and now, R Kelly regarding Hurricane Katrina

I'm going through my own struggle, my own hurricane in a way, we all do, and you're either gonna fold or you're going to stand, and I believe in standing," Kelly said. "I believe in overcoming, and if I can do it, I wanna be that light so people can see me and feel they can inspired and say, you know, R. Kelly can get through this, I can get through this, so we can actually go through this together.

-R Kelly regarding his upcoming trial on child pornography charges stemming from allegations he videotaped himself having sex with a teenage girl.

Yes Captain, Setting Course for Rigal FABULOUS!!!

George Takei, you sneaky devil! All this time I thought it was going to be Shatner.

Brownie, Brownie, Brownie...

Well, they just released ex-FEMA director, current black sheep Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown's e-mail correspondence during Katrina and they are a baffling mishmash of pathetic whining and/or just utter incomprehension . Here are a few of the excerpts: in response to being informed that the situation was "past critical"- "Thanks for the update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?" "Can I quit now? Can I come home?" "Tie or not for tonight? Button-down blue shirt?" "OMG, did you see Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting MARRIED ON THE EIFELL TOWER LOL?" "WTF, the Superdome is all messed up our something, the Saints have no home stadium, and I was totally going to take Duece McAllister with my 3rd pick in our NFL Fantasy League this year:(" "I got it at Nordstroms. ... Are you proud of me?" "No, your totally right, Cruise is soooo gay. ROTFLMAO about those Ted Kennedy jokes you sent me, Scootter!" "If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire, you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god," "OMG, at least I'm not as bad as that freaky ghoul Chertoff-get back in the coffin, Dracula LOL! You'd think somebody up there could get him to stop shopping for suits at Burlington Coat factory! OH, snap!!!" "Order a #2, tater tots, large diet cherry limeade" "What is with all these people? It's water, stuff is going to get wet. Any more bitching, and I am just going to say screw it, I'm not going to appear in public with my sleeves rolled up. Hey, Dub said I did a heckuva job, and he better keep saying that 'cause I've still got those pictures of him in the "Powder Room" with Bill Bennett back at the convention in 2000. Not to mention the video of the twins he doesn't want anyone seeing-I think that was shot down here, as a matter of fact." "OMG, did you see Kanye last night? I hate to say it, but when your right, your right LOL"