It feels like there's been no shortage of bad news this week.  The death of Chris Skinner.  The Winnipeg bathhouse arson.  The passing of former Whistler, BC mayor Ted Nebbeling.  The thought of losing The Hidden Cameras to Berlin.  And then...this completely appalling baptism footage:

So I'm not going to let another dime-a-dozen religious homophobe get me down.  At times like this, I like to focus on the little things -- a few random bits that made me smile and hopefully you too:

-- Three words, people:  Ecuador transgender makeovers!

-- The over-the-top delight of the Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken Doll. My Earring Magic Ken's been so very lonely!

-- Levi Johnson's veiled threats to blab Sarah Palin's secrets.  We joked about wanting to see what's in his pants; who knew we'd now want to see what's in his mind?

-- Actor Forbes March finally confirming what soap opera fans already knew: gay teen couple Luke and Noah are so tragically bland because they're forced to be

-- The Ooh La La guys are showing off the new Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue.  I may hate the clothes but I love the models who don't wear them:

-- Michael Bublé insisting he's not that "clean-cut" Canadian kid by revealing that he smokes pot and was once pegged as gay.  Ooooh...badass!

-- "A Tragic Video History Of Male Nudity In Science Fiction [NSFW]," the amusing list that reminded me how hot Russell Crowe looked in Virtuosity

-- what, you thought I'd forget to mention Obama finally signing that hate crimes bill into law?  A great day for our American friends!

-- and finally, another hit of silliness from late-night comic Craig Ferguson.  Sure, I posted his last dance number just a couple weeks ago but this one is just as hilarious and really, really, really gay: 

Wow! An anti-gay protest group is sponsoring a massive boycott of Pepsi for "condon[ing] bestiality, gay orgies and babies eating sperm."  And to think we were avoiding the cola for being full of sugar!

Turns out though, all that filth was merely in a cartoon -- a Pepsi-sponsored episode of Family Guy (yawn) -- and they're late to the party anyway.  There are more gay characters now than ever -- on broadcast networks as well as cable -- and we're getting scenes like this on a weekly basis:

Of course, it's Glee that's become the breakout hit this season and while we loved last night's boys vs. girls numbers, it's co-star Chris Colfer who's getting all the attention. He's followed up his character's coming out two weeks ago with one of his own:

As if we didn't love him on the show enough already!

But while I'm doling out the TV love today, allow me to celebrate an unsung hero.  In all the fuss over David Letterman's sex scandal (there's a phrase I never imagined I'd type!) or Jay Leno's takeover of the 10pm slot, no one really talks about the funniest, gay-friendliest late-night comic of all -- Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show.

Ferguson has teased about his own orientation and introduced us to his bizarre gay puppet show but nothing, not even the campy musical numbers on Glee, could ever prepare one for Craig and the Craigettes:

Now that is great television!  All we need now is for Tyson Leitso to tell Erica he's really into guys and we'll never have to touch that dial.