I Love The Laconic. Clearly, I Am

People Have Been Modeling Their Lives After Films For Years, But The Medium Is Somehow Unsuited To Moral Lessons, Cautionary Tales Or Polemics Of Any Kind.

Moral Self-infatuation Has Its Own Corruptions, After All. With Time, Almost Every Other Principle Of The Magazine Acquired An Ironic Echo, A Sort Of Cackling Aftermath.

Nice Criticism Is Good When It Tells You Something. A Lot Of Negative "criticism" Isn't Criticism At All: It's Just Nasty, "writerly" Cliché And Invective.

Idle People Are Often Bored And Bored People, Unless They Sleep A Lot, Are Cruel. It Is Not Accident That Boredom And Cruelty Are Great Preoccupations In Our Time.

I Took A Little Celebrational Nap.