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When I opened twitter fox this morning the last thing I expected to see was that Stephen Gately had died. His family and friends must be devastated.

Then there was the below which I've seen a few times on my flist. I'm not in the Supernatural fandom but I've been to plenty of cons and the thought of some sad idiot thinking it's okay to mock like that really makes my blood boil.

'Comedian' Jim Norton is staying at the Wincon hotel and tweeted thus:

The hotell is FULL of obese women who blog about ghost stories. Feels more like a herd than a convention. Fat bloggers. Yuck and yuck.

I'd never even heard of the guy before this, but I now know he's lower than a snake's belly.

Talking of low people. I was watching the X Factor last night and still can't believe what Dannii said about Danyl. Maybe he does come across as over confident but his performance was amazing. That all she could find to remark on was the fact the newspapers had been reporting he was bi. Cheap shot, Dannii. ETA: She's released a statement saying she was making a point he shouldn't have had to change the gender pronouns of the song, which yeah. But the way she said it was terrible.

More cheerful things. Overnight MCR has achieved daily communities for all five guys.
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