These microfailures have become a curious new form of entertainment, like a fire drill that forces everyone to empty out an office building.
But the book's stylistic imperfections add to the sense that you're reading the uncensored diary of an indefatigably social and curious man, a modern-entertainment-industry Samuel Pepys.
In a curious way, Finke makes the entertainment industry feel better about itself.
The opening act of the afternoon's entertainment was a curious affair.
"I'm not as interested in doing records for records' sake these days, I'm more curious about musical storytelling and entertainment," she says.
Seeing three episodes between breakfast and elevenses on Friday felt fine as a reviewer but would be curious way of viewing for entertainment.
"In fact, the more intangible the use (as an entertainment for the curious, as a taste of revenge for the envious, as a shortcut in examination protocols for the busily overbooked doctor or nurse), the more likely one is to regard it as a breach of privacy, as opposed to the rougher uses of theft and assault".
Zoos began as places of entertainment, where people curious about wild animals from foreign lands could look at them comfortably and safely while feeling a frisson of excitement at being so close to large carnivores, or shudder with revulsion at species felt to be ugly.
On the other hand, some of the entertainment choices can be curious.
For a gamer or someone who is merely curious about the future of interactive entertainment, there is still no place better than E3, the annual game industry conference in Los Angeles.
Winnie the Pooh is perhaps the greatest example of how children's book characters like the Cat in the Hat and Curious George can evolve into massive entertainment properties long after their creators die.
