Just wait till they make it a T shirt with a picture from the kids' cartoon TV show, then it will be so awesome!

I seem to remember someone bemoaning how Dan's not been focusing on the freak show much lately - this column is for you!

"Look, we recognize that this is no way to initiate a real discourse with
people who want to see you stripped of basic human rights, but… well,
we’re not sure how to end that sentence"

Kind of two different things there.

I was working in a comics shop when Image, the Valiant Universe and whatever they call that group that Shooter started with X-O Man of War all started up (TMNT back in its day too); each time I just looked at them and said "no way." Turns out I was generally pretty wrong about nameless super hero universes getting…

To be fair, he's not wrong.

You'd be surprised how quickly a superhero universe starts selling.

And this villain is bald, just like the real thing!

Or not.

Why do you think they call it "The Onion"?

Oooh, "quisling!" There's an old word that's suddenly become useful again.

Bloody hell.

A good friend who was once the best man at my wedding (and I at his hers) transitioned some years ago and I'll admit I stumbled a few times, but actually I found it was pretty easy to "transition" my language when discussing her. I haven't had a chance to talk about her much lately as she sort of dropped off the…

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I may have to stop posting here lest the Onion folks decide to make a comedy about their lovable internet commenters and use my likeness!

I'm still holding out for the 'living in a cardboard box rat' stuff.

Until he quit smoking, a carton of American Spirits would have sufficed.

A possibly insufferable figure of grumpiness.

What's your favorite book and why?

I was concerned that it was a trap.