Ah, thank you! I assumed it was specific to Japanese landscape art, and no one seems to discuss it as specific to that context (so my extra keyword was throwing me off).

OK, four minutes of googling and I've given up. What the hell is "the ma of Japanese landscape painting"? It sounds interesting, but I can find nothing about its existence.

I have to admit, this adds fuel to the fire of my suspicion that Notaro is just really hard to stay on good terms with.

The Australian TV station Eleven is a fool! Still, one must admire the force of their conviction.

"Richard…"

Reading internet forum discussions about elections is a great way to be reminded how depressing the basis of our democracy is. And no, it's not because of insightful comments about how terrible all the candidates are.

Yeah, I don't know her biography and I'm sure I'd be more tolerant if I did, but I think this speech would still strike me as arrogant as well as overwrought. "The only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life"?? Come on. I don't think I'm diminishing the importance of acting and film among the arts,…

I do think this an interesting distinction among shows. For example, I enjoyed the Wet Hot American Summer prequel show, Party Down, and The Larry Sanders Show, but have never particularly felt the urge to rewatch. Curb Your Enthusiasm I enjoyed episodes of but have never even felt the urge to watch more. But for me,…

In Soviet Russia…

It was only political intrigue that kept you watching, not the stellar cast, hilarious characters and brilliant dialogue?

Theory: the Groundhog Day phenomenon is real, but we never hear about it because everyone it happens to says "Well why not try heroin?" and then they never crack the character development puzzle that breaks the cycle because they never again try *not* doing heroin.

OK, this was lame, but WHAS isn't, nor is the song "Jane". Here is my opportunity to seize the audience who might have landed here because they like those things to say that the song "Jane" mashes up pretty brilliantly with Katy Perry's "California Gurls". This was pretty much my favorite idea I ever had, and they…

Childrens Hospital.

Wasn't Livewire the one who last season, for reasons I could not discover, announced "I HATE helicoptors!"?

I remember reading that part of the planning stages for Antarctic missions involves applying some sort of multiplicative factor to account for the slowing of cognition that happens when people are cold. Might even be true, who knows!

Huh. I always had the exact opposite impression. Curious what proportion of these photos look icy to you: https://www.google.com/sear…

Ah, thanks. Never heard of him. And now, off to never hear of him again.

Um, ok, but did you read the story? From where I'm sitting, this is very, very, very obviously not about stealing a bit. They are (as comedians are wont to do) ironically highlighting the immense and terrifying absurdity of a sitting governor asking blacks for a "Thank you, white men, for ending slavery," by casting…

Having won some arguments on the internet (which typically equates to the other side running out of rebuttals and ghosting), I think in addition to the above there are two effective techniques. Though it's also important to note the probability of a pyrrhic victory, as this generally involves a huge waste of time…

Same.