“The mice in the control group get the usual bowl of water and are asleep by nine-thirty. Louis and I don’t crash until four, following a spirited argument about free will and half of ‘Norbit’ on Starz.”

— Noah Baumbach has a hilarious “experimental” piece in this week’s New Yorker that reminds us why Kicking and Screaming (no, not the Will Ferrell one) is still one of our favorite movies. Louis, for the record, is an alcoholic mouse.