An excerpt from her CNN interview.

I have been racking my brains for the past month trying to come up with the permanent name (and address) for my blog. I've been wanting to name it so it sounds like a bar, since a bar/lounge has been the metaphor I've been building the entire site around (The Media Bar, The Info Lounge, Audio Espresso, Quick Shots, Sidewalk Sale, Bar Snacks), but I haven't been able to come up with anything that I love.

So, I turned to the internet for some inspiration. I mean where else is there, right? I decided to utilize the collective creativity of a billion voices. I wanted to harness the synergistic tension that comes from so many interconnected minds. I needed to rely upon the technological revolution that is reshaping not just the sharing of information but information itself.

I came across a site with members who recommended bar names. Here are their recommendations:

my friend and i have long dreamed of owning a bar called Hammer Time. any time we hated our jobs and our lives, we'd just sit on the couch in our apt and drink beer and talk about what we'd have at hammer time.

i've always thought that "spuyten duyvil" sounds cool. i was just googling it to check the spelling, and found that it's owned by the same people that own "fette sau" -- also another cool name (restaurant though, not bar).

There is a place in the midwest somewhere, not quite sure where; has the name "The Stumble In". I for one, think that is an amazing name.

My bar is going to be "The G Spot."

Male Strip Club: The Package Room

How about "The Flatulent Bear?" It has more syllables and sounds more interesting than "The Drunken Bear." It would have this hand-carved wooden sign that looked like a bear leaning over and turned to me and asked what I wanted saying "Pull My Paw!"

If I had a friend who wondered wistfully what we'd drink at "Hammer Time," I'd lean over and punch him in the fucking face. And then I'd drag him him out of my apartment by his hair while saying, "That's what you're having at Hammer Time!"

Help me. Somebody. Please

Time Magazine has a quick overview of the gay marriage battle in California and other states.

Two weeks to go, and already the fight over the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in California is the costliest campaign about a social issue in U.S. history. Spending by both sides has topped $50 million, and the figure is growing. Most of those dollars have poured in since May, when the California Supreme Court turned what had been a slow-moving ballot initiative into a white-hot controversy by issuing the most sweeping declaration of fundamental gay rights to be found in U.S. law. Not only must gays be allowed to marry, the Republican-dominated court said, but it also flatly outlawed nearly any kind of discrimination against them.

Also, check out the video of Lorie and Anne Mary Franks who were among the first to wed under California’s new law.

Joe Zaso, the hot and kinda scary but really smart horror actor, chats up some "True Blood" with the guy from AfterElton's Blood Work vlog:

In this week's Blood Work vlog, I'm thrilled to welcome horror himbo Joe Zaso (Barricade, Nikos the Impaler). Actually, he technically welcomes me, after last week's pecan-pie-inspired fugue sends me out into a raging storm with nothing but a candelabra to light my way. Regardless, Joe is kind enough to let me warm my bits beside his raging fake fire, and we take the opportunity to discuss this week's extra-sexy episode of "True Blood."

Check it out the video after the jump. (Just an FYI -- the player starts automatically. I'm working on getting it to not do that.)

Oh, and there are a bunch of very naked pics of Mr. Zaso floating around out there. They're not in this post at all (this post is very safe for work), but I thought you'd like to know.

In a world where religion is used as a weapon against equal rights, there might be an answer.The British Humanist Association is attempting a new bus campaign in London promoting atheism. The copy? "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." Via the Guardian:

There's no doubt that advertising can be effective, and religious advertising works particularly well on those who are vulnerable, frightening them into believing. Religious organisations' jobs are made easier because there's no publicly visible counter-view to refute their threats of eternal damnation.

The atheist bus campaign aims to change this. In addition to the slogan, the adverts will feature the URLs of secular, humanist and atheist websites, so that readers can find out more about atheism as a positive and liberating alternative to religion.

Richard Dawkins, who will match all donations raised for the campaign by The British Humanist Association up to a maximum of £5,500, says, "This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think – and thinking is anathema to religion."

Bill Maher is gonna love this.

Pink News reports that the decision to create a LGBT High School in Chicage to combat high dropout, homeless, and suicide rates among LGBT youth has been delayed until next month.

Arne Duncan, Chicago's head of public schools, has outlined plans for a possible gay high school. Duncan's goal is to create a school where "half the students are LGBT and all students would have an interest in social justice." He said:

"If you look at national studies, you see gay and lesbian students with high dropout rates, studies show they are disproportionately homeless," he said. "I think there is a niche there we need to fill."

The school would be called the Pride Campus of Social Justice High School, and would accommodate 600 students.The school's curriculum would promote learning about gay and lesbian “heroes” such as writers Gertrude Stein and James Baldwin. Planners hope for the school to open in 2010 if the Chicago Public Schools board allows the establishment to go ahead.

This is in start contrast to that silly article in The Advocate, "The Cost of Being Gay." Pink News report also calls for Obama to directly address the crisis facing LGBT youth in America.

Wake Up With These:

The New York Times:
The Front Page, 10-22-08
TimesTalk with Maya Angelou

NPR Tell Me More:
Stories: 1) Survey: Black Voters Key to Election, Swing States 2) 'Bradley Effect' And The Obama Presidential Bid 3) Rude, Public Courtships And Other Ethical Matters 4) Explaining Race-Tinged Presidential Bid To Kids

NPR Fresh Air:
Stories: 1) Krugman On The Financial Crisis And Public Spending 2) B.B. King Offers 'One Kind Favor'

Audio player after the jump. Or click here to launch the player in a new window so you can browse while you listen. Or, head over to The Media Bar and listen there.

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Daily Song:
The Standard Model "In This Driveway"

Television:
Crazy Stephen Baldwin talks about his SNL Palin shout-out, his brother, his crazy book. (3:43)

Movies:
Big Business: The reunion in the bathroom (2:23) "God, it's me. With a bad haircut."

Politics:
Stephen Baldwin talking crazy on Larry King. (9:41)

Music Video:
Adele - It's going to be another Adele because she is just so good. Be sure to listen to Adele sing "Melt My Heart To Stone" and "Right As Rain" after "Chasing Pavements." Each song is really beautiful. Just click the "more" button after each performance. And try watching it in fullscreen mode by clicking on the little TV on the player.

Click below to jump the the full size players, or click here to launch them in a new window. Or just pull up a chair, hang out, and watch them in The Media Bar.

Daily Song:

The Standard Model "In This Driveway"

Television
Crazy Stephen Baldwin talks about his SNL Palin shout-out, his brother, his crazy book.(3:43)

Movies

Big Business: The reunion in the bathroom (2:23 "God, it's me. With a bad haircut."

Politics
Stephen Baldwin talking crazy on Larry King. (9:41)

Music Video
Adele - Be sure to listen to Adele sing "Melt My Heart To Stone" and "Right As Rain" after "Chasing Pavements." Each song is really beautiful. Just click the "more" button after each performance. And try watching it in fullscreen mode by clicking on the little TV on the player.