Have things really changed for gay actors and actresses? (Hat tip to rm)

A NYC taxi driver returned a black bag carrying 31 diamond rings to a passenger who earlier had given him a 30-cent tip on an $11 ride.

Beautiful pictures of poisonous frogs

Time: 10 Questions for William Shatner

Gay Sheep Fearmongering from PETA turns out to be wrong. I still prefer this Greenpeace story.

Well, it sounds like a solid story until one reads the punch line. An Army officer who investigated possible abuse at Guantanamo Bay after some guards purportedly bragged about beating detainees found no evidence they mistreated the prisoners — although he did not interview any of the alleged victims.

Slate: Can Photographers be Plagiarists?

In Defense of Partisan Bickering