David Foster Wallace Provides… Leverage.

Apologies for my absence – trust me when I (and my manuscripts) say, it’s been worth it.

Steph and I were given seasons 2 and 3 of Leverage for Christmas.  Leverage is one of our favorite shows – when we sit down to watch television, we’re looking for something thrilling and fun, which celebrates the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism, as the man says.  Leverage gives us that in spades.

Also, we get to watch David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, beat the crap out of people.

Confused?

This is David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, and generally amazing writer:

This is Eliot Spencer (played by Christian Kane), a thief whose job description consists of hitting people so hard they stay hit:

To repeat — Author:

Hitter:

To Steph and me, this resemblance is so eerie that we start to confuse the two.

For example, this is David Foster Wallace beating the crap out of some meth-heads who have kidnapped an innocent woman:

And this is Eliot Spencer from Leverage on Charlie Rose:

Now you all can share my confusion.