if jeff basals had fun in high school would stop to go to a strip mall to buy socks. i know some of you are going "this story is not funny, my kid got bullied." i mean, i can see where they get it from. shit. and finally, let's talk about dating. fellas, you got big plans this weekend, taking a lady on a first date? guess what? no matter where you're going, it's already terrible already terrible. >> a list of on acceptable places to take a woman on a first date is going viral and social media and its leading men stomped on where else to go. on the list, cheesecake factory took number one followed by the olive garden, chipotle, and chili's. but other places mentioned include movies, the gym, coffee and ice cream dates, and a bar for drinks. clubs and hookah lounges also made the list. [laughter] >> desus: wait, that's everyplace. so you can't go to a bar, you can't go to a club, you can't fight a girl over to my boy's house while the six of us watch a movie on a macbook while sharing one blunt? that's crazy! i don't know how scientific this list is, kind of looks like

baron's book collision of power, trump, basals, and the washington post, he retired as executive editor of the washington post, took on the job not long before jeff bezos bought the paper and then of course shortly thereafter trump became president and i'm looking forward to an inside look at that political era which continues into the present day, from someone who's that kind of an insider and a legendary journalist as well and i'm very happy that my newspaper's book event in november, to talk about the book, that is of the political books i'm looking at, the one i'm most excited to start. >> host: the tampa bay times, do you sponsor a book festival or just holding individual events? >> we sponsor a book festival. it's in its 31st year. the tampa bay times festival of reading, this year we have nine authors, we have michael connelly, dave barry, lauren groff, a number of other terrific authors, and i'm looking forward to it. i do a lot of on stage interviews with those authors and a ton of work, and a highlight of my years. >> that something booktv should look at, coming down to. one of the authors that's going to be on the book festival circuit