Disneyland just announced that gays will now be able to get married in their theme park through their wedding program that includes a cruise, parades and Mickey and Minnie Mouse attending the wedding in formalwear. Wait… they weren’t allowed already? Was anyone else using this program?

A couple of retirees took a cab from New York City to their new home in Arizona. It was 2,400 miles and the guy still tried to squeeze more money out of the old folks by driving around the park a couple times.

And hey, if I were Newt Gingrich–holy crap. Holy crap, did I just write that? That’s horrifying. I mean sure, he’s got money, but can you imagine me, Dave Burdick, being Newt Gingrich? It’s really an unnerving scenario because first of all I’d have to buy all new pants and have a lot less respect for a few people like my girlfriend and the Latino community and then I’d have to get a new Web site and I think NewtGingrich.com and NewtGingrich.org are already taken, which is just my luck–but if I were Newt Gingrich, I think I’d try to pick my battles a little more carefully. I’m not sure I’d try to make the segue from calling Spanish “the language of living in a ghetto” straight to calling for the resignation (regardless of the validity of that call) of the top-ranking Latino member of the United States government. I don’t know who’s on his PR staff, but clearly Newt needs to be advised by more seasoned racists. Maybe when Tancredo inevitably drops out of the race.

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Yo, The Apiary teases a cool piece for anyone interested in late-night writing. The people behind Late Night with Conan O’Brien got together at the Museum of Television and Radio to brag and meet ladies. Instead they revealed industry secrets! The original words are in New York Magazine.

Joe Mande has an insightful take on Blue Collar Comedy. Worth a read, and be sure to watch the accompanying video analysis.

Y’ever want to watch Newt Gingrich speak Spanish? (Via PrezVid, which also has a really cool piece on which presidential candidates are using Google AdSense to advertise when you search which opponents’ names–seriously, read it if you’re my kind of nerd.)

Oh, and pick up a copy of Spin. In print but not online is MY NAME IN A SENTENCE ABOUT ME and, uh, GerRee Anderson and Freak Train are also in there. But anyway, we’re mentioned in a regular Spin department called “The Best Times You’ll Have All Month.” They call us “wiseacres” (on account of we’re wise).

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