Breast Milk Ice Cream Banned

"Ice cream made from [human] breast milk was banned from London gourmet shop The Icecreamists, based on a complaint regarding a perceived health risk. The mother’s milk was screened at a leading medical clinic, pasteurized, and then served in a martini glass with lemon zest and vanilla for about $22.50."

More at Bust. What's next? (At right, Takashi Murakami, My Lonesome Cowboy, 1998.)

Manhattan Madam's List Includes Lots o' Wall St. Bailees

"I think you're allowed to be racist in bed." It gets better/worse from there (Trump in women's panties??) Video from The Young Turks, worth checking that site out.

UPDATE: This the same kind of stuff that took Spitzer down -- only worse, since the guys were charging their fun to their companies. Oddly, the prosecutor chose not to pursue the Wall St. johns.

Here's abc's interview of the Madam.

Dallas Burlesque Festival

Very enjoyable, and very well-organized for a first-time event -- the place was packed (and not just with photographers), but things went pretty smoothly; lots of enthusiasm and genuine talent (I'm trying to contact the DJ and two dancers; unfortunately there was no programme); and it was a fun way to see the partially-renovated Texas Theatre, in which Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended.

During the warm-up and intermissions while the DJ played, I snuck past the barriers to the not-yet-renovated balcony and danced in the dark (watch out for the rubble, esp. if you're wearing heels).

I liked the art-ier acts, my sig. other liked the more traditional acts. By end of the nite I felt slightly bored by the basic strip formula (one gal, bless her, reversed it by starting in a g-string and pasties and then getting dressed) -- I'd have cut the total time of the Fest. by a half hour. But when it comes to sex, better too much than too little.

(Photos by Ben Britt.)