She certainly didn’t read the entire article. Sigh.

My opinion - most reporters care more about appearing to be unbiased by “not taking sides” than they do about conveying the truth.

Even the Guardian keeps reporting this as “allegations” that the organization “denies” — like those videos were never debunked.

You both sound lovely!

And now Shiny Shiny stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

AYUMI I LOVE YOU

This is a terrible idea. Seriously, just terrible.

She is completely wonderful. And Getting On is fantastic in every way, one of the best television series ever, I think.

For 20+ years nobody found the Leia scene/figurine offensive. Then in the last decade or so we’ve seen this pc mindset about it take hold

Great article, Anna. You did a superb job in all respects. Thank you.

That is Lex Luthor by way of Crispin Glover.

WE CAN’T EVER GO BACK TO ARIZONA

I had a similar impression from reading this review - that the book seems shallow, more descriptive of what it means to procrastinate instead of probing the underlying dynamics. When I saw it includes corny cartoons, I knew it wasn’t for me.

Bless.

I highly recommend this personal essay on procrastination published recently in the London Review of Books -

His name is Tiny Doo.

She sounds like a moron, frankly. I don’t know why she decided to spend so much time and energy trying to make this guy likable and sympathetic. She is probably trying to work out some personal issue through her film - or maybe this is just the documentary filmmaker version of being a ‘cool girl.’

I will happily follow you over to Wonkette. Gawker’s loss is their gain.

Amazing

Agreed, of all time. Endlessly quotable, in my house anyway.