I was torn about including this. I didn’t really like it as an album and as a musical soundtrack it gives some sense of character but almost no sense of narrative (then again, I don’t know that watching the show would make things much clearer.)
Year in Review 2017: YouTube
Levni Yilmaz’s Tales of Mere Existence series is the kind of slice-of-life humor that makes you feel less alone with your own foibles and insecurities.
Year in Review 2017: TV
There just aren’t enough eyes to go around these days. The rise of prestige TV, beginning (arguably) with Game of Thrones before exploding (again, arguably) with True Detective, coincides with the fall of the standard multi-cam sitcom.
Year in Review 2017: Books
A superb example of the epistolary format, Dear Committee Members fails as a satire only insofar as it succeeds as an accurate portrayal of academia.
And This Was Before That Recurring “We Got Him” Gag on Last Week Tonight
Breaking News: Racist Old Man Still Racist
Jumping to Conclusions
If you were one of those people who called McCain disgusting when he voted to debate the ACA repeal and/or three days later called him a hero for voting against the bill, which is what he said he was going to do and then changed his mind about doing and then changed his mind back (both times for who knows what reason)—please just stop talking/typing about politics forever thank you.
Thoughts on Dylan’s Nobel
What is the point of the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Certain of Eventual Failure 