Finally boys, an artful way to push back at the Boy Scouts who don't want you to lead them. As the little white boys taught us by buying all that FUBU gear, you can now have your very own Merit Badge just for being you. I love the "Fag Stag" and "Queen" badges, but they're all definitely worthy of your best jean jacket, or wherever it is you see fit to sew such patch. Hell make yourself a little vest like the BSA, but remember, the jaunty scarf the "genuine" Scouts still wear is a little too gay...

For those of you following project Runway, I hope you're not shocked when Austin gets eliminated - sloppy web skills have had him marked in the store as elimated for three weeks. I think since the most prescient part of the show is the online store where they sell fashions from the show and other bric a brac, like TShirts designed by the participants, we can safely say it's Jay McCarroll who walks away with the big prize since for the last six weeks he's the only designer to be selling bags, belts and bracelets on the site. Recently they've...

Forbes offers an article about how consumers like you and... well, like you are helping to design cars and food and toys and everything else. You might think this is just like it's always been, with focus groups pulled in to look at new products and ad campaigns and TV shows and thumb's up all the crap foisted upon us every day. 80% of all new products fail, so it pays (literally) to ask the audience what it wants -- particularly if you're Taco Bell and you're planning a new, budget "healthy" burrito, but your customers tell you what they really...

Use to be all you needed to show off to your geek friends was the most RAM, or the biggest monitor, or the smallest cell phone. Now, it's all about the style. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, there will still be all the new, fun, fantastic gadgets we crave, but with Apple leading the charge and Sony not far behind, the look and feel of those gadgets is as important (if not more so) than their usability. Tech has gone mainstream and today's user demands more than a beige box with wires sticking out the back. And...

Are you troubled by the big moral questions of the day? In a world where even 70% of godless Californians cited moral values as a deciding factor in the polling place and Bush got one fifth the gay vote, we need to reassess our priorities. As Sandra Bernhard might plead: "I think it's time to mellow things out a little bit ... what do you say?" Let's rewind the political clock and get back to our favorite good old-fashioned American tradition: consumerism. The folks at Mighty Goods have the answer to your pressing value questions. Like all good blogs (glassdog excluded,...

Spain has a new attraction for us gays. In addition to Barcelona's beautiful population and the dance mecca Ibiza, gay couples will soon be able to legally wed following the approval of a law legalizing homosexual marriages. The Catholic church is in a tizzy, naturally, saying this is another nail in the coffin of socirty, but a majority of the Spanish population supports the law. A portion of the bill even supports child adoption by gay couples. Meanwhile, here in Bibleland, the House failed to pass yet another Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the United States. The vote was 227 to...

The look that was popular among homeboys of all stripes a few years back of droopy khakis and oversize blue shiirts open that the bottom and buttoned at the throat topped with hairnets on the noggin was made popular by the Latin Kings in L.A. and evolved to finesse the "gangsta" look - no belt, no shoelaces, was standard prison fare, and the style gave the kids a certain kind of out on parole look they felt enhanced their cred. Now, you can get the finest garments the prison system has to offer without having to work so hard to cultivate...

I've come home! There are two ways to re-enact your favorite scenes from Wuthering Heights: Doing the Kate Bush interpretive dance from her landmark 1978 video -- it's especially fun in downtown parks during lunch hour. For those who are more demure, let Cathy grab your soul away ... but at the privacy of your own computer. As with porno, if you want to surf at the office, be sure to close the door. ...

German clothing maker Rosner is teaming up with electronics firm Infineon to produce a limited edition MP3 Bluetooth telephone jacket. The MP3 Blue will be sold online starting August 1st in a numbered, limited edition. The jacket's sleeve contains a textile input keyboard to control the onboard MP3 player, and integrated Sennheiser earbuds and microphone can connect to the owner's cell phone via Bluetooth technology. The jacket also has a rechargeable 8-hour battery. This isn't the first MP3 jacket. Burton and Apple teamed up last year to create an iPod jacket with integrated controls, and later added the Amp Pack backpack to...