A lot of military contractors work in Crystal City, and the ads on the Metro reflect that. Instead of ads for firming cream there are ads for fighter jets and night vision goggles. And for this thing — an ugly-looking boat under which are emblazoned the words

THIS IS WHAT LITTORAL DOMINANCE LOOKS LIKE.

Littoral refers to the coastline, apparently. Today, for the first time, the twelve year old in me realized that with the addition of a single letter this word could be made dirty, and therefore hilarious. I chuckled to myself through the gauze of my hangover. It'd be sort of naughty, but the phrase wouldn't really mean anything.

Then I got to work, turned on the radio and learned that the Amazonian (i.e. physically dominant) ex-WNBA player Sheryl Swoopes has come out of the closet in order to promote a lesbian cruise line.

So apparently the universe is as immature as I am. I find this extremely encouraging.