Unfair Use

“Good morning, and welcome once again to BookTalk. Today our guest is the always-controversial arts biographer, Mr. Tyrell Hokus. Mr. Hokus, good day to you.” “Good morning, Ross.” “Tom.” “Ross.” “I can assure you.” “Well, hell. Sorry about that. I could have sworn it was Ross.” “Think nothing of it. …

Suboptimization

Let us say that you are an average American consumer, and you have taken it on yourself to purchase a combination shotgun/rod and reel so that you can recreationally kill two kinds of wildlife at once.  During a commercial break near the end of the evening’s episode of Law & Order: …

Snake Tube Boogie

Wednesday, Sept. 11 5:00 PM (CBS2) News (NBC5) News (ABC7) News (WGN9) Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Sabrina is drowned by the townspeople for consorting with the Devil. (PBS11) I Can Slaughter That!: home butchery. 5:30 PM (PBS20) Charlie Rose: Charlie interviews the song “Joe McCarthy’s Ghost”. (WCIU26) Let’s Laugh with …