Info Meme

ABC Family has decided to order a sitcom called Melissa & Joey starring Melissa Joan Hart of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Joey Lawrence of Blossom. The concept is Melissa as a politician and Joey as her manny. No word on whether there will be a slutty red headed grandmother.

The Directors Guild of America gave out their awards over the weekend, and Lee Daniels did not become the first African-American to win. But Kathryn Bigelow did become the first woman to win the big award for The Hurt Locker. Jason Winer also picked up the award for Comedy Series for directing the pilot of Modern Family. *Note: We’ll cover the Grammys in a separate post.

If Jersey Shore happens at a shore other than Jersey’s, is it still Jersey Shore? MTV decided to take the spare change under the tanning bed and pay the cast’s demands. But since they want to rush the new season out and Jersey is freezing, the next season may take place in Miami. I used to live in Miami and the culture clash would cause devastation worse than a hurricane.

Rod 2.0 takes a look back at commercials the CBS has rejected for the Super Bowl, including the UCC commercial in 2004. He makes the slightly ironic note that the commercial was also rejected by LOGO that same year. I’m confused.

Robert Downey, Jr. is going to be too busy making Iron Man XXVII and Sherlock Homes 2, so Dreamworks had to find someone else to star in their Cowboys & Aliens. I like the change as they’ve decided 007 himself, Daniel Craig, will lead the cowboys and Native Americans in their alien smackdown based on the Fred Van Lente graphic novel.

Stephen Hough, the English pianist, got his blog picked up by the Baltimore Sun where he talks about how being gay affects the work of great composers. Or something. I’m not entirely sure what his point was, beyond "you can’t really tell.". I’ve asked a couple friends with classical music degrees to get back to me.

Zachary Quinto says he wants to step away from science fiction for two years, so no Star Trek, no video games, nothing. Not to be mean, but does he have a career without science fiction? And how do they plan on releasing Star Trek in 2012 if he’s not doing Star Trek for two years? Breaking - we know what he's doing. He's going to play George Gershwin?!?!!?

The New York Times profiles Michael Musto on his 25 years of calling it the way he sees it for The Village Voice. There’s no doubt that Musto is an incredibly important figure in gay media, New York media, and gay rights. I’ve just never found him appealing like this article does.

Westboro Baptist Church showed up in San Francisco to protest …Twitter? I don’t really understand what that’s about, but they were met with some really creative counter protesters as one would expect. They even managed to make Rick Rolling relevant again.

There’s a A Dr. Who-based game show? I’m not even going to try. Go read it yourself.

Gothamist has an amazing gallery of the work being done to carve out an entirely new concourse underneath Grand Central Station. Workers have been boring directly into the bedrock underneath Park Avenue to create 91,000 square feet of space including shopping and probably at least 23 Starbucks. The point is to cut 40 minutes off the commute of some 180,000 riders a day. I’m fascinated that we keep boring tunnels under skyscrapers and nothing falls down. Be sure to follow the link with the video about the new subway tunnel itself.

Glee’s dominating the UK these days, which only seems fair considering how many British shows dominate my life. The cast version of “Don’t Stop Believin’” is currently sitting at #2 on the charts, but it’s also dragged the original Journey version back as high as #7 which is pretty amazing for a 30 year old song.

The iPhone/iPad isn’t the first tiny gadget that's had the super-size treatment. Manolith.com has a list of seven that came before, and frankly were just as useful as the iPad is going to be.

Photo Meme

Think you're having a bad Monday? How about if you were this turkey/pheasant/bird? A case of really wrong place at the really wrong time it seems.

But at least you wouldn't have to worry about Tuesday-Thursday.

I can't verify that this billboard is real, but if it is, the advertising agency deserves a major bonus for working with their environment. Plus, they found a way to make nose hair trimmers memorable.

He may have waited too long to take care of his grooming.

Boy George tweeted this photo over the weekend of Doug Booth. Doug will be playing a young Boy George in an upcoming documentary/movie that the BBC is making about the life of the gender bending artist.

Knowing what Boy George ends up looking like in 2009, he may want to make lifestyle decisions.

And as a point of comparison, Boy George in the 80s.

Every news organization has picked up the CBS/ManCrunch.com fallout, and as far as I can tell, mainstream news outlets, including CBS News, are crying homophobia, while most gay blogs are screaming "Thank God. That was embarassing." We are a fickle bunch, that much has been proven.

We made a trending Twitter topic Friday.

You can order a Certified Virgin Certificate, if that's your thing and you think that's something to be advertised. I'm not even sure where you'd hang it for maximum effect, but it will cost you $1. As for the guy in the ad, virginity is curable - call me.

Maybe on the bedside table?

More women in the workplace means equal objectification of men. That equality has finally hit geekdom with the Toy Boy Mouse, which sells for $4, free visit from Human Resources included.

I would have inverted it, and put the scroll wheel in a different spot.