It wasn't easy telling my family that I'm gay. I made my carefully worded announcement at Thanksgiving. It was very Norman Rockwell. I said, 'Mom, would you please pass the gravy to a homosexual?' She passed it to my father. A terrible scene followed.

So would you conclude from that that Trie's check was probably intended as a reimbursement for Keshi Zhan's contribution.

The furniture in the house had the same relationship to real furnishings that drag queens have to real women. Everything was a parody, done either with affection or cruelty.

Unfortunately, it takes a kind of unbelievable event like this to get people's attention and force them to change the way they do things.

When Earnhardt's not in contention for the championship, when he's not in there for the chase, it's just not the same race. He's probably still hanging on because of his advertising and riding his daddy's reputation. Maybe he'll be up there with the leaders next year.

don't feel like CDOT is hearing them. It may be the Department of Transportation, but they still think like they're the Department of Highways.