a Japanese wife, though.  It was 1954-58.  He once took me aside and told me NOT to lisp and to straighten my wrists.  He explained that he "had been in the theater" in New York and it wasn't a good idea for a 14-year old from Stockton to be so arty.  Jonathan Pearce went on to become a college prof and write books for the teen sat.  I have let my wrists go limp.

 

 

Aime-mois moins, mais aime-moi longtemps

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FakeName's picture

Various. Sundry.

Why is it inhumane to decline purchases that the buyer doesn't have the money to make? I'm in no way an advocate of American banking practices (having recently been almost screwed by a regulation change at my credit union) but realistically a bank has no way of knowing that a customer who's overdrawn will ever make another deposit to the account. I've worked customer service for a debit card management service and I can tell you from personal experience that customers are a lot better at handling knowing that their card is out of money than they are handling the smallest service charge.

I'm saddened but not surprised to hear that we're down a Corey. Unfortunately this means we may never know for sure what was up with that Rob Lowe poster in his character's bedroom in The Lost Boys.

Totes want the merit badges.

The rules for teachers were pretty ridiculous back in the day but they remained quite silly to the point of actual harm for decades to come. My mother taught in the 1950s and 60s and, upon becoming pregnant with my brother, was rather horrified to learn that as soon as she had to start wearing maternity clothes she was fired.

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DaisyViolet's picture

Um...

 

 I think we all know exactly what was up with that Rob Lowe poster.  Any remaining, lingering questions can be answered via his 'I LOVE SHOPPING' t-shirt.


Still, very sad. Even more so for being unsurprising.

 

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain~ Louisa May Alcott

Addison Dewitt's picture

B and A Good Thing

I actually think the B of A thing is a great thing! I would rather have them catch me then rather than later if I forgot I didn't have enough in the debit card. According to NPR this morning the Bank is also citing a study they did where a large majority of customers said they would rather be declined then charged an overdraft. 

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Ed Kennedy's picture

I feel I wasn't clear...

I feel I wasn't clear on the BofA thing - what had me flipping was the headline - CNN wrote it like they were just doing away with the fee because they cared about consumers. That's hardly what the actual article says. I have a thing about headlines for stories, which are often written by someone other than the story author.

I agree completely on the substance - I dropped off the form to Chase saying I do not wish overdraft protection on my checking account, I'll just keep money in there instead.

smeggingnuts's picture

A little literal

But whole lotta funny:)
Miz Liz's picture

Who knew?

Ice cream shop = Den of Iniquity?  I never knew!

I'm loving the Mad Men dolls.  Did you know that a very devoted, and talented fan has already made his own set of dolls:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawphoto/4421792545/sizes/o/

 

 

FakeName's picture

Great hock!

Miz Liz wrote:
Ice cream shop = Den of Iniquity?  I never knew!

Didn't you ever watch The Music Man?

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Morgan's picture

That's not a Aplaca Ed!

That's not an Alpaca!

Wait Yes. Yes it is.

And from the picture it is insanely cute. It's wearing a shirt. He thinks hes peoplez! Awwww. Your aminal pictures always make me smile Ed. Even if it was a Gibbon..

Cufflinksandtie's picture

If it ain't

A) an alpaca, is it

B) a bicuna?

 

 

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Ed Kennedy's picture

Like someone said on Facebook

Like a commenter said on AE's Facebook, "monkey" is for whatever reason, an inherently funny word. "Gibbon" just lacks punch. And "primate" is always right but has some inherent issues when talking about ownership. This is likely not the last time you'll see me call and ape/gibbon/chim/orangutan a monkey.
Addison Dewitt's picture

Monkey

The word "monkey" just makes you think of the words "playful" and "silly". Until of course they throw poop... but that doesn't happen all the time...

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Ricky's picture

I WANT SAL DOLL!!!!!

He may be paired with a bellboy from a hotel which they had sex.  I will write a note to Easter Bunny to ask for Sal doll in my Easter basket.
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