IS 'LIP-SANC' THE PAST TENSE FOR 'LIP SYNCH', AND MORE: I missed the American Music Awards, because I was here, but Uncle Grambo didn't, so let him bring you the snark.

In other news meant to cover up for the fact that I have no original content yet today (the DeRogatis interview is coming), we have this via Gawker: Bunsen.TV's How to Talk to Your Kids About the Paris Hilton Sex Video:

Explain to your children that when two adults love each other very much, they need a special way to express that love. This explanation need not involve a graphic description of how exactly adults go about expressing their love. But it is important to tell them that when the two people that love each other are a party-girl heiress socialite with an upcoming reality television show and a guy who's been burned by a short-lived marriage to a sexually voracious celebrity who coincidentally also had ties to FOX, sometimes you need to capture that expression of love on video and leak it to the public so that people will know there's nothing wrong with your manhood, okay? . . .

Finally, the New Yorker's Roger Angell sums up the past baseball season. Well worth your time.