Kathy Griffin was in Alaska last week. Let me repeat, Kathy Griffin was in ALASKA last week. I love how she's become besties with Levi Johnston. She spent the day with him in Wasilla (she tweeted about it), and he even escorted her onstage for her show at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

I have his "Playgirl" magazine, did I tell you? I made my friend Shauna buy it for me because I was too embarrassed to do it myself. Barnes & Noble had it in the "women's interest" section of the magazine stand, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that nothing in that magazine was done with the interests of women in mind. I especially liked the photo spread of "NYC's Hottest Bartenders," because the first guy up is totally a gay porn star (referring to the type of work he does - I'm not sure of his actual sexuality). In fairness, the copy did say that he had done some "modeling" -- their quotes -- prior to the "Playgirl" shoot, but still. [The "bartender" -- my quotes -- goes by David Taylor. I'm not gonna link to anything, but if you want to take a look, just add "porn" and do a Google search.] I'm just impressed that a Levi Johnston photo shoot got the magazine back into print after the magazine went web-only in early 2009 (here's an article about the transition from the NY Times). I read somewhere that Ronnie from the first season of "Make Me A Supermodel" might be posing for an upcoming issue. If there's a way to pre-order that magazine, let me know.

I just got really, really off course. Back to Kathy in Alaska. So she was there to shoot some stuff for the next season of "My Life on the D List" and she also made time for a book signing. As soon as I heard the news, I asked my little sister to get her autograph for me (um, and buy the book), and she totally did it. At least I think she did. She sent me a text that said "Mission Accomplished" with a blurry photo of Kathy in a bookstore. What a great little sister, huh? I can totally imagine this exchange between my sister and one of her friends: Friend - "So what are you doing this Friday?" My Sister - "Getting Kathy Griffin's autograph for my gay big brother." [awkward silence all around]

I'll let you know if I actually get the book. It'll go in the trunk where I keep my autographed copy of Barbara Walters's book.

So I've got some video of her show in Alaska (God bless The Huffington Post). I wish I could here her whole set, but I'll take what I get can. This video, which was taken from the audience, is about five minutes of her going at Sarah Palin. LOVE IT. Kathy calls her the "Britney Spears of politics." Again, LOVE IT.

(via The Huffington Post)