• Jon Friedman suddenly has a problem kow-towing to the famous. [Marketwatch]

• Hipsters don't just have their own language, they have their own scripted series. [NYO]

• Another roadblock to gay rights: Calling someone a "faggot" just doesn't conjure the same uproar "spic" ever does. [AfterElton]

• The Los Angeles Times receives an envelope filled with a white powdery substance. It's either sugar, anthrax, or Dean Baquet's stash. (Note the "From a Times Staff Writer" byline.) [LAT]

• It's always wise to take advice from someone with a cocktail in hand at a party. Especially when that hand belongs to Alex Kuczynski and the advice is about lipo-ing your ass. [NYO]

• Two of Boston's richest (including former GE chief Jack Welch) consider making a bid for the Boston Globe. Owner NYT maintains it's not for sale, though its dignity is. [Boston Globe]