When I was just starting out in journalism I applied for a job at a small paper in Rosenberg, TX. I started my cover letter with: "This job has my name written all over it." They very much did not call. But hey, we all end up where we're supposed to be. Happy Friday, y'all!

Somebody’s new year’s resolution?

Sending yourself an email is a digital Post-It note but sending yourself a text is like going through some sort of doppelgänger looking-glass.

It would seem that this means the English version is more accurate than the original French one.

Old Biff giving young Biff the Grays Sports Almanac, only it’s Bob Dylan giving his younger self a recording of “Murder Most Foul.”

The French posters for Star Wars (1977) and the 1982 mafia film Le Grand Pardon.

“Like trying to walk backwards in flip-flops” isn’t already a sage’s aphorism?

When you hear the first two seconds of “Running With the Night” by Lionel Ritchie and you think it’s gonna be “Sorrow” by The National…or the other way around.

She says “he’s my student,” but clearly Phil Connors would not have needed to take yet another private lesson with the piano teacher by that point.

Dolphins are sharks in comic sans.

David Byrne’s 40-year transformation from Cillian Murphy into Don DeLillo is nearly complete.

Recognition for superb standalone episodes in TV series: The Last of Us #3, Extrapolations #5, to name two. It’s like a genre unto itself.

New Order T-Shirt by The National 🤝 Hacienda by Vincent Delerm

Jeanne Dielman and her silver iPhone 12 Pro Max (128GB) w/ring grip.

a.k.a beatific Liam Neeson.

After you sing for your supper you can…