TODAY: Flash Mob At NYC JCP

Today in Manhattan: Gay flash mob at JC Penney. I'll be there! Facebook event page.

Howard Stern Defends Ellen

Wow. A must listen.

(Tipped by JMG reader Laurel)

Life On The Upper East Side

The woman in front of me swished her ankle-length mink dramatically as she denounced the management's idiocy for only staffing two cashiers. How dare he delay his very important customers! And then she asked me for a pen. So she could write a check for her cigarettes. The cashier had never gotten a personal check. She had to call for the manager.

One Million Moms Against Ellen, Part 2

"DeGeneres is not a true representation of the type of families that shop at their store. And they're going to be gaining a very small percentage of liberal customers. This will not satisfy or offset their loss in sales. They will be losing more than they'll be gaining. We're asking J.C. Penney to hire a spokesperson who's more representative of the type of the customers that shop in their stores, such as traditional families." - Monica Cole, director of AFA's One Million Moms. (This is our first look at Cole.)