The last time cupid infected me with his poison arrow, except for the situation ruminating atpresent, I have feltlike Mel, the protagonist in Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Without my ridiculous misconceptions getting in the way, here are a few of my favorite excerpts from the film adaptation, Birdman..

“Mel always has love on his mind,” she said. “Don’t you, honey?” She smiled, and I thought that was the last of it.
“I just wouldn’t call Ed’s behavior love. T...