“I am not gay. I never have been gay.” -Sen. Larry Craig

The folks over at Stupid.com have given us a this years Must Have Christmas toy. A talking Larry Craig Action figure. This is one of the dumbest, yet most deserving, things I’ve seen all year.

Here is their description:

The Talking Senator Larry Craig Action Figure stands about 12″ tall and wears a t-shirt emblazoned with his declaration: “I Am Not Gay.” His limbs are bendable, so you can put him in all sorts of poses… even the famous “wide stance” the Senator refers to.

Wait…What the HELL, is this “Wide Stance”. I don’t remember that…..

Anyway, you can get one of your very own at Stupid.com for only $34.95

FuelMyBlog has started something very interesting. They have put together a book about bloggers. But it’s more than that. It’s a chance for blog readers to see their fav writer behind the scenes. Those of us that where in the book had to send a picture of ourselves holding a print out of our online avatar. Yeah, you know that tiny pic or logo that represents the blogger.

Why? Well, people tend to forget that there is a real person sitting at a keyboard filling these pages. Some of us bloggers have been tormented by people who forget that they are commenting to a human being. When people can just type something out and send it, they tend to be a little hurtful and sometimes very scary. Think back to that drunken email you sent to that one guy. Had it been in person, would you have been as cruel or crass?
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