AfterElton Briefs: Neil Patrick almost shares too much, Rosie calls it quits, and more!

Neil Patrick Harris being honored in Hollywood (Getty)

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• The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hosted a question-and-answer event with fans of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother in Hollywood on Tuesday night, and star Neil Patrick Harris made it all the more memorable when he excused himself to visit the men's room ... with his mic still on. Fortunately someone rushed in to let him know before he pulled a Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun.

• Speaking of Neil, later this season we'll learn more about his Barney character when Six Feet Under star Francis Conroy guest stars as Barney's mother.

• Gays of Daytime has a post about a disturbing episode of the French TV talk show Le Miex C'est D'en Perler (It's best to talk about it). In a show about gay kids, being gay was presented as a choice by the show host and guest child psychiatrist without any counter-argument or differing opinion. Was this the LeFox News Channel?

social commentary or just stupid?

• Above you can see one of the slogans from the website T-Shirt Hell that has caused so much controversy, the site owner has decided to quit the business. Sunshine Megatron, in a profanity-laced e-mail rant that has to be seen to be believed, blames all the "morons" who just don't understand the "irony and social commentary" that his shirts provide.

• And finally, a little light has been extinguished in the world now that Rosie O'Donnell has decided to stop blogging. Where will I go now for my fix of bizarre, nonsensical haikus?

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