Everyone knows that Stephen Austin and Sam Houston were gay, but the oil millionaire were all pervs (or worse) too. "The parties usually kicked off on Friday evenings when a dusty maroon Chrysler pulled up the long gravel drive, heralding Sid Richardson's arrival from West Texas. The gambling and drinking lasted late into the night, when the guests would wobble into the bunkhouse Murchison had erected just for his friends, a dozen beds arrayed in one large room, cowboy style. "He (Murchison) adored the boys (his sons) and paid tuition for them to attend public schools in University Park; most days they arrived at school in a chauffeur driven Pierce Arrow. Weeknights they all piled into one bed together with their father. Murchison swore he wouldn't marry until they were grown." from Burrough's "Big Rich" "The master suite alone had eight full sized beds for Murchison, his two sons, and whatever pals were staying over - 'so we can stay up all night talkin' oil,' he explained to his decorator." "It was a man's world, the days spent hunting and fishing, the nights playing cards. Richardson never married, and no one can remember a single woman who anyone considered his companion, leading to rumors about his sexual proclivities." Followed by the obligatory anonymous rumor of (female) prostitutes flown in.

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What about with the added challenge of doing it as a Diabetic? Mario Battali is doing the NY Food Stamp challenge this week and Chef Karl Wilder is joining him and doing is as a diabetic. I suggested we go to the Harlem benefit next week as a meet up, but I think we should be doing it also to collect food for the food bank. If the gays show up the event becomes golden. More links inside.

1.48 a meal, how many of you could live on that?

BANGOR, Maine -- A US Airways jet from Paris was diverted to Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday after a passenger showed "suspicious behavior" on the flight, federal authorities said. US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie said the Charlotte, North Carolina-bound Boeing 767 landed in Bangor about noon because of an unspecified "security issue." The flight carried 179 passengers and a crew of nine, airline spokeswoman Liz Landau told CNN. The North American Aerospace Defense Command said two F-15 fighter jets were scrambled to escort the jet to Bangor. The aircraft landed after a passenger "exhibited suspicious behavior" during the flight, the Transportation Security Administration said. "Out of an abundance of caution, the flight was diverted to BGR, where it was met by law enforcement," the TSA said. No further details were available.

'Security Issue' Forces US Airways Flight Diversion

On an iTunes buying spree. I like very lush, evocative orchestral scores. My latest purchases are Elmer Bernstein's Age of Innocence, Bernard Hermann's Vertigo and Ryuichi Sakamoto's The Last Emperor.

The Associated Press MEXICO CITY - Two decapitated bodies were found inside a burning SUV early Wednesday at the entrance to one of Mexico's most luxurious malls, feeding fears drug violence is infiltrating privileged realms previously thought safe. Police recovered the mutilated bodies before dawn off a toll highway at a shopping mall entrance in the heart of the Santa Fe district that's a haven for international corporations, diplomats and the wealthy. The heads and a threatening message were dumped a few yards (meters) away, Mexico City prosecutors said in a statement. Hours later, the government released a drug war body count recording more than 47,500 victims in five years, echoing independent death tolls tabulated by Mexican media. Local media published images of the charred car and reported that a note written on hot pink paper was signed by the drug gang Mano con Ojos, or Hand with Eyes. Mexican police had said the gang was weakened by the arrest of its leader, Oscar Osvaldo Garcia, in August. The victims, a man and a woman in their 30s, had not been identified, prosecutors said. They said the SUV with license plates from neighbouring Mexico state had been stolen. The Centro Santa Fe mall where the charred car was found is one of the country's largest and most glamorous, housing high-end retailers like Coach, Prada, Hugo Boss, Saks Fifth Avenue and Mexican department store Palacio de Hierro. The dump scene was cleaned up so quickly that shoppers weren't even aware anything had happened. The car was left only hours before Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard guided a tour of a bridge construction site 300 yards (meters) away. Ebrard spokesman Diego Gutierrez said there was nothing to indicate the bodies were a message to the mayor. Mexico's sprawling capital has been something of a haven from the brutal cartel violence that has claimed thousands of lives along the U.S. border and in outlying states. But gangs have been fighting over an increasingly lucrative local drug market for more than a year, mainly in the capital's working class outer neighbourhoods and suburbs. The Santa Fe district has been spared much of that violence and managed to maintain its reputation as a manicured bubble built atop a former landfill on the western edge of Mexico City. The financial district houses the Mexican headquarters of major corporations, Hewlett Packard and IBM among them, and Iberoamerican University, one of Mexico's top private schools. Modern, heavily guarded high-rises where wealthy Mexicans and foreigners live dot the hilly landscape. But as the fight among splintering drug cartels intensifies, brazen attackers have reached even into the country's most guarded districts. "If they don't put an end to this, it could become more frightening here," said Christian Falbi, a 24-year-old college student who lives in an apartment building within walking distance of the mall.

The future Queen of Sweden, Princess Victoria, suffers from extreme chipmunk face and her personal trainer social climbing husband is plain ol' butt ugly.

I Thought The Swedish Were Supposed to be Hot

I nominate Good Christian Bitches, this would allow the use of the full title and the blond pastor could have a full nude scene. Also, The Finder...you just know the finder really has a filthy mouth, let him express himself. The season ender had him in cuffs on the floor...we have to find out what happened. Come on HBO. Pan Am, the 60 were swinging. Get those pilots to swing their schwanks.

Every bit of minutiae of your life tracked. Being constantly photographed and followed. Could you handle it?

Joan Rivers on Camilla 'Charles & Camilla are so right together. They are so terrific together and they complement each other. This should have happened 35 years ago. Sometimes you're just destined for somebody. It's like marrying your old high school sweetheart. I William & Harry ike her very much. I've seen them in private situations. And it's been a real extended family. I think they are very happy. 'Camilla is not a floozy. This is not a 28-year-old guy with a girl with big breasts who thinks she's Pamela Anderson. This is a wonderful, settled, middle-aged couple. And how nice to be allowed after 35 years -- for God's sakes -- murderers get out in 17. To be allowed after 35 years to get married and get on with being the best person that you love, to be with them. I think it's wonderful.' On Diana 'I'm so tired of hearing about how Camilla was such a terrible thing in that marriage. You know, Diana also had lovers all through, which you've now discovered and read about. So, let's not make her a saint and let's not make Camilla the sinner. I find this really very distasteful. 'You must remember that Prince Charles has sat down and told us his half of it. So, I think you're making a terrible judgment call. We don't know why things were done, we don't know what was going on within that marriage. And it was a very unhappy time for Charles as well as Diana.' 'She was not a saint. She died in a terrible death with her lover coming from the Ritz Hotel going to his apartment. So, with all due respect to Princes Diana, let's not make her a saint. Let's move on. It's 9 years later. Let's just be happy that 2 people found each other and be together. How nice that is.' 'I met Princess Di and she was a charming woman and the whole thing. But she was also -- everyone forgets, as I said on your show once before, she was sleeping around. We all know this. There were many affairs when she was married to him. This was not a girl sitting there. This was a girl going, tsk, tsk, call me later. I think leave her alone already. It's enough. I think they were so vilified and it wasn't right. This is like his old high school sweetheart that he's finally married. And I think it's over and people see, the children love her, the queen was smiling, the queen was funny. Enough. Enough. It's 20-odd years. We've forgiven O.J....'

Why did she not learn from "Coco?"

And it seems some of us have! Which Travolta would you do the homosex with? The current version is rather bloated, getting old, and worst of all his confused head is full of cult programming. The man was a sex symbol at points in the past, though. So let us review (see poll). Well?

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Katie Couric met the Queen wearing a fascinator that looks like she stuck a paper plate on the side of her head.

Katie Couric's Fascinator

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Sexy Rexy Harrison paired with his then-and-soon-to-be-dead wife, the scrumptious and hilarious Kay Kendall, adorable Sandra Dee, hotter than hot young John Saxon and Broadway and WCBS DL Fave Angela Lansbury, who steals the movie in another of her early (pre-Mame) bitchy battleaxe character roles. Directed by Vincente Minnelli so you know the decor and gowns will be fab!

Bob Osborne

You can determine what immediate family means for the purposes of this thread.

I can always tell when someone isn''t American trying their hardest to do an authentic American accent.\ \ There are a few exceptions though: Hugh Laurie, Tracey Ullman, Nicole Kidman, and Toni Collette. That''s about it.\ \ When it''s the other way around, many American actors and actresses can do English accents effortlessly.\ \ Why is it so hard for non-Yanks to master it?