Being shot by a young right wing man at an event designed to make young people more right wing, literally at the exact moment you are arguing against laws is the closest thing I’ve ever seen to someone saying “if God exists, may he strike me with lightning” and then it actually happens.

My wife explaining one of 100 tertiary characters in My Brilliant Friend: “That’s Signora Marcellio Solaterrio Jr” Me explaining one of 100 tertiary characters in The Wire to my wife: “That’s Ploopie”

Before and after my appointment to secretary of defense