The Observer's John Koblin heard the New York Times is supposedly working on a major story on our wacky governor. The guy's admitted to drugs and adultery, what else could there be? (We're all ears!) Update: More sex, looks like.

A couple of years ago, a photo of a fake Louis Vuitton garbage bag made the rounds. It looks like the company took the suggestion to heart. Louis Vuitton is now selling a purse made out of a trash bag. And it costs $1,960. [Refinery 29]

Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision to insert a product seamlessly into a challenge. The delusion it won't make us puke. The vision to do something great for the world. The delusion that we care.

The View cohost was one of the past castmates featured on last night's Surviving Survivor. Fun facts! Before she was annoying us on Survivor and The View, she was annoying all of Boston as a designer for Puma.

Betsy Burns, author of The Female Fan's Guide to Football, came on to discuss "the basics" for poor, confused ladies who want to seem "with it" during Sunday's Super Bowl.

Amongst her tips were knowing the colors of the teams, and "lingo" you can use to make the menfolk believe you care about the game. Don't worry though, she doesn't expect women to be able to understand a point spread.

The winning entry in our little contest to find someone who'd watched the full 74 minutes of Susan Orlean and Kurt Andersen chatting about a life of letters in the digital age arrived at 3am. Let's meet the winner.

The Parks and Recreation staff helped with Tom's move, the aftermath of his Green Card marriage's dissolution, and met the first stereophonic vacuum. The world, however, was not ready; DJ Roomba soon fell, senselessly murdered while spreading his joyous tidiness.

Remember Daniel Brusilovsky, the 16-year-old startup CEO and TechCrunch contributor with 120,000 Twitter followers? The poor kid just threw it all away for a MacBook Air.

NBC made yet another blunder yesterday when The Roots' ?uestlove posted a photo to his twitter of the network's lunch menu created for Black History Month. Sykes was not amused and asked, "is the whole damn network on medical marijuana?"

Is the New York Times working on a "bombshell story" about Gov. David Paterson's personal life "that will be far worse than his acknowledged extramarital affair with a former state employee"? That's the rumor, and it could involve the claim the governor and his wife, Michelle, are swingers. God help us all if Oprah connected to this in any way. [NYDN, Daily Intel, Gawker]

The "real Timothy McSweeney" has died.

With her Drag Race in full effect and new rounds on the talk show circuit, it is time to remember RuPaul's roots. Here, she and other drag luminaries (Lady Bunny!) star in Tom Rubnitz's 1990 counterculture short masterwork, Pickle Surprise.

HBO is developing a comedy about "a powerful female online showbiz journalist with a no-holds-barred style." We called our pal Nikki to ask if it's about her. It was, as always, a delightful conversation.

Last night held some pleasant surprises for fans of The Office. One of those surprises was David Wallace. He stole the spotlight from the semi-impressive cameos of Kathy Bates and Christian Slater.

Sometimes what makes a prank great is the sheer amount of upfront work the pranksters are willing to do for the sake of lulz. These office workers actually installed a new wall to block the way to the CEO's office.

That takes dedication - maybe not dedication to work, but dedication nonetheless.

Senator Richard Shelby will block all of Barack Obama's nominees until he gets his pork.

Are you ever at a party talking to someone and they get frustrated that you're "too busy texting" to pay attention? In his season premiere, Demetri Martin created a new gadget which fills a need we didn't know we had.

Paris Hilton filming a commercial for Israeli television on Lexington Avenue ... Mary-Kate Olsen leaving her apartment in the Village ... Mike Myers crossing the street in Tribeca ... Cynthia Nixon talking on her cell phone in the West Village ... Pierce Brosnan going to lunch on the Upper East Side ... Jennie Garth arriving at JFK ... Channing Tatum getting out of a car in front of the Apple store in SoHo ... Lauren Conrad arriving at the Wendy Williams Show in Midtown ... Mick Jagger having a late-night dinner at La Esquina ... and James Gandolfini leaving lunch at Bubby's on Hudson Street.

Oh, Magic, the 7th most popular way to impress someone. Learn how to eat a dollar bill and then restore it to its previous condition. Warning: It'll cost you a buck.

Jon Stewart was psychoanalyzed last night to work through the issues he has about his recent appearance on The O'Reilly Factor. Wallace Shawn gave a rather awkward performance as the therapist but discovered the Oedipal root of Stewart's problems.