I would like to reopen the topic of Aquaman. I have never liked Aquaman, largely because I have never liked the water. Further, I always considered him the weakest link of the Superfriends. Even worse than Zan and Jayna's pet monkey, Gleek. Consider: he can't really go anywhere or do anything unless there is water there (which resulted in water being written into the unlikeliest of cartoon scenes). His telepathy is only aquatic telepathy. Using those little white circles that shoot out of his head, he can talk to fish and get them to do his bidding. Who wants to talk to a fish? Even though he is handsome, he probably smells like the seafood counter at Met Food. If you have walked past the seafood counter at Met Food, you know what I am talking about. I would suggest this puts a serious damper on his social life were it not for Aqualad.

Batman had Robin (in response to particular rumors, he also got Batgirl); Aquaman had Aqualad. Same concept: a young tagalong in tight pants. Aquaman's nickname for his youthful companion is "Tadpole," which seems overly familiar even to my jaded ears. Naturally, on children's television, they could not go without supervision, so enter Tuskey the walrus, their faithful chaperone. Tuskey the walrus means well, but you cannot turn your back on him for a moment. He has a good heart but an empty head, a portrayal that calls to mind the colored servants in the old Bobbsey Twins books I read as a child. Oh, that Tuskey, look at the trouble he's gotten into this time. Better rescue him, Aquaman! Lawsey me, Aqualad, put some pants on!

In other news, I remembered my PIN number today. Actually, I did not remember it so much as stumble across it. I wrote it down, but it does not seem familiar to me at all, even though I have been using it for ten years. Is it possible to have amnesia just for numbers? I can think of things I would rather forget, including my entire life between seventh and tenth grades, my hairstyle in the late 1980s, and "Joanie Loves Chachi."

I need a vacation.