http://mightygodking.com you cannot defeat my tiger-style kung fu Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:42:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/09/friday-gilmore-girls-2/ So the nominations for the 2009 Bloggies have begun, and although I think the odds of winning anything are relatively low, I'd certainly like to try getting nominated in any of the following categories: Best Canadian Most Humourous Best Written Best Kept-Secret So if you're willing to go to the trouble of nominating me (and ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/08/new-year-new-blegging/ So I've gotten a bit of mail about CUPE Ontario's decision to recommend a "ban" on Israeli academics in Canadian universities, most likely because I'm currently attending Osgoode Hall Law School, which is at York, which is the subject of a prolonged strike on the part of CUPE. And... well, what ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/07/those-wacky-teaching-assistants-and-their-wacky-antics/ John McCain Smoothies that come in a bottle Skrulls Youtube videos where the editor takes a metal or gangsta rap song and has animated characters or Muppets "sing" the words Pretending to care about Jennifer Aniston "TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!" Heidi and Spencer Pomengranate anything Scarlett Johannson's ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/07/things-we-can-leave-behind-with-2008/ ...thing that was awesome about 2008: "Propane Nightmares" by Pendulum. The thing I like about this - well. Obviously it's a great song, but on top of that... See, when I originally went into film a long time ago, part of it was because I loved - and was good at - ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/06/and-one-more/ "Pork and Beans" by Weezer and "So What" by Pink. 2008 was a really great year for "fuck you" songs, as the general frustration of the world with stupid bullshit finally hit its boiling point, and these were two of the best. Weezer's song was "Fuck you, I'm a nerd" ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/06/2008-the-year-in-yeah/ My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist. http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/05/your-usual-weekly-dose/ 2008 was a year that produced many singular and outstanding creative works. These were not those. Waltz with Bashir. One of the most overrated films of the year, the recipient of far too many movie-critic blowjobs to count. Admittedly, the idea of a documentary presented entirely in rotoscopic animation is novel, ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/05/2008-the-year-in-bleh/ So Matt Smith is the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who. Does anybody else, upon watching the BBC video, think that producers wanted to/were told to get someone "David Tennant-y"? Because that's what Matt Smith seems like - a low-rent version of David Tennant, and worse one who doesn't ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/03/and-2009-starts-out-disappointingly/ http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/01/02/friday-gilmore-girls/ EVEN WHEN BATMAN IS A MOUSE, HE WILL STILL HAVE A PLAN TO KICK YOUR ASS. http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/12/31/the-final-lesson-of-2008/ 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 ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/12/31/sometimes-the-conversation-meanders/ SUV sales as share of total auto market are rising. Because gas prices will never be high again! http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/12/30/yes-virginia-people-are-still-stupid/ 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 ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/12/30/newsflash-academics-sometimes-say-very-stupid-things/ 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 ... http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/12/30/i-came-here-to-chew-bubblegum-and-tell-you-to-get-over-it-already-and-im-all-out-of-bubblegum/