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Just spoke to Patty on the phone! She has electricity and wild dogs and good food. India likes her and she likes India.

There is severe flooding in Brazil. Here, a dog waits by the grave of his owner. There's an fandom community auction at helpbrazil2011.

Excited for White Collar, but expect to continue to be annoyed at the wink-wink nod-nod to queerness (and I don't even mean gayness -- I mean queer in the literary sense).

This dog knows over 1,000 nouns and recognizes over 200 specific items. Can it do grammar?

This scandal is different to the Italians than it is to us, but it's still a hot mess: Berlusconi and the underage prostitutes.

New federal regulations that prevent hospitals from discriminating against visitors based on sexual orientation and gender identity take effect today. Know your rights; don't assume other people do.

Everyone knows Anderson Cooper is gay. Anderson Cooper doesn't talk about it because he says his personal life doesn't seem relevant. Increasingly, folks are getting pissed off about this. Personally, I'm torn. As a newsman, he's absolutely right. As a newsman, he could make SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE by being publicly out because he's a voice people trust. I feel bad for the guy though.

I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THE BEST THING: Forget Sharktopus the next terrible SyFy movie seems to be, based on a casting call I received: PIRANHACONDA!

LfT

You've probably heard it before, but I'm having a cranky celiac day:

http://lettersfromtitan.com/2011/01/18/when-getting-healthy-means-knowing-youre-sick/