Stuff happens, when you're either sleeping or or living the fabulous and fashionable life we know you have. So we're starting your days with a few tidbits to keep you the sparkling conversationalist your friends expect you to be. 

It's not quite like finding Daddy kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe, but I really don't know how I feel about finding out that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer has to be female. It's not anything against females, it's just the cartoon is a fond childhood memory. On the other hand, AfterEllen.com could do a story about Rudolph and her lesbian relationship with Clarice.

Think America is divided? At least with us, it's just polarizing political arguments. Evidently Africa is actually splitting in two, with a giant crack forming that will eventually become a new ocean. Buy some future beachfront property cheap now, be listening to the sound of the sea in a million years or so.

Lady GaGa accepted a Stylemaker Award from Marc Jacobs (note: gayest sentence in this post) Monday. She said her favorite accessory is condoms, which finally explains what the pictured dress was made from.

CBS played around with the number of episodes they had on order for a bunch of shows today. Since I can't think of a single gay character on any of their scripted shows, I'm going to cheer for them ordering two additional episodes of How I Met Your Mother and giving Neil Patrick Harris more money, fame and power. I also will cheer one additional episode of The Big Bang Theory, because one can never have too much Sheldon in their life.

Cyndi Lauper and Lady GaGa are both lending their names to a MAC Viva Glam line lipstick going on sale this spring. They'll each get a shade selling for $14 each, and 100% of the proceeds will go to the MAC AIDS Fund which has contributed $150 million to fight the disease.

Rue McClanahan, beloved Golden Girl, has had to pull out of a tribute being held for her at the Castro Theater in San Francisco due to a heart problem. She describes it as routine maintainence, which makes me hopeful, because I can't lose another Golden Girl this soon after losing Bea Arthur.

Remember the raid on the Ft. Worth Rainbow Lounge that left a man in the hospital with a brain injury? The one Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission said violated standards, resulting in the dismissal of two of their agent? Well the 1,000 page report of the Ft. Worth Police Department's actions, written by the Ft. Worth Police Department says they did nothing wrong, except file their report a day late. Queers ate your homework? Really?

In happy election news I missed, Rod 2.0 reports that Charles Pugh, an African-American gay man, has made history being elected president of the Detroit City Council. Also, looks like Rod is back up from an injury, welcome back.

Disney is going to open a new $3.6 billion theme park outside Shanghai, China. This will be their sixth park world-wide, and second in China. While I doubt they'll have to deal with Southern Baptist boycotts, who knows if we'll see the park overrun by red shirted homos one weekend each year? 

Probably unrelated, China has decided to stop using corporal punishment to treat internet addiction, now that they'll have millions watching eBay for animation cell auctions.

Towleroad caught something I missed today on The View. Pastor Joel Osteen, who'd always seemed the sanest of the bunch, was on shilling his new book, and Whoopi asked him his views on homosexuality. For the first time in my knowledge, Osteen didn't hedge. Seems we're "not God's best." Sadly, Whoopi asked for clarification, but didn't rip him apart.

Scientists say they now understand the physics required to use artificial black holes to power spaceships to other stars in under four years. They have no clue as to NASA's goals, budget or purpose however. Nor is there any word yet on whether a black hole powered space ship would still be penis shaped.

Democrats are so scared by Tuesday's elections, it looks like they're going to punt every single mildly controversial piece of legislation until after the 2010 elections. So forget real healthcare, financial reform, climate change, ENDA, DADT, or anything else that matters. Why are we paying them again? Seems like it's to get elected, not to govern.

The boys of summer are done, as the Yankees win the World Series. I tell you because it's likely to dominate conversations at work, and it lets you play along. Also, it means important things, like Glee and The Simpsons will be back on the air.

Video Memes

We've got a selection of video that didn't seem to fit anywhere else, but we felt your lives would be better for having seen. 

We'll start with a brief moment from Nathan Fillion talking about the sequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog — an official, NPH/Whedon/Fillion/Day sequel. He knows a bit about where the project stands, and frankly, I could stare at him reading me the phone book and be happy.

We thought we'd lost tennis fanatic snicks back over the summer when Novak Djokovic did an underwear fashion show. He sat catatonic and just stared for a couple days. We may lose him again (I'll keep your seat warm, snicks!) for a month when he sees this video, including one guy licking Novak's hip. This ATP video is bromantic in the extreme, but the sexy part is around 2:56 mark.

We totally missed The Colbert Report last night watching the election coverage. So we completely missed him "Nailing" the gay couple arrested for "trespassing" while kissing in Salt Lake City over the summer. It's worth sticking around until the end for the final visual.

And yesterday we told you that Sherlock Holmes had picked up sponsorship of Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show after Microsoft dropped out because it failed to fit with their brand. I'm not sure what I was expecting the show to be, but it didn't involve a full orchestra. Take a look at the sneak peak before you head out into the world.