I figure I'll have to compromise on the tea thing, or I'd have solved it a lot sooner.

Question raised by MHB: are tweener girls really that eager to be little conformers, and little boys rejecters and rebellers? The good boys and the bad girls are either much quieter or much more ignored by the filmmakers.

They're all cute, though.

4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb May Contain World’s First Depiction Of A Gay Kiss…

What may be the first depiction of a gay kiss was discovered in a 4,000-year-old Egyptian tomb, according to a recent conference at the University of Wales.

Their arms entwined, their torsos and noses touching Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were painted together for eternity in an embrace usually associated with heterosexual couples of the 5th dynasty.

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The official view by one of the world's most eminent Egyptologists, Zahi Hawass, is that they were brothers, perhaps even conjoined twins. Other eminent academics have also suggested the similarities in the names would suggest this to be the case and there is a danger that modern European eyes fail to resist the temptation of seeing the images as homoerotic. Nevertheless, the tomb has become a favourite for gay couples.

The "Tomb of the Hairdressers" or "Tomb of Two Brothers" as it has become known was in fact the burial place of King Niuserre's manicurists.

While the paintings do show wives and children, the two women are obliterated or omitted from a scene of a final banquet.

"Same-sex desire must be considered as a probable explanation," said Mr Reeder, adding: "We can only say for certain that the carvings show a profound intimacy between the two men, and the people who built the tomb were possibly unsure how to portray this."

I have finally seen the most recent ep of Project Runway. And I gotta say the producers actually found someone I dislike MORE than Wendy Pepper. I didn't think it was possible. And, oh, Daniel Franco. I never thought I'd say this but...I adore you, you little bliss-following, crazy-shuffling, fine-tailoring elf-man. If I had the funds, I'd hunt you down and make you design a whole new wardrobe for me.

I love my dead gay pharoah manicurist.

You know, upon surfing, it appears that someone is making a Really Truly Horrible syndicated version of The Three Musketeers, starring Bruce Boxleitner in the Worst Goatee Ever.

Wow.

It's called Young Blades. And really, apallingly bad.

That's where Karen Cliche went when Mutant X died, wasn't it?

So far, the scariest thing in MHB is the principal of the school that got to skip a round in the competition. The fact that too many of those kids can dance better than me is just sad, not scary.

Juliana and Hecubus will be amused by the fact that my surfing has resulted in me watching "Vertical Limit" with the television on mute. I can't help myself!

Are you snarking hard?

a Really Truly Horrible syndicated version of The Three Musketeers, starring Bruce Boxleitner

I think I saw a glimpe of that, some months ago, on a completely counterintuitive channel like PAX. I saw the floppy shirts and the WB-teen-drama rejects and changed the channel to a nice rerun of Mansquito.

Nothing else to report. Extremely affectionate cat currently perched in lap, after a sojourn on either shoulder, and then a further sojourn balanced precariously across the back of my neck.

Juliana and Hecubus will be amused by the fact that my surfing has resulted in me watching "Vertical Limit" with the television on mute. I can't help myself!

I'm amused too!

I'm bummed I missed the Bay Area roundup. I'm glad juliana had a good welcoming-in, though.

I tuned into KPFA in the middle of this program. As I listened, I couldn't believe it. I began to question whether it was straight and after 8 min. of it realized it couldn't possibly be. It's a very bizarre fake documentary about a poet from Cork who performed under the name "The Silver-Tongued Devil". He rose to fantastic fame then disappeared. It is really weird.