The Best Thing on TV

Welcome to Underhand Productions' 'Master Surgeon'.

You six amateur surgeons must choose from a selection of twelve surgical instruments.

Surgeons, you have one hour to perform a cholecystectomy. Good luck!

You are now about half way.

Five minutes.

Time is up. Surgeons put down your scalpels and step away from your tables.

Put down your scalpels!

Hardboiled Sentence of the Week

Hardboiled sentence of the week: 'I usually drink for good reason -- Immanuel Kant's birthday, the anniversary of my third paternity suit -- but I was just trying to pass the time while I waited for the client.' 

Jay Russell, Celestial Dogs

Setting Your Teeth On Edge

So there I was in the dentist's office, waiting for my appointment, reading Arthur Conan Doyle. Which book? 'Tales of Unease'.

Wedged between Kingsley Amis and Will Self

Oh look, here I am rubbing shoulders with Kingsley Amis, Alexander Baron, Al Alvarez, Bernice Rubens, Frederic Raphael, Clive Sinclair, Howard Jacobson, Harold Pinter, Zadie Smith, Naomi Alderman & Will Self ... but do I get even a penny extra in royalties? Fuhgeddaboutit. 

Jewish Quareterly 60th Anniversary Collection