Dec

The Final Lesson of 2008

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

EVEN WHEN BATMAN IS A MOUSE, HE WILL STILL HAVE A PLAN TO KICK YOUR ASS.

Dec

Sometimes the conversation meanders.

Posted by MGK Published in Bad Comedy, Conversations, TV

JANINE (a friend): So, FYI: Down’s Syndrome jokes? Not the new hotness. ME: I had heard. JANINE: Man, did I ever get burned by that fad. ME: That’s what you get for thinking Dane Cook is funny. JANINE: Cystic fibrosis? Not funny either. ME: Lupus, on the other hand, is always funny. Say it with […]

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Dec

Yes, Virginia, People Are Still Stupid

Posted by MGK Published in Economics

SUV sales as share of total auto market are rising. Because gas prices will never be high again!

14 comments

Dec

NEWSFLASH: Academics Sometimes Say Very Stupid Things

Posted by MGK Published in Politics, WTF

Igor Panarin’s breakup scenario for the United States has been getting play in the media lately. It’s not particularly new; I remember reading about Panarin’s crackpot bullshit a couple of years ago. But it’s still extremely stupid. Seriously, take a look at this map: That is some seriously stupid crap right there. Okay, first off […]

62 comments

Dec

I Came Here To Chew Bubblegum and Tell You To Get Over It Already And I’m All Out Of Bubblegum

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming

Duke Nukem Forever tops Wired‘s Annual Vaporware List this year again, and seriously, I have to ask: who gives a shit about Duke Nukem? I mean, really? I’m not just talking about “giving a shit about Duke Nukem” in the sense that it has been years and a lot since Duke Nukem 3D came out […]

14 comments

Dec

TV On The Radio On The Internets

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at not-quite-dead-yet Torontoist, which is also undergoing a site reformat. And lemme tell you, this week was a doozy.

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Dec

Guesstimating Oscar Nominations For Fun And Not Actually Any Profit

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks

BEST PICTURE: In order of likelihood: Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Milk The Dark Knight Wall-E I think Slumdog and Button are locks – they both have a shitload of critical acclaim, a lot of awards and award nominations, and most importantly they’re getting award nominations at the right time (the Golden […]

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Dec

I am not a Luddite, but…

Posted by MGK Published in The Miscellaneous Sciences And Crap Like That

…I can’t help but get oogy when I read something like “scientists plan to ignite a tiny, man-made star.” Look, I know how fusion energy theoretically is supposed to work and I know that the “star” will be tiny and not innately self-sustaining. But even so, scientists really have to come up with a better […]

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Dec

Do Not Click If You Have Things That Urgently Need Doing

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming, The Internets

Super Mario 63. Quite possibly the best Flash version of a Mario game I have ever seen. (Seriously, I will never be able to understand Flash game developers working at this level of intrinsic detail. “I am going to spend two years of my life coding a game that can be played for weeks straight, […]

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Dec

So I was watching “Millionaire Matchmaker”

Posted by MGK Published in TV

And I was wondering, “man, why don’t they just call this show Gold-Digging Whores and be done with it?” Seriously – when the one girl started complaining that the “millionaire” with the perfectly nice apartment didn’t “live like a millionaire” because he wasn’t spending all his money on, I don’t know, gold-plated sofas or some […]

11 comments

Dec

Friday Blackadder

Posted by MGK Published in It's The Youtube, TV

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Dec

Merry Christmas (and other salutations as culturally apropos)

Posted by MGK Published in Nothing Else Fit

And one final Christmas miracle for you (although this is fairly mundane and not so miraculous as some miracles, but): remember that little kid with cerebral palsy whose pony was being taken away? It turns out that he will get to keep his pony after all. So that’s good! Right. Barring an event that I […]

9 comments

Dec

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK

Posted by MGK Published in WTF

Directly quoting Dennis Prager: It is an axiom of contemporary marital life that if a wife is not in the mood, she need not have sex with her husband. Here are some arguments why a woman who loves her husband might want to rethink this axiom. Also: A husband knows that his wife loves him […]

54 comments

Dec