The current occupant of the crypt at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles is Richard Poncher, who died in 1986. He is being defenestrated, so to speak, by his widow, Elsie — not because she’s finally fed up by the fact her husband has been sleeping with Monroe for 23 years. She wants to put the money to good use.

The fact that I’ve never seen ABC’s Dancing With the Stars does not keep me from voicing an opinion on one of this season’s stars. And my opinion is…well, never mind. But here are some of the comments being left on the show’s web site.
‘He should be in prison, not working on restoring his tarnished [...]

They’re saying that Pres. Obama could do for beer what he did for Portuguese water dogs. Breathless reporters are already lining up to reveal what beer is served when Obama sits down with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley and asks, “Can’t we all just get along?”
What beer would [...]

Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) watched his recent town hall meeting be hijacked by a sufferer of Obama Derangement Syndrome (ODS). For background on “Birthers,” of which this overwrought woman is obviously one, read John Avlon’s piece at The Daily Beast. The Sarah Palin mobs are starting to look quaint compared to these folks. Some of [...]

OK, I know, we’re all up to here with the whole Michael Jackson thing, but this is only a little bit about him and alot about his trademark move. And it’s also about how, in a world torn apart by war, famine, inequality and political upheaval, it’s good to remind ourselves that there is an [...]

The official White House portrait of Bo Obama
I guess it would be wrong if I were to “lose” my dog and then replace her with one like this, right?
Hey, has anyone else noticed that Bo is both black and white? Ebony and ivory? You know, it’s like a metaphor for…something.

Statement: ‘NOW hopes that all the conservatives who are fired up about sexism in the media lately will join us in calling out sexism when it is directed at women who aren’t professed conservatives’
Poor David Letterman. He’s finding out the hard way that going up against Sarah Palin can be a very, very unpleasant experience. [...]

So, yes, people are “angry” at Wall Street. They are also “angry” at Octomom. I wonder if the depth and quality of those two rages differ–or is this all just a television show?…If you want to be angry about something, get pissed at a media culture that goes beserk about bonuses one week and forgets [...]

Madonna and 60 chinchillas, after they were electrocuted and skinned
We love the annual worst-dressed list issued by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), not just for the light it shines on cruelty for the sake of vanity, but for its snark. This year’s list did not disappoint.
When you see Madonna in fur, you [...]