Yeah, I'm kinda upset that this was his reason and not, say, everything Cee-Lo has said in public over the past two years. I had assumed a level of decency that I guess wasn't there.

Yeah, I feel bad going to really shitty businesses, but supporting pretty much any major company is horrifying and sad. Chick Fil A has awful views, but that pales in comparison to the ecological destruction and economic exploitation that's inherent to all fast food.

Please no.

That's actually in line with the source material, though. The first Conan story was about him as an old king, fighting an attempt to usurp his throne. I would honestly love to see Arnold return to the series for some of those stories.

Please no.

Uuuuuugh I did and I'd somehow blocked it out until just now.

A strong observation. I doubt there's many serious writers who, upon editing, said "eh, these words are pretty unnecessary, but who cares?" Faulkner and Hemingway couldn't be further apart stylistically, but Absalom, Absalom! was almost certainly as heavily-edited and carefully constructed as anything Hemingway wrote.

I was going to respond with snark, but I watched The Cobbler two weeks ago and haven't been able to stop talking about it and trying to explain it.

Man, this is a great gimmick poster, utterly nailing the wrong-headed snobbery of the real Will McAvoy.

Ghosts are spirits trapped on the material plane, though, so him being a ghost means he can't be in hell. It's a tough call.

I ever said he wasn't a good writer. Just a dick who says dumb things.

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

"Nothing left to prove" is dead on. There's a real confidence and comfort on these records that I like, and he clearly loves doing them. I saw him play a few months back— a fantastic show all around —and he closed by cradling the microphone and crooning "Don't Try To Change Me Now." It felt like that said all he…

I love this, because This Year's Model is basically the perfect record for this discussion— a masterpiece that sarcastically portrays every manner of sneering male entitlement.

I can't wait to get called a white knight, myself.

As a writer, I occasionally find myself in awe of Hemingway, and I still take her side here— Hemingway's minimalism is incredibly flashy and mannered, and not naturalistic at all. As much as Hemingway gets praised for his simplicity, his style is distinct and noticeable, while Fitzgerald feels effortless.

Always down for a good Franzen burn. Fuck Franzen. His introduction to one of the Martin Beck novels was one of the most sneering, pompous things I've ever read. Sjowall and Wahloo changed popular fiction dramatically and created a whole genre, and when given the chance to explain why they're important, he uses his…

The gun is good. The penis is evil.

I've seen Hannibal and you're not wrong.

Yeah, but all his movies look like an episode of TV.