HEFNER WATCH: Speaking of Fark, they had the link today to the Smoking Gun file on the death of former Playmate Elisa Bridges. Playboy initially claimed "natural causes" but the autopsy found several unnatural causes: "heroin, methamphetamine, Demerol, and Xanax." But as The Smoking Gun says in their intro to the autopsy: "did you really expect Playboy would acknowledge a Playmate's messy demise?"

I just envisioned some dark triumvirate composed of Hef, George Lucas, and Walt Disney, three creators of self-enclosed fantasy worlds with massive impact on the twentieth century who obsessively protect[ed] their creations from the influence of the real world. There's a link between those three --I swear.