Morning Meme: "Gossip Girl" Gets Eric a Story, Matt Doyle Is Jumpy, and Kurt and Blaine Discuss Love Songs

I never thought I’d get to write that Gossip Girl’s Eric was getting a storyline, much less a dark, interesting storyline. Oh, and he’s going to be a gay boy with daddy issues. But these might be interesting. Image via the always reliable Tyler Shields.

CBS News reporter Lara Logan was the victim of “brutal and sustained sexual assault” while covering the celebrations in Egypt last week. She’s now back in the country and recovering.

This was just plain mean. And more than a little funny.

Remember the rage the Republicans had last year when Stephen Colbert testified in front of Congress? How do you think they’ll react when the Democrats march in Big Bird and Cookie Monster to testify on behalf of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which the Republicans want to defund.

Doug Manchester, besieged by both gay activists and unions for years, has agreed to sell the Manchester Grand Hyatt for $570 million. Somehow, him getting richer wasn’t the comeuppance I was hoping for.

The pilot formerly known as Chicks & Dicks has cast hunky Jake M. Johnson and Greek alum Max Greenfield.

The Village Voice reports that one of the cast members of The A List: New York has submitted pictures of his member to Playgirl. With a little ab work with a trainer, he could actually appear in the magazine. Jury is out on whether this would be seen as besmirching the name of The A List, or enhancing it.

The Mike and Molly episode with guest star Robert Gant hit a series high in the ratings. What was it Jesse Tyler Ferguson said, “Write It Gay?”

Billy Ray Cyrus says that Hannah Montana destroyed his family, and that his family was “attacked by Satan.”

I could do without the headline, but I can totally appreciate the sentiment about Christiane Amanpour. Much respect.

For those of you who like your gay men a little gruffer, and a lot more funny, you might want to have A Drink With Dave.

South Dakota has a bill up this year that for all intents and purposes, makes shooting a doctor who provides abortion services justifiable homicide. Hey, Republicans, how about the economy, stupid?

Murder music king Buju Banton is actually doing pretty well in his trial on drug trafficking charges. But I can’t help but chuckle that it’s ruining him financially. He blames gay activists for everything.

Donald Trump appreciates that New York has a lot of gays, but he doesn’t support gay marriage. Just a bunch of marriages for billionaires with really bad comb overs.

In the ongoing debate in Texas over sales tax from Amazon, (Republican) politicians are claiming that Texas lost $600 million in taxes. But since that would have been paid by Texas citizens, and they got to keep that money and spend it however they pleased, without the nanny state dipping into their pockets, isn’t that right in line with Republican values?

Jamie Bamber is bringing his hotness to the supernatural Ron Moore pilot 17^th Precinct., back in the Unites States where I can ogle him properly. Hopefully he’ll make good use of his magic wand.

Warner Bros. is reportedly offering the 300 sequel Xerxes to Guy Ritchie. I’ll be honest, I have trouble seeing that. But I’ll also be honest that I was hoping I’d have trouble seeing Xerxes in that I hoped it would never be made.

The current amount of information in the world is 295 exabytes, and 94% of that is stored digitally. 48% of that is videos of cats.

The Indiana House overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, or anything that remotely looks like marriage, or grants marriage like rights. It still has to pass the Senate, which is expected to be a breeze, then will likely be vetoed by the governor, overridden in both houses, and then voted on again in 2013 before going to a referendum in front of the people.