Morning Meme: "RuPaul's" Pit Crew Auditions, The Year's Juiciest GLBT Quotes, and Did You Hear It Snowed?

Seriously, just take a minute and go look at these photos of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi on vacation in St. Barts. I want to be in love and happy like that. But right now, with this weather, I’ll settle for being in St. Barts.

This list of the Juiciest GLBT Quotes of the Year sometimes has us speaking, and sometimes has horrible people speaking about us. But it’s worth reading, because I’d forgotten what an eventful year it had been.

I know from living in the heart of West Virginia coal country that Massey Energy is a cutthroat company. And it makes me sad that a gay coal miner was harassed relentlessly on the job. But this is West Virginia, and we don’t have any protections at work, and the federal government can’t pass ENDA, so I don’t see how this lawsuit has a chance.

Socialite Lydia Hearst landed an acting role, playing a troubled starlet based on Lindsay Lohan. I expect the Lohans to start complaining and threatening to sue in 3-2-1. Side note: why can’t Lindsay play the role herself?

Yoga kittens.

Cable syndicated foul, anti-gay, cheap shot editorial cartoons after Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed. In related news, water is wet.

Natalie Portman is engaged and pregnant. She did the deed with her Black Swan choreographer Benjamin Millepied.

Madonna shipped in candy and Christmas presents for the orphans at all six centers she sponsors in Malawi. She also included signed Christmas cards they can sell on the autograph market to buy more toys.

The Catholic Church has no position on the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. They’re seriously going to let this one go?

Concert ticket sales are down, because who can drop $180 on Lady Gaga tickets in this economy? The good news is that it means ticket prices are likely to drop for next year, so maybe you can afford NKTOBSB tickets.

Will the bombs of 2010 make movie studios wise up and start offering original fare? If Universal is going to be used as the model, probably not.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is going to write his memoirs for a $1.3 million advance, just to pay for his legal bills.

You just have to look at the picture. Words fail me.

At the risk of a fan war, I really don’t see why the cancellation of Stargate: Universe should have any impact on the Stargate: Atlantis movie. SGU failed precisely because it was depressing, dark, and moved at a glacial pace. Stargate: Atlantis was bright, sunny, exciting, and more than a little funny.