You know you're in trouble when you're so lonely you turn to a pillow shaped like an arm. What happened to good old fashioned blow up dolls? Or, even better, regular pillows!?

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In Style magazine takes us into star closets in their latest issue. Inside the palatial walk-ins, it’s an age-old contradiction: such full wardrobes and such empty people.

Jamie-Lynn Sigler laughs that, until she paid to have her closet organized, she would often come across clothes she forgot she had. “With the tags still on them!” she howls.

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We get a lot of bullshit emails on a daily basis. Here's a sample from a recent missive from Witeck Combs:

When it comes to stress or depression during the holiday season, lesbians tend to feel both at higher levels than their heterosexual counterparts. In a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive, four out of five (80%) of lesbian adults say they tend to feel more stressed around the holidays while 64% of the heterosexual women surveyed said they tend to feel more stressed. Additionally, while half (51%) of lesbians said they tend to feel depressed around the holidays, only 36% of heterosexual women said they did.

The survey also indicates that smoking's a "health factor" for lesbians. Astonishing!

Here's a PDF of the study. It'll blow your mind.

Senator Barack Obama knows that if there's one television show every presidential candidate must appear on, it's Tyra Bank's gab-fest. Because, really, where else are you going to get such soft ball topics as shopping for crystal vases?

As part of The New Issue, we've asked a handful of homos to list their last five purchases. We've already seen what artist Tobaron Waxman's been buying, so now we're taking a look at another queer mover and shaker: Mark Simpson's (pictured familiarly).

No doubt journo Simpson has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Who hasn't used the now-tired term "metrosexual," or it's younger, spunkier brother, "sporno"?

Considering his impact, we figured Simpson spent his dough on diamonds, furs and other fabulous rich bitch baubles. We were wrong.

Simpson's purchases are far more practical. And his explanations teach us an important lesson: Simpson's a slut.

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As part of "The New Issue," we've asked a few queer cultural movers and shakers to share a list of the last five things they bought.

See what queer artist and chazzan Tobaron Waxman's been collecting, after the jump…

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Looking for something to stick on your bumper this summer? Well look no further because a British bloke wants to sell his rather forthright vanity plate.

As you can see, it's quite a fetching little message: "Yes I Gay". We'd totally snag it, but it just doesn't fit the subway car. Plus, we scream "queen" already. So, why is Peter selling such a memorable plate? To finance an overseas property. Obviously one little license ain't enough to finance anything, so surely there's another reason why he's reaching out in the papers:

I want to reach out to the whole community to ensure the best possible home is found for the plate where it will be cherished and prized.

Alright, the plate's cute, but "cherished"? It's not a puppy.

We're not sure what's crazier - the fact that Reichen put his name on atrocious Aviator-"inspired" jewelry or his retaliation against Lynn and Alex over at LA Rag Mag.

The dishy duo slammed Reichen's Love and Pride collection, writing,

Who does he think he is Suzanne Summers, Joan Rivers? The only guys that would buy this are nerd gays who still think Reichen is something to lust after, everyone in Hollywood knows better!

Obviously unstable, Reichen fired off a 3-page hate note, which included this especially nutzoid - not to mention tacky - bit:

Hustling for cash? Are you kidding me? I’ll ALWAYS have more than you in every way including and beyond money, so don’t worry about that. You needn’t worry about my hustling. I know it sucks to lose the Amazing Race, but your insecurity about it here is obtuse. Let’s not talk MONEY, boys. You don’t know MONEY.

Yeah, Reichen, we're sure you're rolling in the fucking dough. That's why you're hawking that cheap jewelry.

If you think that's bad, read on…

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Internet underwear warehouse International Jock sure knows their audience, huh?

Or maybe they're really close with their father - "Here dad, I got you a groin cup." Ug, just writing that makes us uncomfortable!

Ever want a husky lumberjack between your crack? Us, too. Luckily the kids over at Chicago-based store, Manifold offer this assortment of tantalizing bath towels.

The sexually-charged handy man, fire man and daisy duke-wearing construction worker are guaranteed to get you dry - and, perhaps, a little wet. Oh, yeah, we're naughty. We're so naughty, in fact, we're thinking about taking a Manifold pin-up bath towel to the beach. Yeah, that's right. Our depravity knows no bounds…

Don't worry, ladies, the store also has pin-up gals.

Nothing sets off the table at a summer BBQ like some whimsical salt and pepper shakers, and nothing is more whimsical than little wiener dogs, except little pooping wiener dogs. Yes, you can have them for only $13 and dress your corn on the cob with a giggle.

Doggie Shakers [MXYPLYZYK via Outblush]

Many of us consider it our gay duty to tame the wanton hairs that sprout up in unlikely places on our bodies, and it can become quite a mundane chore, especially when nose and ear hairs grow back so quickly. We personally get some masochistic pleasure from ripping out our nose hairs while we blog, but for those of you not into the pain, we have found a humorous alternative method that could possibly add a giggle to your trimming time. Possibly. If you find this sort of thing funny.

Finger-shaped trimmer [Harriet Carter via Uber-Review]

The new Video iPod is great for watching clips and segments that are specially formatted for it. The only problem is the only iPod-friendly video is porn, and we can't watch that all the time, can we? Enter the iLuv i180WHT, which makes recording straight to your iPod from the TV a snap, no conversion necessary.

It looks like a regular dock, but connects your iPod to your television or other incoming video source and automatically converts it to iPod-viewable video. Now you can record every episode of the new Project Runway and watch it on the subway.

Video System - i180WHT [iLUV via Uncrate]

With so many opportunities to create something beautiful out of the everyday mundane, we're waiting for the day when trash cans dotting every New York City corner display works by local artists. Maytag is on moving in the right direction by reinventing washers and dryers as installation art. But it's Barcode Revolution that proves even the most simple ubiquitious aspect of our daily routine can elicit some charm. The company took a basic question – Why has the barcode never changed? – and "set out to innovate a new way for companies to think about how their valuable product real estate gets used." The result is an effort to bring top Japanese to the U.S. — and make sure event he packaging is pretty.

Barcode Revolution

Timberland has revived their 1985 classic "King Spoke" shoe, which is like a sneaker/boat shoe combination with a snappy rainbow design. If only they could have released it a few weeks ago in time for Pride, they would be sold out by now.

We're generally not ones to wear our rainbows on our sleeves, but we might make an exception for these cute sneakers.

Timberland King Spoke ($84.95) [Sportie LA via Coolhunting]