In other news: ironic distance is the old black

Barney Frank: not necessarily the first openly gay member of Congress. Photograph: Darren Mccollester/Getty Images

• "I are an actual journalist. Please note my concern for the first amendment, a quaint notion that I believe applies to me and to the eight people I had dinner with last night, and not necessarily to potty-mouthed high-schoolers."

• And speaking of actual journalists: "Privacy is for pedos."

• Fahrenheit 416? Bradbury gives in to e-books.

• An important distinction: "An earlier version of the article called Mr Frank the first openly gay member of Congress. He was the first member of Congress to voluntarily acknowledge he was gay." (via The Dish)

• Nothing is sacred.

• "You don't need a point of reference/You just need to be afraid."