Metro Section: Masturbation, Spliffs, John Hodgman

•Toby unloads on "Bitch Session," where gay men -- "traditionally known for their near-stubborn reticence when it comes to expressing their thoughts, feelings and personal affairs to anyone within earshot" -- can unload. [ VividBlurry , who, btw, is begging for votes for the Urban Blogger Awards . Throw the boy a bone.]

•"Did you ever read or encounter a book when you were a kid that talked about how it was okay to masturbate?" [ DCeiver ]

•"Dude, I'm so baked. Hahaha. Butter spliff is more like it. Hahaha." [ BBBS ]

•The City Paper comes to the defense of the "longtime paying subscriber," "the fluorescent light bulb of the ongoing debate over how to save newspapers." [ WCP ]

•John Hodgman reads the names of 700 hoboes tonight at the Warehouse Theater. [ DCist ]