So apparently Dan Savage and I have the same playlist. That shouldn't surprise me as much as it does.

If you think that's hyperbole in this situation (at least the trauma part; you're the one who introduced rape into the discussion), then no, I don't think we do have anything to discuss.

Unless he does text back, I think all you can really do is let it go as best you can and wait and see what happens tomorrow. Maybe he's got stress of his own over whatever he needs a ride for, maybe he thought it was some kind of weird excuse, maybe he is just distracted and not really processing. If it needs to be…

If you think being spied on in an intimate situation without consent couldn't traumatize someone if they found out about it just because "it's not rape"…well, I hope for your sake you never find out how wrong you are. (And don't say "but they're not going to find out." You can't guarantee that, and neither can the…

That's okay, though. You just know he buys the stuff in bulk.

That's not as crazy as it sounds. The parent company is a pretty big conservative donor.

Reading the National Review over the past few days has been fascinating. They almost sound like a mainstream outlet.

I already had West Wing reruns for that.

Poor, poor late-night writers. How much frantic reworking and reshooting are they doing right now?

That's what you get out of the books? Huh. I mean, I admire your optimism, but even if you grant the premise that everyone is fighting for their own version of peace and justice (which I don't think I can; some prominent characters seem very much okay with letting the world burn), their definitions of those concepts…

Yeah, it was hard enough getting people to pay any attention to the Night's Watch during peacetime. Now that everything else has gone to shit, why pick that as the one rule that remains in effect?

Sounds more like the guy Spider-Man winds up having to deal with on what's supposed to be his lunch break.

I think that's why the Animated Series giving him Darkseid was a good idea: it gives him someone who's a match on a physical scale, but who can also potentially outthink him.

Maybe he can team up with Prince Robot to get his redemption.

Could you understand him, or did he just go "womp-womp-womp" the whole time?

Can't you just start going by your first name only and beg Batman to take you on as a sidekick?

If your goal is to burn Washington to the ground and start over, everything is proceeding according to plan.

The Hydra version? Maybe.

Does China have Pikachu parades, or is that just Japan and/or Korea? I'm wondering what happens if there's a cute yellow mascots throwdown.

Please do. It at least stands a better chance of being effective than my "nobody likes your bill, Pat" calls.