Reading is ... lost my train of thought. (Image by Matthew Rettenmund)

ABOVE: Just a reminder that my first novel — which gave this blog its name — is available in a new edition here!

BELOW: Keep reading for Jordan Knight's right stuff, Elon Musk wriggling out of the deal and more ...

INSTAGRAM (FOLLOWS ARE APPRECIATED): NKOTB star Jordan Knight is 52 years hung today!

Tucker Carlson derisively refers to @DanCrenshawTX, who lost his eye while serving our country as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan, as “eye-patch McCain.” pic.twitter.com/ItsrNyPGQd

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) May 17, 2022

TWITTER: Tucker Carlson slammed Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) as being nothing more than Eyepatch McCain. In his comments — made to an approving Tulsi Gabbard (D? R?-Of Nothing) — he was calling out Crenshaw's gall to support Ukraine. How about lily-livered Carlson's gall to attack a veteran over foreign affairs?

KENNETH IN THE (212): Buncha dudes in Speedos.

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: No, this sixty-something part-time greeter fired for making anti-gay comments about a co-worker doesn't deserve unemployment benefits. Next.

HUFF POST: Shocker! Looks like Elon Musk may have been insincere in his desire to acquire Twitter, seeing as how he bypassed due diligence until now, and is suddenly demanding proof of an impossibility — that only about 5% of accounts on Twitter are bots.

EXTRATV: Sounds like Andy Cohen will keep his baby daughter Lucy.