Weekend Meme: Zachary Quinto Meets Rubber Man, John Travolta's Finger-Lickin' Desires, and Welcome Gus Johnston

It's hard to get me to watch a reality show of any kind, even if I can be talked into a competition show if there's the right contestant. But it's likely I'd tune in every week if Pee-Wee Herman were cast on Dancing With the Stars.

Speaking of my own personal animosity towards reality television, has anyone watched Sundance Channel's Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys? Because having seen the cast previews, I'd really like to have you explain to me why you watch it.

In depressing news, Spirit Day coincided with the Senate marking up the Department of Education funding bill, widely seen as the best way to pass the two anti-bullying and anti-discrimination bills for students. Neither the Safe Schools Improvement Act nor the Student Non-Discrimination Act were discussed, and are probably dead. Again.

The number of gay and lesbian couples adopting children has tripled in the last decade, even though the overall number of same-sex parents has decreased. Wider accessibility to marriage and adoption rights fueled the former, with the later likely driven by fewer people leaving opposite-gender spouses after coming out.

John Travolta was attending a Scientology event in London, and wanted lunch, so he had an assistant call a KFC and try and reserve a table for his party. When the KFC laughed at the idea of "reserving a table" for a "Mr. Travolta" he was forced to make other arrangements.

It's that time of year again – the Neiman-Marcus Holiday Guide. If anyone has started their Christmas shopping, there are several lakes around here that would be perfect for the $250,000 mahogany speedboat.

 When I lived in South Florida, Senator Marco Rubio was really starting to soar in his political career, largely on a great back story about his parents fleeing Castro's revolution. One problem: nobody fact checked his story, which it turns out as being not true. Rubio's parents left Cuba years before Castro took over. And this isn't something you lie about in South Florida.

Michael Bay is dipping his toes into television. And it's not going to have explosions. He's developing a show about a quirky male sociology professor and a female detective who solves crimes involving youths and subcultures in Los Angeles. Are gays a subculture in Los Angeles? Has Michael Bay ever had a gay character in anything he's done? I honestly can't remember.

Whoever thought it would be a good idea to have Tim Burton design a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon is going to owe a lot of kids therapy. B. Boy is a Frankenstein's Monster of a balloon, made from "the discarded scraps of balloons" from birthday parties held at a London children's hospital.

Just when you think Fox News can't lower their standards any more, they announce they've hired disgraced South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford as a commentator. Sanford, in case you get confused as to which Republican had which scandal, was the one who vanished, saying he was "hiking the Appalachian Trail" when in fact he was visiting his mistress in Argentina.

Milla Jovovich took to Twitter to rip on Summit for not promoting The Three Musketeers. Summit basically called her nuts. I have to admit, I didn't see a lot of advertising or interviews. Maybe star Luke Evans just didn't want to talk to the press for some reason?

Unlike Jeremy Hooper, I'm not ready to give Elisabeth Hasselbeck any credit for her support of marriage equality. Because it's all empty words if you loudly and irrationally support only politicians who oppose it.

Zachary Quinto is in the upcoming episodes of American Horror Story, and I have to admit, his character is kind of a dick.

The troubles just won't stop for Bishop Eddie Long and New Birth Ministries. Now multiple parishioners are suing for fraud, alleging Long was part of a financial scheme with Ephren Taylor that cost many members of the church their entire life savings.

David Mixner has a novel idea for the future of the Human Rights Campaign. How about they hold town hall meetings in a half dozen locations around the country to help choose their new Executive Director, to help get the organization's objectives back in line with the community?

Alan Ball is developing Wichita, which is basically the story of Dr. George Tiller, assassinated for providing late-term abortions to women in need. Bill O'Reilly is squirming in his chair right about now. Obviously, this is an HBO production, since no one but a pay network would touch the subject.

Schweddy Balls Ice Cream is being pulled from the shelves. It's unclear if it was pressure from uptight organizations or the fact that it really just wasn't that good that led to the decision.