Marriage equality has come to Maine, with the first couples being able to tie the knot on the spot as the state has no waiting period. 
Congratulations!
As most of us wait for Congress to avert the fiscal cliff they created that will raise most of our taxes $2,000/year, President Obama has signed an executive order giving a 0.5% raise to most federal workers, including Congress, who will see about $900 extra in their pockets next year.
I've never been much of a gym person until the past year, and now I'm an addict. But I've never experienced the gym in January when everyone tries out a resolution to get fit and things get crowded, and if this article is to believed, funny.
Fox News finds the media's support of marriage equality to be among the 10 Most Embarrassing Examples of Media Coverage in 2012. "Newsies looked like an aging cast of “Glee,” with almost every major news organization showing its support for gay marriage. CNN’s Anderson Cooper came out; ABC weather guy Sam 
Champion even married his boyfriend. But coverage isn’t just about rights, it’s about wrongs – “journalistic” attacks on Chick-fil-A, a shooting against a conservative organization that opposes gay marriage and more."
A father finds porn on his son's computer, wins father of the year with a note.
Mark Hundahl, the straight co-owner of gay magazine Frontiers, has passed away following a battle with cancer at the age of 62.
The Hobbitis set to win the weekend box office with another $32.5 million, crossing the $220 million barrier domestically. Les Miserables and Django Unchained are battling it out for second place with $28.5 million.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoellerhas filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in the Prop 8 case saying that states should be allowed to discriminate in terms of marriage equality.
Russia has enacted a new law banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children. Nearly 1,000 children were adopted to the 
United States last year, and 52 adoptions were pending when the law was signed.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlosconi, convicted of tax fraud yet planning to run for office again next year, has agreed to pay his ex-wife $48 million/year in alimony.
At a dinner party recently, my friend David Mixner had a young man say that if we win marriage nationally, our fight for equality would essentially be over. That may be an exaggeration, but Mixner reflects on what that means to a man like himself, who has been fighting for equality in elections and marches for 66 years.
Troubled Terminator 3 star Nick Stahlwas arrested for lewd conduct in a private booth at an adult bookstore. I thought lewd conduct was what private booths at adult bookstores were for?
A new poll says that 52% of Americans believe that the Boy Scouts should be able to discriminate against gay scoutmasters.
The New Normal has landed in Israel with more of a shrug that it has in the United States (thanks, One Million Moms), and even has competition with home grown Moms & Dads, about a gay couple raising a child with a single woman. But the idea of having a family, any family, fits with life in Israel. Avner Bernheimer, the creator of the show, says his father accepted him when he came out, but he didn't feel it was genuine until he had a child. “I think it was easier for him to have a gay son with a grandchild."
One of the great differences in Brits and Americans can be seen in this fishing picture with the cast of Occululs. Doctor Who's Karen Gillan is in a onesie, while Katee Sackoff was rocking a bikini top.
The question is, who was dressed appropriately for the day?
Stars being ordinary: Sir Patrick Stewart with a snowblower
Ben Cohen has been going for runs after dark, making him easier to sneak up on
Cheyenne Jackson takes the train to D.C. for his show
Colton Haynes is staying beachfront in Sydney
Is Jane Lynch taking over every role on Glee as her latest evil scheme?
Allan tips us to this astonishing video 100 Faces by Benjamin Till, which shows us a cascade of people and what made their lives special in 2012, including out pop singer Joe McElddery.
Long before it was announced that evil snowmen were coming to the Christmas special of Doctor Who, The Doctor was already going to save Christmas with a decidedly friendlier group of snowmen, which is probably for the best, since this is actually puppet Doctor Who.
In this deleted scene from This Is 40, rocker Billie Joe Armstrong tries to pitch a new project to Paul Rudd, but proves to be one of the more difficult clients you'll ever encounter. And who knew success could be so empty?
We tend to think of giraffes as peaceful creatures, but they will fight to defend territory. And while I'm sure that serious wounds can happen from a giraffe fight, you have to admit that it really looks pretty comical, or perhaps like a Mia Michaels routine.
If you've seen The Avengers, you know the scene in the battle for New York when all the heroes come together. The problem is that they really didn't. They couldn't, since The Hulk and Iron Man are entirely CGI. So how did ILM create that monster? It was a lot more involved than you think.
