No Tallest Man on Earth or Beach House either (both of whom released their best work this year, too).

Two points:

Two points:

Having not had him as a professor, I can't speak to his ability, but good on him if he truly was a good writing teacher.  From my experience in writing departments, good teachers are excruciatingly hard to come by — most either don't care about students, don't care about writing, don't care about real, honest…

Having not had him as a professor, I can't speak to his ability, but good on him if he truly was a good writing teacher.  From my experience in writing departments, good teachers are excruciatingly hard to come by — most either don't care about students, don't care about writing, don't care about real, honest…

Goddamn you, @avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus .  You can't do that to me when I'm at work.  Work!

Goddamn you, @avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus .  You can't do that to me when I'm at work.  Work!

Gives them good practice for ages 16+

Gives them good practice for ages 16+

Boy, have I fallen for this truism all too often.

Boy, have I fallen for this truism all too often.

"Faster Madea, Madea's gaining on us!"

"Faster Madea, Madea's gaining on us!"

My Mormon buddies who work at Disneyland/varying degrees of southern California show-biz claim the same; the SLC flock are some Children of the Corn shit.

My Mormon buddies who work at Disneyland/varying degrees of southern California show-biz claim the same; the SLC flock are some Children of the Corn shit.

That he pulls it off whilst being an observant Mormon is even better.  I think it's a nutty faith, but even he shows that they can be human beings among the living.

That he pulls it off whilst being an observant Mormon is even better.  I think it's a nutty faith, but even he shows that they can be human beings among the living.

They like Newton because he was a life-long virgin who attributed all his scientific discoveries to God, thus he's one of those "good scientists" to them.

They like Newton because he was a life-long virgin who attributed all his scientific discoveries to God, thus he's one of those "good scientists" to them.

@BobbyBrownGoesDown:disqus very true; I like to imagine him as a man who talks as if he likes to chew on the insides of his own cheeks, which is incidentally how he looks, too.