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Stephen Hawking discusses The Simpsons (via Andrew Sullivan). ... I'd been hearing noises about this TV commercial set to a Phil Collins song, but I had no idea it was so long, so unrelated to the product, and so (brilliantly) bizarre. ... Dwight Garner links to a great clip of Glenn Danzig showing off some of his book collection (and clearly not taking himself very seriously). ... Leonard Bast shares his thoughts on Sentimental Education, and also spotlights this thought from Flaubert: "Do not read, as children read, to amuse yourself, nor as the ambitious read, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."