NYT reporting it could be the head of Exxon Mobil. Trump's nemesis…climate change! His boon companion…Russia, which EM had a huge Arctic deal with before the US imposed sanctions against the country for their Ukraine shenanigans. And the CIA is sure that Russia meddled with the election, hacking the Republicans but…

My own…but I've said too much (hee-hee!)

I wouldn't mind watching it, but, honestly, Hamlet isn't one of my favorite Shakespeare plays anyway…

I hope the Panera Bread CEO is a liberal, since it seems that kind of food.

Wow.

And tonight's Best Porn Name Award goes to…Krystal de Boor, who is neither made of crystals, nor a boor, nor a Boer.

I've seen many a fine filmed production of Hamlet, but damn if I will watch Branaugh's unexpurgated, 4 hour one. Were I king of infinite time, but, alas, I'm not.

Since it's been a while, I have to reread Left Hand of Darkness. The first two Earthsea books are this amazing elemental fable/fairy tale. She knows how to create tonally pitch perfect atmosphere. The first book, I was pretty surprised it was a fantastic man vs. himself, as was the second book, but with lots of…

Our old buddy, old sport, Todd, at Vox, has a good interview with Denis Villeneuve, director of Sicario, Arrival, and the upcoming Blade Runner movie. My favorite quote, because I subscribe to the philosophy for that very pleasure of uncertainty he extolls:

I don't have them too often, but I actually like Carl's Jr.'s burgers and was disappointed this guy ran the place, and, also signed off on those gross ads featuring bikini models and C list celebrities eating burgers. I get that more fast food heads are Republicans not because Republicans eat more junk food than…

—Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. My novel of the year I think. Has particular relevance because it's about immigrants in Thatcher's England.
—I'm really a poor Ursula LeGuin fan. Only this year did I start the Earthsea books: A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan. Also novels of the year. I hope she stays…

Only being a rich straight white male will save you. (As it's always been.)

If he didn't do something harmful, stupid, and crazy every day over the next four years, there wouldn't be need for a story, would there?

Ironically (I have no idea if Cameron Bure was a Trump supporter), Fuller House will the best thing to keep our spirits over the next four years. "Mawkish sentimentality" has its uses, O'Neil!

These violent (Carl's Jr.) delights have violent (bathroom) ends.

This is a stupid title. Even for a superhero film.

Jodie Foster.

Oh how we have fallen big league since Under Siege. And I even liked the second one, though I don't remember if it holds up.

God, the Christmas commercials have begun. All ads are awful but Christmas ads are just above pharma ads in "Kill me now." This year, Santa is pretty happy working in car sales, and an affluent family waits for a Christmas day delivery grill for Dad. At least I'm not seeing too many cars in bows as presents. I wonder…

I set that up for you nicely.