We've always thought writers and artists make cute couples. And Andrew Sullivan and artist boyfriend Aaron Krone are no exception.

While old Sully makes a living slinging words, Krone's busy slinging paint. And, as you can see, he's been known to train his eye on his main squeeze. Above you see Sullivan looking muscular and majestic. Below, you see what Big Head DC supposes to be Sullivan's bottom.

We're not sure if the bum in question's actually Andrew's, but it's a justifiable hypothesis. We sent a little note over to Sullivan to get the scoop on whether he can claim those globes as his own. No word yet. We'll let you know what he has to say. That is, of course, if he can find it in his heaving chest to drop us a line.

For more of Krone's work click here. No, it's not all of Andrew Sullivan. Yes, it is good.

Norwegian electronic duo Royksopp take the cake for trippy cartoon videos. You guys have probably seen the video for "Remind Me" (if not, we've included it after the jump), but have you checked out their visual rendition for "Beautiful Day Without You"? Jellyfish float out of umbrellas! A giant squid launches itself from the sewer! Stingrays fly! Crazy!

Someone pass this on to Andrew Sullivan and tell him to pass it on left. The folk to the right just ain't down.

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Conservative Reverend and president of the American Anglican Council, Canon David Anderson once said of openly gay Bishop, Gene Robinson, "His name will become synonymous with schism." While that may be true in the Anglican Church - which has been arguing over the place of gays in the international communion ever since Robinson's 2004 ascension - Robinson's hoping to bring the homos together.

In light of the recent Human Rights Campaign "scandals" (primarily, although not specifically, Andrew Sullivan's public and increasingly ugly war against the non-profit's practices), Robinson's come out in support of the movement, urging gay people to rally around the DC-based group.

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The war between Andrew Sullivan and Human Rights Campaign rages on. After calling HRC out on what he felt to be dubious membership practices -a transparency crusade which led to the organization's astonishing budget release - Sullivan's again taking the gay non-profit to task.

And HRC's fighting back.

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Maybe we should go into the non-profit business. After being skewered by Andrew Sullivan, Human Rights Campaign has released some of its spending records and, quite frankly, they're pretty astonishing.

For example, the nation's "largest" gay organization is spending a whopping $26.4 million on their new DC HQ, while former executive director, Cheryl Jacques, who quit in November 2004 after only eleven months on the job, received nearly $160,000 last year. So what gives? We can't say, because HRC finance VP Jim Rinefierd ain't talking.

He does explain, however, that the group helped finance their startlingly pricey home base with bridge loans and will also be charging other tenants rent.

Well, that's a relief!

(PS: Compare this picture to our picture of Hillary Clinton. Notice any similarities?)

HRC paid former leader $160,000 last year [Washington Blade]

Those of you who tuned in yesterday know that Andrew Sullivan launched a fresh attach against the "largest" gay non-profit in the country, Human Rights Campaign. Like others before him, old Sully wondered whether or not the super sissie group had inflated its numbers to give itself a little more...girth.

In an email sent to Sullivan and forwarded to us, an HRCer gets a little snippy, insisting Sullivan's getting bogged down by semantics. There is, it seems, a huge difference between "member" and "supporter". Yeah, one's attached to your body and the other keeps it up. The HRCer explains:

As HRC does not want to exclude anyone from our membership based on his or her ability to pay, we consider any one a "member" who has contributed $5.00, and we do accept contributions in that amount on our website. We also consider any one who has taken an action as a "supporter." Combined, those members and supporters comprise our "membership."

He then goes off into a pretty indepth and, thus, decidedly boring, explanation of their practices - for example, the difference between a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) non-profit (they're both) and why watchdogs often confuse the two. We've included the entire email after the jump.

Allow us, however, to feature the some what cultish closing:

Over the next few months, HRC is going to be engaged in legislative battles the likes of which we have not seen in over a decade. We will always be open to legitimate criticism, and be willing to address and correct any fair and honest problems that our critics and our friends may point out. But this year, our major focus is on securing equal rights for the GLBT community. We still would welcome your joining us in that battle.

But first, we eat your brain!

Related: Andrew Sullivan Launches Fresh Attack Against HRC
Andrew Sullivan Still Waiting

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Human Rights Campaign, America's self-proclaimed largest LGBT non-profit, hasn't yet replied to Andrew Sullivan's queries into their queer membership practices, but some of his readers sent him a little HRC-related note:

The protracted (and increasingly ugly) struggle between Andrew Sullivan and Human Right Campaign continues. This fresh round of attacks started when Sullivan took on the allegedly "largest" gay rights organization's membership numbers, writing:

The mimimum membership fee on your website is $35. How many members paid $35 or more in annual dues in the last twelve months? You claim 650,000. What's the real number? Please provide documentation to prove it.

Some of Sully's faithful readers did a bit of research and found that HRC reported donations of $7.3 million. Divide that number by $35 and you get, at the most, 210,000 people donated to the cause. So, what of the other 440,000 members? Sullivan seems to think HRC's lying. They've promised to get back to him today. Can't wait to read their creative response...

(Also, Chris Crain's all up in the mud-slinging mix. Read his take here.)

We've received countless emails, telephone calls, smoke signals and telepathic messages from readers begging for Andrew Sullivan's reaction to Ann Coulter's twitchy, defensive appearance on Hannity and Colmes.

Well, the wait is over, patient readers, because old Sullivan's finally put down that bong and released his statement on Coulter's statement that her statement was just a joke.

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We've got another mystery on our hands, readers. Homo-journo Andrew Sullivan has launched a search party for the possibly sham gay porn, Him. Allegedly filmed in the 1970s, Him concerns a one Jesus Christ and his titillating take on "Love Thy Neighbor". From Film Threat:

The film would have probably been forgotten had it not been detailed in the 1980 book 'The Golden Turkey Awards' by the Medved Brothers. Despite an Internet debate that insists the film never existed, poster art from the movie's original New York run has turned up to verify it did exist. The film itself, however, is believed to be lost (how the Medveds learned of the film is not clear, though the idea of Michael Medved watching gay porno for "research" is mind-boggling).

Apparently other sleuths have been seeking this blasphemous classic for years to no avail.

Thus, Sullivan implores M. Medved: "Was this your hoax? Can you tell us now? Did you watch this movie? Or did you make it up?" Pressing questions for the weekend - the time when Sullivan likes to take matters into his own hands, if you know what we mean.

Speaking of eagle-eyes, herb-loving homo-journo Andrew Sullivan spotted a scandalous little blurb in Haaretz's review of Uri Dan's new Ariel Sharon biography:

Speaking of George Bush, with whom Sharon developed a very close relationship, Uri Dan recalls that Sharon's delicacy made him reluctant to repeat what the president had told him when they discussed Osama bin Laden. Finally he relented. And here is what the leader of the Western world, valiant warrior in the battle of cultures, promised to do to bin Laden if he caught him: "I will screw him in the ass!"

Now we know why Bush and his cronies are so intent on finding bin Laden. It's not about 9/11, Kenya or their petty quest for world domination! It's, quite simply, history's deadliest case of unrequited love. bin Laden may be a homicidal maniac, but he's far better looking (and more wealthy) than Bush. No way he'd go for that Texan pansy. Also, President Bush, sorry to burst you bubble, but we actually think it's bin Laden who would screw you in the ass.

Here's some exciting news via our favorite euphemism for pot, Andrew Sullivan: the amount of first time meth users dropped considerably between 2004 and 2005. The US Department of Health and Human Services reports:

The number of persons who used methamphetamine for the first time in the prior 12 months did not differ significantly between 2002 (299,000 persons) and 2004 (318,000 persons) but did decrease significantly between 2004 and 2005. In 2004, an estimated 318,000 persons aged 12 or older first tried methamphetamine in the year prior to the survey compared with 192,000 persons in 2005.

The report also notes that people living in non-urban areas are more likely to try the highly addictive drug and that it has more fans out on the West coast than anywhere else in the country. Why? We don't know.

While certainly these statistics are encourage for those of us who don't want to see our fellow countrymen become toothless, greasy messes, it doesn't reflect last year's data. So, for all we know, there could have been a huge spike. Guess we'll have to wait to find out...

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