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7:42am: Gay Blasphemous Inter-species Love win polls; Internet shocked
SpoilerTV.com is running a poll for "Favorite TV Romantic Couple"; recently they had a playoff poll (I think that's what it's called) to determine who would take the last 5 spots, and what's this? Why, it includes Dean Winchester and Castiel from Supernatural!

Don't watch the show? Dean is a demon hunter who shoots monsters in the face with rock salt, and Castiel is the gruff-voiced grumpy trench coat-wearing angel who gripped Dean tight and raised him from perdition, and no, they are not a canon couple. ( minor spoilers for episode 6X17 )

Edit: To add a cut and a spoiler warning

Edit 2: Wincesters are allegedly voting against Dean/Castiel due to shipping bitterness. As of right now, though, Dean/Cas is beating Dan Humphrey & Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl 3,105 votes to 887.

4:34pm: Tax deductables! Pencil necks! Thieves! HIGH SPEED CAR CHASES!
Well, all right, maybe not high speed car chases. So, the background: last year, Neil Gaiman, author of such lovely things as Neverwhere and the Sandman series etc., was contacted to speak at a library in Minnesota for a hefty speaking fee, which was paid for by a fund which (a) stated any leftover money would be lost if not used, and (b) was also not available for books, salaries, or other useful things. Neil Gaiman did so, and subsequently donated the speaking fee to charities.

All's well that ends well, right? Well, except that Matt Dean, the House Majority Leader, decided it was time to let his long-simmering grudge be aired to the world: 'Dean said that Gaiman, "who I hate," was a "pencil-necked little weasel who stole $45,000 from the state of Minnesota."'

Neil is... well, he's not well pleased. Nor is his Twitter. ( Cut for length )