Watch: Going Dutch in Winter

Winter's not for everyone, but it sure would be a lot more tolerable if it was like this.

The following was shot by Kasper Bak, on his ice skates, in the northern Netherlands town of Lemmer, where at this time of year skating is apparently a main mode of transportation.

If you're looking for something soothing to watch today, watch this, AFTER THE JUMP...

News: 10/10/10, Gareth Thomas, George Bush, iPad

32,000 couples will marry today simply because of the date: 10/10/10.

Gareth Thomas on the two codes of rugby: "People don't even think – they just say it automatically because it's been bred in them. A lot of them don't even know what they're talking about. They're just sayin' it because everybody says it."

This girl makes a hot Jared Leto.

A report from the Toronto Sun on homophobia in the Netherlands: "If you think Amsterdam is the gay capital of Europe, you’re half-right, but 10 years out of date. Today it’s the gay-bashing capital of Europe. Because Amsterdam isn’t just gay. Now it’s Muslim, too."

Mariah Carey shows up at her husband's 30th birthday party amidst baby rumors.

Daniel Radcliffe's wardrobe gets autumnal.

A federal judge has ruled that the Chippendales look of a shirtless guy with wrist cuffs and a bow-tie collar cannot be trademarked.

It looks light the iPad might go on sale at Wal-Mart.

The argument for the self-driving car currently being tested by Google sounds like a good one: "Robot drivers react faster than humans, have 360-degree perception and do not get distracted, sleepy or intoxicated."

Like we need another reason to be afraid to fly: air traffic controllers are apparently getting more careless.

People really like the new Facebook movie.

Why isn't george Bush on the campaign trail; this election season? No one wants him.

News: Gavin Henson, Softball, Caravaggio, Tories, Jersey Shore

James Franco to teach "very special class" at Yale.

More grimy Gavin Henson.

TAB: The mother of Cristiano Ronaldo's son is a broke American waitress he paid off to the tune of $15 million.

Ditched Tory election ads depicted people "coming out" as conservatives: "One of the suppressed films that have now emerged shows naked men grappling in a shower, while another depicts a teenager being caught reading what at first appears to be a top shelf magazine. The third unshown ad makes light of teenage sex, portraying a girl confessing to her parents: 'I am three months Conservative.'"

These photos are for those of you who can't get enough of Jon Hamm in formalwear.

Network executive's advice on Bristol Palin - Levi Johnston reality show: "Don't think we should do it. Neither of them have personalities."

Constance McMillen leads San Diego's Pride parade.

18-year-old pop stars are now getting Botox. Claim: it was medical...

The resurrected A&F Quarterly contains more male nudity than female nudity: the rundown.

 A straight softball player talks about life on a gay team.

Gay porn actor Jason Andrews and lingerie shop owner bludgeoned tattoo artist to death with sledgehammer in Florida: "'I'm so glad you're really committed to this take. Keep eyes for a knife, etc for me!' Andrews typed on his BlackBerry hours before the slaying, according to a transcript of the messages included in court records. Logue replied in a nearly incomprehensible text that she was excited - and she wanted to have sex after they killed him."

Jersey Shore cast on strike, demanding more money.

In General James T. Conway's Onion-infused dreams: "Our men need to know they can count on each other in battle, and we can't have them getting distracted by illicit romantic dalliances. Especially if one's a little blond Adonis farm boy and his buddy's a real tough street kid straight out of Brooklyn. I mean, think about it: What if they lock eyes and abandon their post to start ripping each other's fatigues off, revealing twin sets of glistening washboard abs and at last fulfilling their hidden passions?"

Hundreds flock to The Netherlands for "Pink Monday".

New Caravaggio discovered?

Gay Menudo member Angelo Garcia: Ricky Martin taught me to swim.

Gay Games Cleveland management in turmoil.

The Daily Beast examines the scene from The Kids Are All Right where the lesbians get off on gay porn: "A few lesbians I spoke to suggested that the members of the tribe who watch gay porn are in fact getting off on a fantasy, in which the man is subjugated and used in the way women frequently are. As Jen, another gay porn-loving lesbian, put it: 'It’s a surrendering of male privilege. It throws a monkey wrench into the idea that women are receptacles.' Clinton put it even more bluntly. 'It’s about power dynamics,' she said. 'We’re so used to watching men in our lives wield power. Gay porn is an opportunity to watch them get f-----.'"

Dutch World Cup T-Shirts Scream: Show Us Your Nips

Loving these Dutch World Cup T-shirts, for obvious reasons.

 

Gaydar Explained?

According to the New York Daily News, scientists in the Netherlands think so.

For the research, 42 gay and straight volunteers were presented with photos of outlines of large squares and rectangles. Each shape was packed with smaller shapes. Generally, the human brain is programmed to take in the larger picture, so when people see a rectangle-filled square, they're likely to say it is filled with squares.

When the men and women were presented with similar questions about the pictures they had been shown, the straight volunteers answered faster but were less accurate. The gay men and women, on the other hand, were slower to answer but were right more of the time, especially when they were asked about the smaller shapes.

This suggests they are able to hone in on even very small details as well as the bigger picture, according to the research, which appeared in the journal Frontiers in Cognition. In gays' daily routine, researchers believe, this close attention to detail could help them to detect others' sexual preferences.

According to one researcher involved in the study: "This perceptual skill allows homosexuals to recognize other gay people faster and we think it's because they are much more analytic than heterosexuals."

And here I thought the most telling feature was a counter-clockwise whorl.

Watch: Lady Gaga Receives Dildo on Stage, Eats Barbie Doll

 

Lady Gaga's Monster Ball is in Europe right now. While in Antwerp, she received a sex toy on stage, and after briefly wearing it as a crown, hurled it back to the audience. In Arnhem, The Netherlands, she did her best Ozzy Osbourne and tried to bite off the head of a Barbie doll.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...