Sometimes less is more. End headline with "horses," and you're there.

It's a metaphor, baby. For the difficulty, dah-ling, of getting work after gaining a humanities Ph.D. So much violence therein. Dig?

RUN TORTOISE RUN

Print magazines have a tactile, sensuous quality that those of us who can't afford Apple products might appreciate.

"I admit it: I want rock music to be a little decadent. It’s supposed to be decadent, and suck you into a sleazy, skeezy, escapist wormhole every once in a while."

Probably because The Killers make pretty cool music. Also (living in the SW), I'm convinced that all Mormons are successful, and Brandon Flowers is a Mormon.

I, too, heard Mr. Auslander get interviewed on NPR, and he sounded like a funny, interesting guy. For what it's worth.

@avclub-b6e5391be8277308d0801a0be95ac706:disqus I just Wiki'd Jan Bondeson. Looks interesting. Do you have any specific recommendations?

But in Equus, see, there's this guy who…oh never mind, you're probably right.

"Honestly, those are the only things that make life worth living."

There are a few things to unpack there. Being a bit of a wonk myself, I usually like tech details—in a pop-sci text, that's the main course. This is different, however, from the "bios of scientists" stuff that is the bane of such volumes. Let's face it: unless you're Feynman, there's a very high probability that a…

Perfect also for rooting out local equine-worshippers. Simply place mask over head and repeat, at intervals, "Neigh, neigh." If you feel an uncomfortable pressure near or around your ocular cavities, you may be in the presence of one of said cultists.

@avclub-1b1f9a3e639ecc53f335314fc9d8403b:disqus —I think you mean that you agree. I think Ordinary People is great, too.

Hells yeah, Sunshine. I can't believe it when people say that movie sucked, cuz, like, it totally didn't. It's maybe my favorite Danny Boyle—Trainspotting perhaps being a better film, but lacking some of the awesome.

OK. False, but this isn't really the place for that even-tempered discussion. OK.

This is even more evident in people's views of historical films. For instance: Rocky and Ordinary People are both legitimately very good films, if not great ones. However, when people talk about them now, it's always in the context of "not as awesome as [respectively] Taxi Driver and Raging Bull"—which is the sort of…

All I'm saying is: This has all happened before. This will all happen again. You're not going to convince me that it's "talent" that has been turning teenagers into international phenomena since the invention of the television. She's just one more iteration, and I don't see any particular reason to hate her any more…

True: most children are utterly competent artists free of any possibility of being unduly influenced by the opinions of others. Lana Del Rey is the worst.

Yes, that's how it works I think. You could pay me off, anyway.

Winslet's been my celebrity crush for years, now.