“There are those who would say that he‘s simply sloppy. Not so. Every character is carefully chosen to distill cogent substance in disarming and dismissive form. This is the dril method.”

They are treating his insomnia with tryptophan.

This scratches an itch I didn’t know I had

i.e., Falafel Corner is amazing, but Mr. Falafel is absolutely atrocious. This is real, I did not make this up.