This should be rock bottom for BoJack, unless next season he accidentally kills off one of the main cast. But the show has ably and authentically mirrored the formula of a self-hating addict's life, and now, since it is a show after all, it's time for the long, grueling run upward. We like BoJack. We feel empathy and…

I like further reading, and the footnotes tell me in what books the stuff I'm interested in are.

Best Brexit joke I heard (from Bill Maher): 49% voted for Sense and Sensibility. 51% voted for Pride and Prejudice.

Yes. But the supescripted numbers don't block the flow, the comprehension, or the look of the text for me, and they're pretty handy to coalesce data with sources, so I like them. Let's see if the other way is a recent invention or has always been done in popular books or academic texts. If not, tradition knows best.

I knew you would chime in. See, people, the academic isn't a fan.

Can I gently tease William by pointing out "If we’re talking about movies, that often means Stanley Kubrick, who not only devoted his life to making movies, but to watching them as well." is really Captain Obvious and doesn't say anything? Generally speaking, artists are fans of the art they're doing. But, thanks,…

Anybody else not like page-numbered footnotes? They've come up in every nonfiction book I've read recently. Regular, numerical footnotes collect the data in one place, and are apparent in what they're referring to. With page-numbered footnotes, I don't know what things are cited, as facts from sources, and I have to…

I'm not a fan of playing sketch practical jokes on civilians by pretending to be crazy or absurd, to get a reaction. Letterman's drive-thru stuff, while considered a classic by many, wasn't for me.

That's a lot of white in the header image. Too white. Tilda Swinton fighting a Yeti on Everest white.

Great Job, Time!

What's on Trump's playlist? Does he even listen to music? Seriously, I could see him not knowing and caring about any music. The same way his ghostwriter believes he's never read a book.

Thanks. Yep, as expected, that was the Cate Blanchett-Massive Attack video I sent to a friend because we're both fans of her. I put up Lisa Hanawalt's talk for everybody's viewing pleasure.

Man, does Pitt still look good. Maybe he really is Benjamin Button.

In your defense, there aren't that many Nazis for you to find. Inconveniently, they are no longer concentrated all in one country, taking over that country where you, as the trademarked Nazi hunter you aspire to be, can easily go to and fight them.

How does this explain Trump, then: a clearly out-of-shape, orange 70 year old with a fast food habit (or are all of those photos lies?!), on a grueling presidential campaign schedule who reportedly has never read a book in his life. Your study is invalid!

You would have pulled the hat trick if they announced Jill Stein would make a guest appearance.

Eh, I don't like film and TV writers doing multiple projects at once, because they can spread themselves too thin and the work suffers. But I understand that the nature of TV means you're stuck doing the same thing for years, so it feels like creative freedom to do something else. Just don't slack off on Preacher,…

So what he really wants to do is direct? I'm of two minds about this: directors who are perfectionist assholes can get great performances out of their actors, and their visions on screen. But I don't really think you need to treat people badly to do this. Eh, no, one mind: as Woz said in Steve Jobs, being a great…

Once you enter politics, baby, even political commenting on internet sites, you're not allowed to have a personal life. We demand you and at regular times!

Yeah, what I was referring to. Isn't that quote amazing? It's a perfectly written line for such a character in a parody movie.