It's Sunday, the weekend is in full bloom, so we can take a moment off from analyzing the relentless decline of the state, the Democratic Party and everything that is good and right in the world, and get down to gossip.

In this instance, gossip about Diane Savino, hard-hitting State Senator from Staten Island, founding member of the enough-Sampson-already Independent Democratic Caucus in the Senate, and, since her passionate speech in the unsuccessful marriage equality debate of 2009, something of a gay icon as well.

The New York Times:

CHOMP AND TALK Usually around 10 a.m., I’ll eat breakfast. I kind of chomp while I’m on the phone. I’ve found I’m more of an Italian than anything else when it comes to breakfast. Italians don’t eat a lot for breakfast.

TIDYING UP I’m a neurotic cleaner. Most people will tell you my house looks like nobody lives there. And when I’m on the phone with people, I’m constantly cleaning and spraying. Right now, I’m actually sweeping the floor.

Deep stuff, no?

So in the spirit of the Times piece, when next I see the Senator, I think I'll forego asking her about, say, her view on labor rights, and will instead meekly inquire whether she's interested in lending a hand to clean my messy desk - gotta start somewhere - and what precisely her connection, if any, is to Savino's Quality Pasta, a neighborhood gem I always run to when I need to really impress with dinner.