Each week, a reader comment per day is selected for inclusion and veneration in the Gold Star Motel. Standards of excellence are arbitrary, fluid, and contradictory. The reward is strictly honorary (at best). This week:

Re: Augusten Burroughs to Join Fake Writer Club
• bbear - "Right now Joan Didion is at Home Depot buying an additional padlock to make sure her husband stays hidden in the basement."

Re: Rupert Murdoch's Got to Be Behind This ... Somehow
• radosh - "Oh, go fuck a six-year-old."

Re: Rosie O'Donnell's Sophisticated Grasp Of Mandarin Stuns And Impresses
• spinachdip - "You aporogize now, resbian twatwaffre."

Re: Parsing the Bee Shaffer Gift Guide
• Looker - "I don't mind her not being retarded, I'm just disappointed by her terrible fashion choices."

Re: Sean Delonas Considers The Difficult Issues Posed By The Iraq Study Group Report
• Smirk - "I cannot understand a Sean Delonas cartoon if it does not contain a big black dildo."

Earlier: Order of the Streets

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