Last year, I couldn't wait to come into Slate and read the excellent commentary about The Wire in TV Club.

This year, I get half way through one of posts, and I can hardly keep my eyes open. How could Slate do this to us?

The laziness continues. You're "quite sure that" there have been other Hamsterdams? Do crack open your reporter's notebook at any point you like and regale us with precise examples. Unbelievable.

of my undergrad creative writing students. Dudes, do your homework!