The Jersey Shore‘s series finale fist-pumped quietly into that good night with the least watched finale of the show’s run.
Our great national nightmare is over.
Jersey Shore series finale garners low ratings
Marriage equality makes list of “Top Legal Quotes of 2012”
The Advocate points to a recent list of the top legal quotes of 2012 compiled by the editors of the National Law Journal which includes this line from the 9th Circuit Court’s decision to invalidate Proposition 8:
“Had Marilyn Monroe’s film been called How to Register a Domestic Partnership with a Millionaire, it would not have conveyed the same meaning,” the decision read.
The case in question, Perry v. Hollingsworth, challenging the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved ban on marriage equality, will soon be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Morning Joe: Holiday Joe Manganiello
Sexy Santa of the day: Shirtless William Levy
(via SmokingNun)
The Advocate: Tips for improving your credit score
As we all finish the holiday shopping and head into the new year, I thought this was a timely little video to check out your credit score and see what you can do to improve it in 2013.
My New Year’s resolution is to leave the credit cards in my pocket and not use them. I’m not bad with them, but I’d like to get them down.
Anyone else thinking ahead to financial health in 2013?
Coco Peru goes Christmas shopping
Coco is simply fabulous. If she plays her one woman show near you, make sure you go.
Maybe you’ll get a Panettone from her next Christmas 🙂
President Obama: LGBT rights a major accomplishment of 1st term
“One of the things that I’m very proud of during my first four years is I think I’ve helped to solidify this incredibly rapid transformation in people’s attitudes around LGBT issues — how we think about gays and lesbians and transgender persons. A lot of that just has to do with the fact that if you talk to Malia, the idea of making an anti-gay remark at her school is just unimaginable. They just don’t get that.
“And so, there are those attitudinal shifts that make up this new coalition as well. For all the divisions that you read about in our politics — and many of them are real and powerful — the truth is, is that we have steadily become a more diverse and tolerant country that embraces people’s differences, and respects people who are not like us. And that’s a profoundly good thing. That’s one of the strengths of America. It was hard-fought. And there’s been the occasional backlash, and this is not to argue that somehow racism or sexism or homophobia are going to be eliminated or ever will be eliminated. It is to argue that our norms have changed in a way that prizes inclusion more than exclusion.”
– President Barack Obama in his Time “Person of the Year” interview
(h/t Buzzfeed)
Nick Youngquest, retired Aussie Footballer, on cover of Dorian Magazine
From Buzzfeed: Nick Youngquest, a retired Aussie footballer, covers the winter issue of Dorian, an international fashion and lifestyle magazine.
The former player has become a vocal ally for LGBT issues and recognizes his growing status as a gay icon. In an interview with AfterElton, he explained what it was like being a sex symbol:
I have no problem with it at all, if they want to look at me that way that’s all good! I wish sometimes I got as much attention of the ladies as I do off the men to be honest, but it’s all good. The first time I realized it was after doing a calendar in Australia in ‘06 for breast cancer. It was a naked calendar and I think gay guys took a liking to it then.
See that calendar pic below…
Senator Barney Frank?
Retiring Rep. Barney Frank won’t say if he would turn down an appointment to be the interim replacement for Sen. John Kerry, who was formally nominated for Secretary of State on Friday.
“The governor ought to be free to make whatever choices he makes. In Massachusetts, you’re talking about an interim, not a permanent appointment. I certainly would not take on any long-term appointment,” Frank said. “As for an interim thing, I think accepting offers that haven’t been made is kind of presumptuous.” Pressed to clarify, Frank said his answer was “not a ‘no’ or a ‘yes.’ Rejecting an offer that hasn’t been made is also presumptuous.” Speculation about the Senate appointment has focused so far on Vickie Kennedy, the widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. If Frank were to end up getting the nod, he’d be the second openly gay senator, after Wisconsin Sen.-elect Tammy Baldwin.
Mitt Romney “had no desire to run” says his son
The jokes just write themselves, folks.
Mitt Romney didn’t want to be president, anyway.
That’s what Tagg Romney, Mitt’s oldest son, told the Boston Globe for its big post-mortem on his father’s failed presidential bid published on Sunday.
“He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life,” Tagg Romney told the paper. “He had no desire to … run. If he could have found someone else to take his place … he would have been ecstatic to step aside.
Romney’s reluctance to become commander in chief has been hinted at by his sons before. Before their father sought the 2012 GOP nomination, several said they tried to convince him not to run.
“I tried to convince him not to,” Matt Romney told Conan O’Brien in June. “I think there were a few of us that tried that. I just felt for us as a family, this isn’t the best thing. But … for the country, we think it’s the right thing.”
Romney hated the idea of running for President so much he ran twice.
What a nice slap in the face to all those who worked on his campaign, donated millions to his campaign and wasted their vote on him. Maybe he should think about repaying every one of them.
One campaign worker said he shut off their credit cards before they could get a cab home after his concession speech (which he had NOT written, because he “only wrote an acceptance speech.”) That really sounds like someone who “really didn’t want it anyway.”
(via YahooNews)