Mike Alvear's Urge & Merge

From The Guardian: Alexander the Great’s bare bottom is keeping a highly-praised debut novel off shelves in Canada.

Annabel Lyon’s The Golden Mean is the story of Alexander’s childhood, told through the eyes of his tutor Aristotle. Praised as “a triumph of erudition and story-telling” by The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas author John Boyne and shortlisted for Canada’s top literary award, the Giller prize, it was published last year in Canada and is just out in the UK where the Financial Times has admired its “eerie earthiness”.

But apparently its jacket – featuring a naked man lying on the back of an equally naked white horse – is offensive to some. Although stores across Canada and the UK are selling the book, Lyons revealed on her blog that British Columbia ferry company BC Ferries is not stocking it “since the trade paperback still features a bare bum on the cover”.

Apparently, he’s a bit touchy about the subject. Here’s his reaction to an Elle Magazine reporter who asked him where he likes to lodge his log: “That was, like, the worst interview I’ve ever done, and it kind of turned me off from doing interviews completely, because that guy [the interviewer] was such a dick. It just turned into like a verbal sparring match and I was trying to be polite to him, but just right off the bat he came out with all these crazy accusations and stuff. So I was like, ‘Ok, buddy… .’ I was completely caught off-guard.”

So was the Elle reporter rude? Judge for yourself. Here’s the transcript, thanks to queerty.com.
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Obama’s first physical as commander in chief revealed that he hasn’t stopped smoking. Obama is 48, weighs 180 pounds and has 20-20 vision, according to the medical report, which recommended that he “continue smoking cessation efforts.”

I was watching an MSNBC reporter grill a White House aide, asking if she’d ever seen Obama with a cig hanging off his lower lip. The aide said, “I personally haven’t. You’ll have to ask Michelle.”

Indeed.

Another priceless description from Gawker.com.

“Intense or Intimidating?” blares the headline of Entertainment Weekly’s Pop Watch blog. Referencing photographer Annie Leibowitz saying she tried to capture Woods’ focus, blogger Adam Markovitz writes, “But is “focus” what comes across here? Tiger’s expression also seems more than a little menacing to me, but maybe that’s just a result of the fallen sports idol’s post-scandal image?”

Actually, that’s not why he looks so “menacing” or “intimidating.” It’s because he looks completely black. We’re only used to seeing Tiger as a mixed race athlete (is he white? black? asian?) in conservative golf clothing bathed in flattering sunlight. But this picture shows him shirtless with a black cap, closed fists and darkish lighting. And with a look that says, “Where the white women at?”

He doesn’t look like the focused athlete we once loved; he looks like the guy you’re afraid of when you lock the door at night. Did Vanity Fair mug the athlete of the century with an unfair portrayal? Did they capture the real Tiger Woods? Or did they simply hold up a mirror to the country?

Here’s the list of superstar couples who avoided celebrity divorce:

1. Ron Howard & Cheryl Howard (34 years)
2. Meryl Streep & Don Gummer (30 years)
3. Danny Devito & Rhea Perlman (27 years)
4. Denzel Washington & Pauletta Pearson (26 years)
5. Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell (25 years)
6. Michael J. Fox & Tracey Pollan (21 years)
7. Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson (21 years)
8. Kevin Bacon & Kyra Segwick (19 years)
9. Stephen Spielberg & Kate Capshaw (18 years)
10. Will Smith & Jada Pinkett (14 years)

I love this story because it shows how love insists its way through the cracks of a family sidewalk. Most of us would be surprised if our brother showed up to our marriage, let alone be the best man.

From Towleroad:

“Eamon Farrell is having a blessing to mark his union with artist boyfriend Steve Mannion. According to the Irish Independent, the pair actually got married in Canada this summer, with Colin as Eamon’s best man. At the time Eamon lamented the fact he and his partner could not wed in Ireland…After the wedding blessing the couple will spend the evening with a host of well-wishers in Krystle nightclub, a funky venue on Harcourt Street in Dublin. The club has private booths, a pent house and a VIP suite – ideal for accommodating the VIP party. It will be a family night out, including Farrell’s mother Rita and sisters Claudine and Catherine, the Independent reports. A gang of other Irish celebs will be there too.”

Million Woman March: Tiger's concubines rally in Washington

By now you’ve probably heard the sordid details of Tiger Woods alleged affairs with cocktail waitress Jamiee Grubbs, New York city nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel, and Las Vegas party planner Kalika Moquin.

The scandal comes as a bit of a surprise to his many fans, especially considering his squeaky-clean image.

Here are details so far, in case you missed anything:

On November 27, Tiger crashed his Cadillac Escalade outside his Florida home. There have been a number of reports that Tiger and his wife Elin were arguing over a text message. There has also been some speculation as to whether Elin bashed out Tiger’s car window with a golf club to “rescue” him from his car as has been claimed, or was, er, bashing his window with a golf club for some other reason.

Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik introduced Tiger Woods to his wife Elin Nordegren in 2001, while she was working for Parnevik’s family as an au pair, “We probably thought he was a better guy than he is. I probably would have to apologize to her and hope she uses a driver next time rather than a three-iron, I would say.”

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I can honestly say I’ve never seen such a STUPID BITCH. Although, I must say, it’s riveting TV. Especially when the caller’s question was, “What advice would you give two gay men who wanted to marry?”