"There was absolutely no link between a woman's relationship status, the number of times she'd been on the receiving end of a breakup, or her body esteem and the number of gay male friends in her life," observes Scientific American's Jesse Bering of a recent study which debunks myths about the type of lady he calls "the elusive fag hag." In the course of the discussion, research psychologist Bering cites an impressive number of other appellations with which I was previously unfamiliar. "The French refer to such women as soeurettes ('Little Sisters'), the German brand them as Schwulen-Muttis ('Gay Moms'), and the Mexicans know them as joteras ('jota' [...]

Nooo! No. According to People, RUE MCCLANAHAN has departed this terrible planet. From Starship Troopers to Murphy Brown to Murder She Wrote to Touched by an Angel, Ms. McClanahan was a hard-working woman, who never missed an opportunity to show up with a wink and an unparalleled repertory of great schtick. The Summer of Death 2™ is already a horrorshow.