Our friends at GLAAD tipped us off to something very special happening regarding this year's Daytime Emmy Awards. This year the Academy is soliciting stories from viewers whose lives have been changed by daytime, and will use some of the stories during the awards broadcast.

Have the trials and tribulations of Luke and Noah, Billy Douglas, Zoe, or other queer-inclusive plots made a significant impact on your life or the lives of those around you? Then head on over to ABC's Daytime Emmy site and tell them about it!

It would be great to have a heartwarming "Nuke helped me come out to my family" story amidst the "Susan Lucci is my three-decade hair inspiration" and "I carved Bo and Hope out of butter for my wedding day" anecdotes that will likely make it to air. Granted, if the only thing that As the World Turns has done for you this year is to make you afraid of cowboy puppets, that might be left unsaid...

Good news for fans of Van Hansis and Jake Silberman. The PTB at As The World Turns have submitted their names for Daytime Emmy nods. Each year, every soap opera submits a list of names from their show they feel deserve Emmy recognition. It's the equivalent of the "For Your Consideration" Oscar campaigns, but without ... the campaigning. Nuke has been put forward in the "Outstanding Younger Actor" category, along with Jesse Lee Sofer, who despite the name, is NOT a southern sheriff in Eat My Dust, but part of the "babymama" drama.

It's a deserving tribute to Van and Jake, just for surviving this show with their dignity intact. I sometimes get the feeling that the writing sessions on ATWT involve Yale graduated scribes, some #2 pencils ... and a book of MAD LIBS.

LUKE AND NOAH ARE ABOUT TO KISS BUT ARE INTERRUPTED BY A __(noun)___ THAT ___(verb)___ , SO THEY GAZE LONGINGLY INTO EACH OTHER'S ___(body part)___ AND DECIDE TO ____(boring farm chore)___ INSTEAD.

In sadder news, ventriloquist puppet/writer's caffeine induced hallucination Cowboy Jack has been ruled ineligible for Emmy consideration, which is a shame considering he gave his all to the role.