It’s always a gamble — don’t kid yourself. Hillary Clinton was arguably the most qualified presidential candidate in our nation’s history, and to say the smart money was on her from day 1 would be an understatement. But didn’t we lose that gamble? (And anyway, was the prospect of an HRC administration really so rosy…

Electability counts for nothing in your book, I take it? The man is beloved across an unprecedented number of demographics. He’s not just charismatic; he seems at least as capable of absorbing new ideas as most career politicians. And he’s gracious as all hell.

It was sincere — your time was only wasted on a shallow response. You’re welcome to try again — or feel free to stick with your dubiously relevant interpretation.

Now tell me why.

I’m not 100% sure what Crackle is, but The Critic has been on YouTube long enough for me to have watched the whole series multiple times at work.

I certainly hope not! Because that would mean I completely imagined the Martha lyric

Is it ridiculous that I’m still annoyed at him for not actually running for president?

That picture looks so familiar...

The only thing I remember about that show is that Doherty wins a phone-in contest at one point by pre-dialing the first six digits of the radio’s station’s number, then waiting for the DJ to announce the lines are open. I thought that was so cool.

What, he’s tall, so he must’ve seen everything on his first visit, right? Presumably while he was playing basketball professionally and reaching things on high shelves for old ladies in supermarkets — right? That’s some heightist bullshit.

I never thought about it like that before, or indeed now. But if not for the tense, it would make a fine koan.

Yes. And he’s better than I’ve given him credit for. I still worry about the comb he lost in Stand by Me. (Come to think of it, that comb was the original Slider.)

Fake Johnny Depp, whose name escapes me at the moment, didn’t harm the film, either. But I suppose Liev Schreiber picks up that deep-and-breathy mantle in the sequels, to some extent.

They could finally answer the question, “Why does Ross, the largest of the Friends, not simply eat the others?”

Oh, right.

What about Oprah? Didn’t she, like, give us all cars, or something?

To be fair, you may be onto something in regards to the Japanese laws.

If they changed the rules the way you’ve apparently imagined I’ve suggested they changed the rules, perhaps. But even then, that’s only your imagination.

They really are worth a look.

“Both the BRIT Awards and the Hyundai Mercury Prize aim to be as inclusive as possible within their parameters, and their processes and eligibility criteria are constantly reviewed.”