The Inevitable Parody Of Julia Allison's Startup [Protocelebrities]

If you're annoyed by internet fameball Julia Allison and Non Society, the "lifecasting" startup she just launched with partners Mary Rambin, Megan Asha and (effectively) Wired magazine, you could always wig out and publish your extensive thoughts on every last reason the site is a grotesque monument to talentless celebrity and that the people involved are annoying. Or you could make like Topher Chris, aka Christopher Price, and resign yourself to the fact that your life will never be as amazing and action-packed and CRAZY as those of Allison & Co., and will consist entirely of doing pedestrian things that no one in their right mind would want to watch, totally unlike Allison and her buddies (ahem). Then you could set up a site called, say, Non Exciting, based on this shockingly honest premise. And then you might even find, in the end, that you've actually created (intentionally or not) the most clever send-up of Allison's fame to date. After the jump, a side-by-side comparison of the Non Exciting and Non Society intro videos.

Non Exciting intro:

Non Society (in case you already forgot):

[Non Exciting]

REVEALED: Spitzer In Money-For-Bed Scandal [Breaking]

"Two payments to the Mayflower Hotel [NO!] in Washington were included in former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s latest campaign filing, released on Tuesday afternoon. The two payments, $411.06 apiece, were recorded on Jan. 14 — predating the now infamous February rendezvous with a prostitute that prompted his resignation — and the immediate purpose of the payments was not clear." [Times]

Times Reporter's Biggest Fan Has An Important Question [From The Mailbag]

Oh, hey, Times political reporter Adam Nagourney, we hope you're reading! Because someone is trying to use this site to reach you regarding your relations, or possible relations, who bestowed you with the genes necessary to write that blog you used to keep, that insane story about being a tourist DC and, most impressively, your widely-noted columns for the "Google" News. Wait, do you even work for the Times anymore? Click the thumb to read the email.

Don't Let Fox News Bookers See Your Facebook, Liberals! [Overshare]

Enjoy Your Obama Cover Outrage All Year 'Round With This Collectible! [We Are All Cafe Press Now]

Wondering what to get for the outraged liberal person in your life? Perhaps this person already has a Mother Jones subscription and Arianna Huffington's book and no more room for bumper stickers on the back of their Prius or whatever? Help keep their anger at Daily Kos-commenter levels with a reproduction of the New Yorker's offensive/stupid/ corrosive/overcriticized/whatever Barack and Michelle Obama caricature cover! Prices at the magazine's store range from $29.95 for note cards for bitter poor white Hillary Clinton supporters to $280 for a large framed cover, appropriate for the caviar communists who run Hollywood (or, more likely, for those people's decorators). Give the gift that keeps on feeding extremism, all year 'round! [New Yorker Store]

Post And Daily News To Share Sheets [Dead Trees]

After bitter tabloid rivals the Post and Daily News both lost their bidding war for Newsday to bumbling Long Island cable concern Cablevision, discussion centered on which tab would be first to strike some kind of cost-cutting partnership with Cablevision. As it turns out, the Post and Daily News may just cut Cablevision out of the loop entirely — the Times tonight substantiates prior rumors the two papers will partner. The tabloids are in preliminary but "committed" discussions to share printing, distribution, sales and other functions, stopping short of a full Joint Operating Agreement. News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and News owner Mort Zuckerman have yet to have their first meeting on the deal, but it shouldn't be particularly awkward — as shown in the picture at left, the two moguls are comfortable chatting socially, in this case at internet publisher Arianna Huffington's May book party. More difficult, for sure, will be the merging of the papers' fiercely competitive circulation groups. The Post has lavished coverage on Daily News circulation scandals, and the rivalry trickles all the way down to deliverymen, who have been known to trash bundles of rivals' papers. Perhaps, before any partnership goes through, a study of sectarian rivalries in Iraq is in order, if only as a cautionary example. [Times]

Watch Dr. Horrible and Be Happy [Things]

Hey, I'm just popping in for sec here. In case you forgot about or didn't see our Gawker interview with Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Firefly / Serenity creator Joss Whedon, his latest project, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog" starring Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion premiered on the Interwebs today. Each of the three acts—the first of which went up today—will only be available for free viewing for a limited time. So get thee here tonight damnit and check out Act One. I just did, and it is charming and hysterical. And, yeah, I am fanboy. Sue me.

Jesse Jackson Never Used N-Word, Says Fox [Race-baiting]

O'Reilly Factor executive producer David Tabacoff shot down the rumor floated here last week (via Fox News insider) that Jesse Jackson called Barack Obama the n-word in unaired portions of his infamous "cut his nuts off" comments about Barack Obama. Tabacoff told TVNewser that Jackson never uttered the slur, nor did he use an even more incendiary phrase, "half-breed n—--r," surfaced on Daily Kos and Hybrid Nation this week. OK, nice way to clear Jackson's name, but the denial is also going to kick up a fresh round of chatter about Jackson's comments, since the question now becomes what other than the n-word was so awful that host Bill O'Reilly saw fit to call it "more damaging" than talking about tearing off someone's testicles. Apparently, Fox won't be showing any more footage "in the immediate future." Right. You have to save this stuff for the convention! [TVNewser] UPDATE: Fox News chief Roger Ailes also denies the "half-breed n—--r" slur.

Pendejo Media Bosses [Media]

Spanish-language TV journalists out in California are getting paid about 25% less than their English-language counterparts, despite— in many cases—attracting more viewers. How can this possibly be? We'll summarize all of the lengthy explanations for you: "The viewers they attract are brown, and therefore worth 25% less." We're a full 15% more equal than we were in 1787! [via Guanabee]

Great Moments in Political Advertising [No Words]

Our Jezebel friends found this while looking for paparazzi photos. They were kind enough to share it with us! It is from Orange Country, Florida. It was, obviously, just paid for by some crazy local businessman. We appreciate how concise and polite it is. So much political debate is so strident these days, don't you think? This is a nice corrective. [Splash]

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