Yes I have no idea why they linked the prosecutor's career to successful prosecutions. I guess because the state wants the strongest possible people on its side?

I DO have a pretty bleak view of the American justice system, where ultimately facts do not matter, the jury's decision does (see CGP Grey's video on "The Law Your Won't Be Told"). Adnan has to prove some kind of misconduct to get a retrial.So far all he has is the Asia thing, which so far has not been strong enough.…

I don't know. Maybe he was a prosecutor who did his job - prove to twelve idiots that the state had a strong case proving Adnan's guilt - and he doesn't need a crusading journalist harassing him 15 years down the line.

I watched this episode while playing Clash of Clans, a game I dropped $25 bucks on. But I've played it for 2 years now, so hours per dollar, it's been a very cheap game.

I'm not following the show. Is the necrophilia from the book still in there?

"Lucy" was an insane movie and I support it having done well just because it was 1000% less predictable than everything else I have seen this year, even the good movies.

At the Book Expo of America in May, they had James Frey not as a speaker but as a guy who was assigned to a booth to hand out ice cream sandwiches to whoever asked. He also was clearly told to read your name tag and say, "Hi, _____!" and try not to look depressed while doing it. It was a very bizarre experience.

The Midrash I learned in school is that the Pharaoh wanted to see if baby Moses would try to overthrow him when he grew up, so he put two plates in front of the infant: one of gold and one of hot coals. Being a baby, Moses leaned forward and put his tongue on the hot coals (because babies shove things in their mouths)…

It's in the Oral Torah, the one non-Jews don't care about so much, but is just as important. Moses burned his tongue as an infant, so he had a lifelong stutter. That's why he brought Aaron and Joshua along everywhere. They would actually give the speeches for him.

Oh man, I love Amazon reviews.

So is he going to have a stutter, like the Moses of the bible did? For some reason the movies always leave that out.

Only 65? Damn, I thought he was in his 80's. We'll be fine.

I would rather not say, as people really do try and use that information to get ahead in publishing. Agent stalking is a real thing.

I guess I'm too hardened to think that anymore. Also, I'm 32, and I've written around 20 books. But I couldn't spend 30 years of my life as an accountant (seems to be a common job for aspiring middle aged writers) without killing myself, so I guess everyone has their special skill.

Just make sure it involves a sexy Mossad agent, Chinese Triads, and improbably-stolen nuclear weapons. Makes my work a lot easier because I stop reading the query letter at one of those phrases

Robert Ludlum is one of those guys who makes my job at a literary agency like 10x worse. I call it the "Mid-life Crisis Thriller" - someone has the same shitty job for 30 years, reads a lot of thrillers, decides hey, this can't be too hard, it's not like there's huge marketing dollars involved in their success, they…

Sopranos. North Caldwell, motherfuckas.

I wonder if I could copyright the term "Tyler Perry's"

Matt Damon did the audiobook for People's History of the United States. It was great.

There were a couple of other problems with Mel's anti-Semitic and sexist statements - like that he said them at other times, and he had a history of them, and he wasn't that apologetic about them. That was a lot more indicative of his general feelings towards Jews and women than his state that particular night.