Nicholas Sparks was the male comp for Jennifer Weiner I was thinking of. He seems much less likely to get shelved in a "romance/women's interest" area than Weiner, even though they're both very formulaic fiction writers.

I have heard that Kate Upton opinion multiple times and want to punch everything.

If pop culture extends to video games, it's a shame to omit Cate Archer (relationship to Archer, Archer undetermined).

There's nothing wrong with starting out ignorant. One would hope that after working on an article for months on end, Hannan wouldn't have still been hopelessly ignorant about trans issues.

For one, because state marijuana laws and federal marijuana laws are not actually in conflict. The state of Washington doesn't say that federal officials cannot prosecute marijuana offenses. It says that state officials and local officials won't prosecute marijuana offenses. The mere fact that marijuana possession is…

Sorry to derail, but Kat, were you aware Gawker Media is now paying Caleb Hannan, author of that awful Dr. V story, to write for Deadspin?

Hi, I'm Caleb Hannan. You may know me from such pieces as "I outed a trans woman who later killed herself and never apologized for it."

I'm glad you pointed out the dog-leg-humping thing. That was my immediate response and comparison. While dolphins are definitely smarter than dogs, this guy has romanticized and anthropomorphized the dolphin-equivalent of leg humping to some desire of the dolphin to be his girlfriend. The coverage of this has…

Truth bombs: everything that's not Julie Andrews about Mary Poppins is goddamn unwatchable. Dick Van Dyck. Embarrassing 60's special effects. Mary Poppins is crap.

Too bad. This one should've been great fun.

An awful lot of his examples are ones that should never ever come up in a mature relationship. Somebody who asks you "am I the greatest lover you've ever had" or "do you ever think about other people when we have sex" is deeply insecure or immature. You should never have to lie to someone about those questions because…

I believe there should be a licensing system for men to run without shirts. You should have to convince 2/3 of a jury of your peers that your torso is one everyone should see.

Ignoring all the moral issues tied up with using nuclear weapons, the last thing anyone should be doing with nuclear weapons is making them extremely portable, difficult to control, and easily stolen or captured.

The first thing that came to mind for me was the Fukushima reactor disaster and how difficult it was to figure out how to suit people up enough to respond to the event. The biological limitations for humans for how close they could get and how long they could stay there was a very real problem. I'm not sure that this…

She also just looks kind of squinty, like something was in her eye or they caught her at a bad moment. That could also be distorting her familiar features.

I suggested Jessica Williams on the Gawker article, though I think Sam Bee would kick ass too.

"I would hate to unduly upset anyone" = "I would be embarrassed to be called out on the terrible views that I once shared with a public official, hoping that he would enact policies in keeping with those terrible views"

Here's what DC law says (http://dccode.org/simple/section…):

In most states, assaults causing serious bodily injury qualify as aggravated assaults. The seriousness of an injury will vary greatly from case to case. Injuries threatening death will qualify as a serious injury, as will those which maim or disfigure the victim. Some states specify by statute particular injuries that…

That's just not true. In most jurisdictions (including Indiana), assault that causes serious bodily injury is some form of aggravated assault.