Gynomite!

I just spent an hour lying in the grass in the park near my work, and I realize that nice weather is the great equalizer. I walked past dozens of people stretched out in the grass, and I couldn’t tell if they were homeless or home…ful. I love the fact that a nice sunny breezy day makes the people with homes finally acknowledge the elements, and the people without homes finally enjoy the elements. Sometimes I have to acknowledge that I’m more of a nature girl than I thought.

Other fun things: gay hanky language, This American Life, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, the powerful ability of Hollywood to age you, Jared Logan enjoying his fame, and the government weighs in on Juno backlash (that’s so 2007, government!)

I found this huge list of handkerchief language among gay men that I’d never heard of before, but apparently depends on the color of the hanky and what side of the body it’s worn on or tucked into. Here are some of my favorites:

• Navy on the left means that the person is a top, and on the right means that they are a bottom.
• Red on the left means that the person likes to fist others, and on the left means that they like to be fisted.

These are helpful things to know, I guess. But some of them are weird

• Kleenex on the left means that the person stinks, and on the right means that they sniff. Sniff?
• Keys in front on the left means that the person has a car, and on the right means that they are looking for a ride. How is that helpful for dating?
• An apricot colored hanky on the left means that the person is fat (because that kind of thing is hard to tell by looking at someone), and on the right means that the person just wants to be with a fat person.

My favorite one, though, is what you indicate by wearing fur. If you wear fur on the left, you are a beastiality top, and if you wear fur on the right, you are a beastiality bottom. Because you wouldn’t want to call yourself a dogfucker when you actually like to get fucked by dogs, you know?

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Although that’s a tough act to follow, I follow it with Chris Neary, who worked his ass off on this story, which will be premiering on This American Life this Friday! Listen to the promo, and then listen up on Friday. It’s an amazing story of a Iraqi war vet suffering from PTSD that attacks his fiancee and her mother.

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We watched the first 15 minute episode of the online-only show Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. It’s a Joss Whedon vehicle starring Neil Patrick Harris as a wannabe evil genius and Nathan Fillion as the local superhero. It’s a light and funny musical that you can watch for free at http://www.drhorrible.net. Here’s the trailer.

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Here’s a picture of Lindsay Lohan at age 13 compared to her little sister Ali Lohan at age 13.

Ummm, I think we left Ali in the machine for too long.

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Here’s a picture of our friend Jared watching himself on Live at Gotham at our house that I just think is awesome.

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And finally, the American teen pregnancy rate is up for the first time since 1991, so says the government.

Honest to blog Juno, I knew this was going to happen.  Who cares that the study reflects the pregnancy rates between 2005 and 2006?  People think something is kinda cool, and then next thing you know, we get a slew of babies by teenage moms and limp comedies about smart-assed teen girls.