Now we know where the CK came from. 

I've got my son Will to thank for introducing me to the work of Louis C.K.  Will was on to him long before his current popularity and long before he had any mainstream awareness.  And watching the first few episodes of the new season of his show on FX, I'm more impressed than ever.  There's nothing else like it, and probably never has been.
The writing is where it all starts and it's so good it makes me wonder what his process is and whether there's much improvisation involved.  I suspect it's mostly written, but the cast is up to the challenge of making it their own.  And when it's not working so well, it's even more impressive because you're rooting for it to work because you can see what he's trying to do and you can see how fearlessly he refuses to fall back on formula or sentimentality.  In one scene, Louis is with his girlfriend at a Diner and she suspects that he wants to break up with her. His ambivalence (a constant state for him) renders  him speechless (he's a bit of a wuss), but she's convinced that she's getting dumped and proceeds to take control of the situation and does the speaking for both of them.  It's a very funny scene and as I was alternately frustrated by his inability to confront the situation and her bold and brilliant ability to articulate every nuance and psychodynamic of it--it suddenly occurred to me--yeah, he's being a jerk while she's being brave and smart but..he wrote it!

He hasn't changed a bit!

Federer!  It's all been said.  Nothing to add.  No question about his genius and the beauty of his game.  But after seeing Murray hit the deck twice during that long, long, long game in the third set, I wondered...has Federer ever fallen on the court?  I can't recall ever seeing it. I almost can't even imagine it. He's like a human Pegasus--equipped with wings to float along the baseline and avoid contact with all the obstacles and surface dangers that inflict damage on the rest of us mere mortals.  Hey, what am I saying?  Guys like Murray and Nadal and Djok are playing a game far beyond the reach of mere mortals...and yet Federer at his best makes them appear almost pedestrian.  All that said, fact remains that Murray's record vs. Federer is 8-8 lifetime.  But Andy never beat him at a Grand Slam. Agassi in his  book said that many players give matches away in lesser tournaments...and he admitted doing it, even in big ones...I can imagine that sometimes it's because they're not feeling so hot and want to protect their health, or they want some time off, or perhaps just to give the guy on the other side of the net a chance for a little glory.  Don't know if that last one is true, but I'd like to believe it is...it would make them less heroic and a bit more human.