…and another edition of my TV column at Torontoist.

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Someone forwarded me this link because, I dunno, having posted once about Your Webcomic Is Bad makes me an authority on it or something, I don’t know. (Memo to entire world: if you want a ton of unsolicited email from total strangers asking your opinion about practically everything under the sun? Start a blog. It […]

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This Wednesday, Ontarians are going to the polls to decide whether Dalton McGuinty or John Tory is the least depressing fuckup. However, this particular election is of interest because in addition to the usual festival of dull that is a provincial election, there’s also a referendum to change our entire system of legislative government. This […]

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Over at Dead Things on Sticks, they wanna know why everybody hates Cavemen. They rather liked the “new” version of the pilot, apparently, which changed a whole lot from the unaired pilot (it was a complete reshoot), and think it to be much better than most of the season’s other new sitcom offerings. (This is […]

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This week, I am in a bit of a trashy Eurodancish mood again, so here is “You’re A Superstar,” by Love Inc., the band formed by two of Canada’s most obnoxious deejays.

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So, if you follow American political news, Hillary Clinton is at this point all but decided as the Democratic nominee for the 2008 presidential election, once again proving that there is no election that the Democrats cannot do their level best to fuck up. However, there is still, I would argue, one last move that […]

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I’ve been trying to find myself a copy of the three volumes of Japanarama by Too Far East Productions for quite some time now. They have a site, of course, but it’s been more or less incommunicado for a couple of years. This is a shame, because sitting around with Baldguy and Jon and Toby […]

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The Shenis, a 12″ long golden phallus not meant for use as a sex toy but instead so that women can pee standing up. The Shenis costs $27.45 USD, including shipping and handling. Alternately, if you are a woman and really, really feel the need to pee standing up, you could always go to your […]

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THE RETAIL MANAGER/ASSISTANT MANAGER WHO IS WAY TOO INTO HIS JOB Hey! Are you a screenwriter, struggling to emphasize how Important your protagonist is in the grand scheme of things? Then you need a gung-ho retail manager (or assistant manager). Nothing illustrates importance like somebody who’s really into retail, because retail, as we all know, […]

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Once again: my weekly TV column at Torontoist is up.

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There was recently a debate on mixed-member parliamentary representation versus our current first-past-the-post system here in Toronto, and I covered it. Those not familiar with Canadian politics may not get all of the gags, but oh well.

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This week: “Sucks To Be You” by Prozzak, which is probably the best joke “band” ever invented. Two members of the Philosopher Kings, a couple of cartoon fronts, and stealing Europop dancehall traditions two years after the fact and tossing them into a blender with over-the-top emo lyrics: equation for total kitsch coolness.

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Hey, Diane Finley! First off, let me just say that you totally rock those tinted glasses and that having Graves’ Disease must suck. Mad props to you, D-Fin. Now, as to the meat of this missive: Sweden is making us look bad. I know, I know, it’s already a bit of an uphill battle what […]

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