The “small penis rule” is an informal strategy used by authors to evade libel lawsuits. It was described in a New York Times article in 1998:

“…For a fictional portrait to be actionable, it must be so accurate that a reader of the book would have no problem linking the two,” said Mr. Friedman. Thus, he continued, libel lawyers have what is known as “the small penis rule.” One way authors can protect themselves from libel suits is to say that a character has a small penis, Mr. Friedman said. “Now no male is going to come forward and say, ‘That character with a very small penis, that’s me!’ “^[1]

The small penis rule was referenced in a 2006 dispute between Michael Crowley and Michael Crichton. Crowley alleged that after he wrote an unflattering review of Crichton’s novel State of Fear, Crichton libeled him by including a character named “Mick Crowley” in the novel Next. In the novel, Mick Crowley is achild rapist, described as being a Washington-based journalist and Yale graduate with a small penis.^[2]

Merry Christmas. This is sure to put a lump of coal in any of the stockings of our pre-teen subscribers. Enjoy!

New viral trend of painting your nails to match your relationship status. I’m curious to see how viral this trend goes.
“10 Shades of Love” is simply a color-coordinated system for secretly sharing your status: paint a nail on your left hand to signify the status of your current relationship. Paint a nail on your right hand to signify the status of that special someone.

From the Tumblr (http://10shades.tumblr.com/):
If you’re new to this, take a look at the image and/or download the PDF. Share it with friends! Put it on your Facebook! Send us links to photos of your own love status and we’ll post it here.

I saw this image on Facebook and laughed so friggin’ hard, even though I had no clue what it was about. Now I do, and it’s even funnier.

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What really makes this video funny is the comments that people posted. Here are some of our select favorites:

An update by Jonah Mowry, the video’s creator:

To all my friends and supporters,

I made this video 4 months ago just before school was about to start. I was 13. It was a very emotionally dark time in my life. I made the video at 4:00am in the morning; I hadn’t been sleeping at night for a long time, too many things going on in my head. I was dreading going back to school and I had not come out to my family yet. Only my closest friends knew. I didn’t know how to say what I needed to say. All I could think about were all the bad things that had been happening at school last year, every year for that matter. I just couldn’t bare to go through that anymore. I was done being fake happy, pretending hateful words didn’t hurt, done hiding it from my family. (continue reading…)

yellow cheese eggs, white pancake batterrrr,
put a little bit up on the skillet when it starts to bubble flip it over with your spachla
…yeah yeah, that shit look like my breakfast
i gotta remember to flip the motherfucker over after cookin it for 30 seconds
ladies love me, i got my OJ!, (continue reading…)

Three young siblings from Mexico are attracting heavy attention for their cover of Adele’s thumping pop anthem, “Rolling in the Deep,” to the tune of nearly 3 million YouTube pageviews in just 12 days.

Siblings Angie, Gustavo and Abelardo Vazquez — known as VazquezSounds — uploaded the video Nov. 10. Aside from netting massive pageviews, the video has helped the band’s recently created YouTube channel break into the top 40 most-subscribed channels for musicians in Mexico with 24,000 subscribers.

VazquezSounds has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN en Español and other media outlets.

Here’s a breakdown of each sibling’s age and musical talent, which is on display in the above video:

• Angie: 10, vocals
• Gustavo: 13, drums
• Abelardo: 15, piano, guitar and bass

VazquezSounds is one of many in a long list of musicians who have covered Adele’s smash hit.

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