Morning Meme: "Modern Family: The Revenge," Al Roker's Man Candy, and Debra Messing Dips Her Quill Into Company Ink

If the year belonged to anyone, it belonged to Ryan Gosling, who seemed to be everywhere, making movies, giving interviews, even breaking up street fights. These are his greatest hits.

I was truly taken by the horrible customer relations nightmare that Ocean Marketing caused for itself, and really impressed at how Penny Arcade stepped up  to defend the customer. Now it's become a full-fledged meme, and Paul is off the account. But maybe Mike at Penny Arcade enjoyed it just a bit too much? Or not.

Mitt Romney isn't as bad as most Republicans, at least on most issues. While the majority of the presidential candidates favor abolishing PBS and NPR, he just wants to cut off federal funding and add commercials to Sesame Street. To sell toys, which will help the economy. Or something.

Debra Messing, recently separated from her husband of 11 years, is reportedly dating her Smash costar Will Chase. She doesn't have bad taste in men, that's for certain.

Do you recall HIDE/SEEK Difference in American Portraiture from the Smithsonian, where the gay content had Congressmen lining up to threaten funding for the museum? It's now moved on to the Brooklyn Museum, and our own Ulysses says it's a must see.

According to the president of E!, regarding the Kardashians, "From every piece of research I've seen, people aspire to be them or to befriend them." Frankly I can't believe it, but I'm glad to know our top scientists are searching for the cause of this epidemic.

Vulture has some New Year's resolution suggestions for our favorite shows, including Modern Family and Glee. Though their Glee suggestion would make a really boring show.

Queerty says that Barnes & Noble has pulled that "Sissy" calendar, but Amazon still needs some convincing.

For the record, this is not a cat. But it is an interesting thought exercise.

According to Ryan Murphy, if you go through the "Birth" episode of American Horror Story frame-by-frame you can find the secret to season two of the series.

Buzzfeed has 40 Reasons Why 2011 Was Great for Gays. I'd forgotten about a lot of these.

I'm fascinated with the fact that Samoa is going to skip Friday entirely by "moving" the international date line and getting their week more in line with trading partners like Australia. And given the choice, wouldn't you skip a Monday, not a Friday?

Jeremy Renner is shooting down rumors that he's taking over the Mission Impossible franchise. He says it's just as silly as all the people he's supposedly sleeping with "I’m like, ‘who has the time?’”

Cardinal George says Chicago Pride "organizers invited an obvious comparison to other groups who have historically attempted to stifle the religious freedom of the Catholic Church. One such organization is the Ku Klux Klan." Quick question: This all arose from a reroute of the parade – was that Pride or the city's idea? I don't know if I read that.

Chris Lilley discusses his new HBO series Angry Boys, which will feature him playing many characters, including, " a Japanese Tiger mom who forces her skateboarding son to pretend he's gay so she can market branded penis-shaped products."