A PAIR OF STONES: Oliver Stone is asked by Rolling Stone whether he ever had a gay experience. He doesn’t give a straight answer. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
LOU REED lets you listen to his pre-Velvet Underground work, including “Do The Ostrich.”
LILEKS on Looney Tunes, Monday Night Football, and more.
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BREWING COMPANY offers beer for the return of Jesus.
SEN. ARLEN SPECTER, already battling conservatives who don’t want him to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee, picks this moment to try to slip through legislation that could make criminals out of digital video viewers who use a remote control to fast-forward past commercials. A political masterstroke from the man who came up with the “magic bullet” theory for the Warren Commission.
WILL THIS SITE sell out to some big corporation?
NOW THIS IS NEWS: one sleazy story about R. Kelly turns out to be a hoax.
NYDN sums up a GQ poll on men.
MICHAEL EISNER once considered hiring Colin Powell for a top slot at Disney. Given the grief Disney is getting from the FCC (which is chaired by Powell’s son Michael), Eisner must be kicking himself.
IF IT'S THURSDAY, IT MUST BE THE O.C. : Over at Low Culture, “matt” claims he has never seen the show, but he has captured its appeal.
XMAS COMES EARLY for phone ad girl: Every picture tells a story.
THOSE WHO HAVE MY CDs know why Dooce brings a smile to my face.
BERKELEY is spending so much on putting the abandoned shopping carts of the homeless that even the executive director of the Berkeley Food and Housing Project would like the money spent on other projects.
EDWARD G. ROBINSON (channeled by Billy Crystal) would ask, “Where's your Messiah now?”
TODAY'S QUIZ: Dog toy or marital aid?
WONKETTE notices that Washington can't keep its Condi Rice rumors straight.
UPSTAIRS AT LARRY'S is a techno remix of Lawrence Welk tunes.
TRUST THE MAN looks like it may be an interesting movie.
QOTD: “In my next life I'm going to be a guy and I'm going to be a slut” — Gwen Stefani, clearly not making a veiled reference to hubby Gavin Rossdale. Not at all.