
You know you've thought about it before. What's up, you wondered, with those permanent bachelors Bert and Ernie? The Broadway musical Avenue Q, inspired by Sesame Street characters all grown up with adult troubles, has an awesome song Nicky (the Ernie-ish character) sings to Rod (the Burt character).

James Van Der Beek posed with a puppet last night after catching a performance of the musical
Avenue Q in NYC. We loved seeing James's
passionate anniversary celebration with his wife Heather McComb a couple weeks ago, but she didn't make it out for last night's trip to the theater. Instead, James had his mother as an extra special date understudy.

For those of you who don't follow the news, Idaho
Senator Larry Craig was busted for making hand signals in a men's bathroom. To the person who nabbed him (what a weird job he has!), this meant he was soliciting sex from other men. Just kinda funny, right?