Should I feel a certain way about this?

So, Neil Patrick Harris is gay.  We all know this.  We all know that he’s also one of our current “it boys” — seemingly able to do no wrong whether he’s playing straight on TV (How I Met Your Mother) or at the movies (Harold & Kumar) or doing the song and dance thing with Joss Whedon (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog) or whatever he wants to do.  So why is there now this little backlash over at Gawker stating that’s he’s “too straight?”  More, why am I hearing about it for the first time on one of my comics blogs where the Occasional Superheroine takes issues with Gawker’s post?  Both sides actually have merit to their argument, and I am at a loss as to where I fall.  Guess it depends on the time of day.  Bravo for Mr. Harris’ success, and it’s always nice to see more successful gay people in the entertainment business.    And come on, he looks pretty hot on that Out Magazine cover.

Weirdness at 4 am

It’s actually 9 am. Did you know that? We’re heading to London today and trying to get acclimated before we arrive. It’s a little disorienting, to say the least, especially when you watch this dude doing a hilarious Patti impersonation! (Thanks to Marc Acito.)

And this reminds me that I never finished talking about the weird experience of seeing my friend Susan as a star and character in Broadway’s [title of show]! Well, I guess I missed the moment. Just go see the show, whatever you do. It’s wicked awesome and proves what I’ve known for over 20 years: Susan Blackwell is a goddess that [sic] should be worshipped and adored.

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Okay, so this has probably been proposed by someone else and launched and failed miserably. But what the hell? I am all about the fool-making.

Why don’t we start a social networking site all about making connections with people we can’t stand? No, really. You log on, search for “Sharon Krafts” and then tag her as a “genial co-worker on the other side of a labor dispute” or whatever. We can define many sorts of work relationships. Or love relationships. Or family relationships. But the idea is that we don’t like these people. And we can get explicit confirmation that they dislike us as well.

What do you think?