Will, in the Diablo Cody debate from Friday, says: Also, I’d call her “In summation: you try it,” condescending at best and ignorant at worst; I’d wager that a large portion of the people criticizing her work and method in the first place have, in fact, tried it, but unfortunately were never able to take […]

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From comments: Myspace filtered this site (more specifically a direct link to the original magic cards post) as a virus source. would not let a friend post this in their bulletins. Anybody know anything more about this? I try to be extremely vigilant to keep spam commenting off site (I run two spam comment blockers, […]

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Ever since the current government made their staggering cuts to arts funding, Stephen Harper has claimed that the Conservatives spend more on the arts than the Liberals did. “Really?,” everyone asked. “Sure,” said Harper, “I even have my grade 9 in piano!” The problem with making those kind of claims is that it’s really hard […]

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For those who missed my most recent appearance on the CBC and want to hear it, you can download the podcast mp3 here. EDIT: I note that they edited out “the lightning round” from the podcast, wherein I got to rag on Jerry O’Connell in Do Not Disturb, one of the most wretched shows I […]

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(this post by non-MGK author Dan Solomon) Yesterday in Seattle, a man drove his pickup truck onto his friend’s roof because "he got a wild hair". I know some of y’all might be quick to judge the man in question because, okay, that’s really stupid, but I want to hang out with him, like, twice […]

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That is all. Well, not actually all – a few people have mailed me requesting the occasional open thread, so here you go. This is an open thread. I declare this thread open. The thread, she is not closed. And so forth.

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I kind of love Diablo Cody.

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Because everybody knows the King of Spain vacuums the turf at Skydome. (ASIDE: Note that a much younger Jian Gomeshi performs in this video. Of course, Gomeshi is now better known as the host of Q a fine show upon which I shall be appearing today around 12:30-1 p.m. on CBC Radio 1, available on […]

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WAIT WHAT DC COMICS ARE YOU SERIOUS YOU NAMED A NAZI SUPERVILLAIN AFTER A POISON GAS USED TO KILL JEWS IN THE HOLOCAUST BOY I SURE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HIM FIGHT JOHNNY QUICK WHAAAAAAAAAAAT because WHAT WHAT WHAT (although, one must admit, still better than Superboy Prime.)

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– I didn’t say anything about Sunday’s show on Sunday because I figure the non-watching-Dance portion of this blog’s audience can only take so much. See? I am thoughtful. – That having been said: watching this with one of my new roommates (who b-boys more than a little, although not at the serious competition level) […]

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…it looks like it’s time to short Washington Mutual. Canadians should be thankful for the essentially risk-averse nature of Canadian banks. If anything gets us through this shitpile, it’s going to be that.

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I’m going to be on Q, CBC’s arts radio show, tomorrow (Thursday) in between 12:30 and 1, talking about the new TV season in my role as Important Critic Person ™. That’s CBC 1, or for those with satellite radio, Sirius 137. EDIT: Or, duh, on the internets.

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THE TORIES “WIN” THE CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION IF: They get a majority. That is the goal, pure and simple, and the only way they get an unqualified victory is if they get a majority. This is because financial indicators for the near future are frankly really bad (even with the Canadian banks having more of […]

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Do you every worry about whether you could handle it if you were suddenly teleported to a world where humans and giant dogs communicated through telepathy and engaged in contests of sport? Well, Rex doesn’t. Because he is the motherfucking Wonder Dog.

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