[Update: Since we wrote this, the curtain's been torn down and Da Blunt appears to be open for business.]

What's a little startup to do when it's invited to two schmoozetastic parties in one night? Send the CEO to one and the marketing director to the other, natch. Yes, more than one startup actually did this (and several others hit both parties despite the hour commute) last night with Palo Alto's Stirr Mixer and Om Malik's GigaOM party.

Update: This news is two months old. Had we googled "GigaOmniMedia" instead of "Giga Omni Media," we would have known.

• Another month, another Stirr! Supposedly, this popular Palo Alto schmooze night requires an invitation and an RSVP. But you can join the waitlist if you're feeling lucky. [Stirr.net]

• Om Malik hires Red Herring writer Liz Gannes (pictured) to write for his tech blog, GigaOM. The move means Liz will finally get a byline. [Weblogs Work, photo by Brian Oberkirch]

Frankly, this post just exists so we can say "sex" a lot. But one of Om Malik's bloggers at the tech site GigaOM discovered a great way to illustrate his anti-booth-babe article about the E3 gaming conference.

BusinessWeek's hype-killing article on Google's product line has everyone buzzing about the company's product cycle. Guest writer Garry Bibb explains the process — it all starts with a Battlestar Galactica marathon and some Mike's Hard Lemonade.