Listen, I’m already on the computer. I don’t need to be on the computer any more than I already am.

Listen, I’m already on the computer. I don’t need to be on the computer any more than I already am.

"How often does the male romantic lead tell the female lead he's interested in her because she reminds him of his father?"

“I’m here to see my mom”

“I’m here to see my mom”

"What's remarkable is the book you're trying to sell me a promotion for is not one I wrote. It's by my estranged father, John Ortberg. I've never called Dallas Willard in the middle of a ministry cris...

Last week I asked some of my friends about the worst things their mothers ever said to them (and in the interest of fairness, the nicest things their mothers had ever done).

Last week I asked some of my friends about the worst things their mothers ever said to them (and in the interest of fairness, the nicest things their mothers had ever done).

and in the interest of fairness, the nicest thing she’s ever done.

and in the interest of fairness, the nicest thing she’s ever done.

People like to see a young white man vacuuming. It makes them feel good.

People like to see a young white man vacuuming. It makes them feel good.

Previously: Every Pete Hornberger subplot on 30 Rock’s Season Two.

In my experience the hardest part about coming out with a book is you spend anywhere from one week to one month afterwards going around absolutely furious that you haven’t won an award yet.

Relevant to this exchange: Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and a mild defense of Edmund Bertram.

I often like John Early’s work. I love John Early’s taste. I came to one of my favorite movies, the bracing, pensive 1990 Canadian docudrama Strangers in

You're the man for me, sir

Previously in 30 Rock coverage:

Season One Pete Hornberger is a little tricky to figure out.

"It therefore makes perfect sense that Babar’s thoughts, after an interval of confused and wordless wandering, drift in the direction of exquisite trifles"

"It therefore makes perfect sense that Babar’s thoughts, after an interval of confused and wordless wandering, drift in the direction of exquisite trifles"

Word has gotten around lately that I successfully parallel parked the big bus at work this week. The word is true.

Previously in Vizier Studies: If you’re having problems with your liege, look within.

There was always so much to do, you know, during the Trojan War, and it was very noisy most of the time, because of all the weapons and so forth – chariots – so I couldn’t always hear my own commander...

A chat with Isabel Pabán Freed about humidity, Twilight, and carrying a man on your back for 100 miles until he becomes your husband

I got a new job at my job

A Conversation With Jordy Rosenberg, The Other Trans Man Who Published A Novel About A Difficult Woman Named Barbara This Year

One must behave shrewdly at every moment, while all the time appearing to behave naturally, as one moved solely by instinct. The lack of self-consciousness must be both perfect and complete.

Managing intrusive anxious thoughts can be challenging for anyone, but it’s doubly difficult for the arsonist, who often has to flee the scene of his or her latest attempts at fire-starting before bei...

Hello from Chatner Central!

"If you used to joke a lot about retiring together and then she stops bringing it up"

chicken fried steak, getting your grandchildren to respect you, and Elaine May

Daniel Lavery is one of the funniest writers of his generation. Lavery is a former Dear Prudence advice columnist at Slate, the cofounder of The Toast, and…

You do have to come to one of the book events. I'm not made of money