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Christopher Ciccone messes pants with new book

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A New York Observer writer recently ran into Christopher Ciccone and, not surprisingly, got his to dish about his new book, Life with My Sister Madonna. Among the revelations? Writing the book "was like a huge fucking orgasm," according to Ciccone, "Therapy I already had; this was pure sex."

Ciccone also revealed that once the book hit shelves, Madonna sent him an e-mail reading, simply, "Call me." Asked whether or not he had, Ciccone retorted, "Hello? I don't respond to commands anymore."

Oh, siblings. Can't live with 'em, can't force them not to write unflattering tell-alls. (via Gawker)

The secret language of hippies, translated

Ellen, he tried to warn you:

CBS News leaps through hoops to keep McCain from looking like an idiot

(via Americablog)

Goodnight, Sophia

Estelle Getty, dead at 84. (Did you know that one of her big breaks was as the mother in Torch Song Trilogy?)

Would you date this man?

Rhode Island native Abel Lima, above, was voted the winner of myPartner.com's America's Gay Bachelor 2008 over the weekend at San Diego Pride. One of 51 contestants from around the country, Lima impressed the judges in the "mind," "body," and "soul" categories. Making the decision were Work Out's Jesse Brune (whom Mr. Sardonic fondly remembers from when he was waiting tables at EatWell in West Hollywood), HGTV's David Bromstad, and Patrick H. Perrine, founder and CEO of myPartner.com.

Perrine said in a statement, "There's no question that each of the contestants in this year's America's Gay Bachelor contest is a great catch. ... They're living proof that there are great guys out there, just looking for their perfect partner."

Hear that singles? You're just not trying enough. Says the guy who runs the dating website.

As though the whole sweatshop thing weren't reason enough to hate Nike

Now they're running homophobic ads as well. (via Towleroad)

UPDATE: And speaking of homophobic advertising...

L Word spinoff: There can be only one

Both photos—Paul Michaud/Showtime

Openly gay Showtime president Robert Greenblatt says that L Word creator Ilene Chaiken is working on a spinoff to the series, which will air its sixth and final season in early 2009. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show will involve one L Word character—but they won't say which—and would continue an open-ended storyline that will be left dangling when L Word wraps up its run. (The story will also be continued online, presumably at OurChart.com.)

No doubt speculation will run rampant as to which will be the character who gets to live on in her very own Joey. Will it be sexpot Shane (above)? Kooky Alice? Uptight Bette? Diva Jenny?

Mr. Sardonic has his own pet pick, naturally: Give us more Dawn Denbo!

Are two Project Runway designers measuring each others' inseams?

Both—Bravo Photo: Barbara Nitke

Towleroad reports that Daniel (top, as it were) and Wesley from the new season of Project Runway may be cutting beautiful patterns together. Not sure what evidence there is apart from the two listing each other as firstie among their MySpace friends, but these days, that's probably as good as a ring.

Mr. Sardonic would kill for this kind of blurb

(via Gawker)