Well, it's not like Drudge would know a stunning cunt when he saw one.

• So what's up with that island being tugged around the island? Public art, of course. Isn't it all. [Towleroad]
• Yes, we know it's Talk Like a Pirate Day. No, we will not honor the occasion by writing in the appropriate dialect. [TLP]
• The gayest gay loft to ever gay its way onto Craigslist. [Craigslist]
• The Meatpacking District's Hotel Gansevoort spreads its obnoxious seed to the West. [HotelChatter]
• Evidently, someone still gives a shit about model Tyra Banks' breasts. [Contact Music]
• Finally, someone more pissy than us. [NR]
• Tara Reid's binge-drinking tour de force, Taradise, isn't quite as dead as we thought. It is, however, barely twitching. [B&C]
• Can Gwyneth Paltrow effectively play a math geek? And does anyone care besides math geeks? [IHE]
• We didn't watch the Emmys, and we're better people for it. [Defamer]

From the Times feature on scenester/designer Zac Posen's West Village rental, which he shares with his boyfriend, an interior shot:

• Courtesy of The Daily Show's extra footage, it's author Kurt Vonnegut's unaired list of liberal crap he never wants to hear again. [CC]
• Does even the fashion set find fashion underwhelming? Can we not rally for Fashion Week fabulousness? Or did Katrina wash away our sense of style, too? [NYO]
• NYC IS EDGY, so much so that your Vitamin Water may be made of Drano. [Release the Kraken]
• Not even confetti dares to touch Vogue editor Anna Wintour. [OAN]
• Because sucking off Vincent Gallo in Brown Bunny simply wasn't enough, actress Chloe Sevigny has now taken on the role of a nun-ho. [Cinematical]
• Foxy Brown is being sued by designer Tanya Manderson, who alleges that the rapper falsely accused Manderson of beating the crap out of her in a bathroom. Clearly, the guilty party was actually Naomi Campbell. [KGET]
• And, finally, another devastating blow to The Gays: Central Park's famous homo penguins have broken up, as one chose to explore a relationship with a female. [ChiTrib]

• American Media Inc. publisher David Pecker has been shelling out some hefty amounts of cash to suppress any negative coverage of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had signed on executive editor of AMI's muscle mags. Good thing tabloids or politicians don't really depend on ethics, or else this just might be scandalous. [Page Six]
• Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash complains about overexposure and Vogue editor Anna Wintour skips a day at the tents in favor of the U.S. Open? HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD?! [Lowdown]
• And, predictably, the crunchy furries at PETA have directed their ire towards the fur-bedecked Vogue queen. Golly, it must be Hate Anna Week. Someone should have told us. [R&M]
• You may find this hard to believe, but Baby Phat designer and medicinal marijuana activist Kimora Lee Simmons behaved like an "ogre" backstage at her Saturday night runway show. [Page Six]
• Pussy-loving actor Elijah Wood adores the Elijah Wood is Very, Very Gay website as much as we do! For once, we are actually proud of a celebrity. [Scoop]

The Times joins the ever-growing Anderson Cooper love-fest today, noting that he has "capitivated" viewers over the past two weeks. We of course agree with nearly everything the article has to say, though we were stopped briefly by this:

• Gawker Media pooped out yet another baby: Introducing Deadspin, our heterosexual attempt at sports blogging!
• Seventeen forced us to learn about the vagina.
• Fox's The O.C. returned to our lonely lives, but not without the Daily News ruining it for us first.
• We wondered if the New York Press' Matt Taibbi had set sail with Sean Penn. You said yes, and the man himself confirmed.
• Martha Stewart kicked off her press tour with a thoughtful stop by the Today show.
• Gay blog Queerty made its debut, sponsored by the equally gay Navy.
• Radar finally found its home.
• We confirmed that, as we suspected, Anna Wintour wears the pants around Men's Vogue — that is, when she's able to stay on her feet.
• We lost our innocence regarding taxicops.
• We asked for your help in selling out.

Haven't yet caught Timesman Charlie LeDuff's new Discovery Times Channel documentary series, Only in America? (Can't imagine why, when it premiered at 10 p.m. on the Friday night leading into Labor Day weekend.) Each week he delves into a certain only-in-America subculture, taking part in its rituals while reporting on it. And this week, when LeDuff participates in the gay rodeo circuit, is perhaps the perfect time to be introduced to the series.

As the political primaries loom over our horizon and you all feign interest, Manhattan borough presidential candidate Brian Ellner has hit the pavement running. As if his commercial in which he briefly, lamely introduces his boyfriend for the sake of selling the poor sap out didn't convince you of Ellner's gay cred, a reader writes in with a report of his targeted campaigning:

New York is one of the lucky few markets to receive Q Television Network, the seven-year-old cable network with programming specific to its mostly gay and lesbian audience. QTN's new news anchor Josh Fountain will continue to keep that flame burning:

• Maybe it's just us, but does the image of what Tara Reid may look like come 2025 not seem all that different than how she looks now? StriVectin, darling — you've been warned. [Gallery of the Absurd]
• Apparently, we're not the only ones disturbed by the possibility of reading Dave Eggers' emails. [TMFTML]
• The crazy kids at the HuffPo welcome Endeavor agent Ari Emmanuel to the fold, and he manages to write an entire post without mentioning that he's the inspiration for the Ari Gold character on HBO's Entourage. You have to admire his restraint. [HuffPo]
• Demi Moore launches a new beauty product line, Demetria. Her special illuminating foundation, no doubt, is made with the milk of Ashton Kutcher. [AdRants]
• Gay Chelsea is dead, and Gay Hell's Kitchen is born. Will the Gays continue northward to plant their flag on Gay Washington Heights? [Curbed]
• Strangely enough, Vanity Fair's New Establishment List does not include Maddox Jolie. [FishbowlNY]

• Oh. My. God. Currently imprisoned Michael Lohan, father of innocent actress Lindsay, has penned a song to his daughter. And he sent it to Lloyd Grove, who's reprinted it in all of its glory. A sampling: I loved and protected you, I was THERE through it all./I do admit, I did at times fall./But these things you know were due to "THEM"/The ones that want to have a piece of my gem! [Lowdown]
• More hurricane tragedy: Rapper Juvenile's New Orleans home has been destroyed. Trent Lott's we could handle, but not this. [R&M (2nd item)]
• A holla to our favorite Star Jones impersonator, drag queen Flotilla DeBarge, who shared the Next mag Out There Award for Press Whore of the Year with gay porn star Michael Lucas. We're surprised the award didn't go to the actual Jones, but maybe next year. [Page Six]

The Cambodian Baby Hawkapoo: Brought to you, of course, by Thursgay Styles.

• In Monday's issue of Time magazine's Style & Design, former Gucci prince Tom Ford tells editor Kate Betts that leaving Gucci "was horrible. I did not want to leave. I was deeply, deeply depressed for probably six months. I felt like my life might just end." Funny, we usually start feeling better about ourselves after we leave the Gucci store.
• Your tattoo of Interpol bassist Carlos D is forever, just like his herpes. [ToTC]
• Snoop Dogg will NOT have his image misappropriated, and his lawyer will fuck you doggystyle if you dare to do so. [TSG]
• Bomb Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will appear on Letterman next week. We didn't realize how funny that Iraq situation is 'till now! [AP]
• When all else fails, blame The Gays for Hurricane Katrina. God knows they started the Tsunami, too. [365gay]

We admit we've been strongly considering voting for the cute gay guy running for Manhattan borough president. This is mostly because it's a largely irrelevant job, so why not vote for the one who's fun to look at?

We're a little sad we missed the Today show this morning. Fortunately we have loyal readers, always ready to send us the highlights we missed. Like this one, for example:

From the online swap meet:

• We knew LES stand-by Tonic was sacrificed in the name of condominium development. What we didn't know, however, was that the complex was going to be big, blue, and from planet fugly. [Curbed]
• Beware the Fire Island Shake & Bake. And no, it doesn't involve getting stoned in the Meat Rack. [Datalounge]
• You, too, can create a media tizzy about a non-existent meth problem — now in your hometown! [Meth Mouth]
• So when, exactly, will all these money men vacate Midtown? [NYT]
• The CorcoDevil eyes reality television. And Mark Burnett wept. [NYO]

You have to hand it to Details editor Dan Peres. By choosing to get married in August, perhaps the slowest news month of the year, he ensured that his wedding would not go unnoticed. Hell, it's not like we've got anything else to write about. So we'll indulge Peres and pay attention, if only for a moment and with the expected joke: Yes, the editor of Details got married. To a woman.

And in that respect, Men's Vogue is about the challenge. Don't be embarrassed; reading it is meant to be hard.