Don't Believe Anything You See

For the low, low price of $10,000, Jezebel.com was able to get hold of an un-retouched photograph of Faith Hill that was--not surprisingly--modified before it appeared on the July Redbook cover. What was surprising: How heavily and needlessly extravagant the Photoshopping was.

Everyone knows about line smoothing and eye brightening. But moving hands, reducing an arm's width by half, reshaping someone's entire head?

Jezebel gets to the heart of the matter. And hilariously, too. Key quote:

3. THOSE CHEEKS: What exactly do you think she's hoarding in there? Snacks to get her through Ramadan? And boy could bitch take a little time out on that deviated septum...

Could You Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

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Clearly, I'd have difficulty. Discover your own chances of survival here.

(BTW, this link takes you to Mingle2.com, an online dating site. Which may be scarier than having a zombie eat your face off. Just saying.)

What's in a New Name?

People have trouble with the name of this site. That was semi-intentional on my part. But after spelling "ecstatic" for the 300th time, I'm wondering if I took a wrong turn somewhere in URLville.

A co-worker, who's a much better writer than I, suggested that I call this blog GayCatsOnTV.com. Accurate and has a nice, generic ring to it, likes Snakes on a Plane. When I typed "gay" and "cat" into domain name generator NameBoy.com, it delivered some other ideas--such as HomoCat (so angry), GotGay (very aspirational), and GayestCat (too conceited).

Perhaps I should just stick to the devil I know. (Now, that's a great name for a blog!)

Photography Banned in Rockville, Maryland

Still not convinced that creeping corporatism is a cancer? Read this. Then visit and take a picture.

Journey Doesn't Suck

Or so says Salon's David Marchese. Don't Stop Believing might be a great song to play when you're half passed out on your dorm floor wishing you had someone to kiss (or at least another beer handy). But, dude. Journey? Please.

Pentagon Wanted to Build "Gay Bomb"

Hmmmmm.

This joke pretty much writes itself. Still, keep this in your memory banks the next time some numbskull derides the "excessive" spending of the Democrats.

Read more about your tax dollars at work here.

Who Would Be in Your Zombie Shelter?

Hat tip: PostSecret.com

Jerry Falwell: Dead

I've been trying to decide what to say about the death of America's premier evangelical charlatan. Instead I'll let Christopher Hitchens do it.

The evil that he did will live after him. This is not just because of the wickedness that he actually preached, but because of the hole that he made in the "wall of separation" that ought to divide religion from politics. In his dingy racist past, Falwell attacked those churchmen who mixed the two worlds of faith and politics and called for civil rights. Then he realized that two could play at this game and learned to play it himself.

Losing My Edge

Man am I stupid. I've had tickets for LCD Soundsystem for weeks. Been waiting for it. Looking forward to it. Tix were on the fridge in plain site. It was in my PDA: June 13. I was going by myself, but that was cool. LCD Soundsystem would be worth it.

Except the show was on May 13. And I missed it.

Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Sigh. Here's the video anyway.