Absurdly long pieces about utterly irrelevant pieces are the norm from the Grey Lady these days.

I remember my early research classes (~2001), when they were upheld by my teachers to be the creme de la creme of publications. My how times have changed.

Oh I literally suffer reading through these and trying to understand the conclusion... "When she strolled across her cozy room in her velveteen slippers, each step a deliberate promenade through a mosaic of chiaroscuro shadows..." - just get to the point already!!!