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Been a while since I did an open call for posts, so here we go. What would you folks like me to write about? (As always: no “I should write” requests, and no guarantees from me.)

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Why did Dr. Manhattan cross the road? It is May 18, 1979. I am crossing a road. (courtesy Danny Sichel) (fuck you, I think it’s funny)

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Harry Connolly actually took me up on the long-dormant “I will review your shit if you send me a copy” clause on this website and sent me a copy of Child of Fire, his first novel. So, knowing that I got it for free, is it worth what I paid for it? The long and […]

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This week: a thankful lack of begging for Paula Abdul’s horrific presence! Karen and Kevin: hustle. Kevin’s performance here was certainly better than his dreadful first week cha-cha, but not nearly so good as to merit his congratulations from the judges: it was strictly technically acceptable and nothing more. His performance quality was lacking for […]

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So people may have noticed that the site occasionally crashes for two to three minutes and then comes back up. This is only tangentially related to traffic issues: the problem is the result of the way my site’s folders are structured after I switched providers last year. My friend Rob wrote a script to auto-reboot […]

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April 24, 1976. Lorne Michaels offers the Beatles $3,000 to appear on Saturday Night Live, as a gag mocking the full-page ads taken out in the New York Times offering the Beatles millions of dollars to reunite and play in Shea Stadium. Unbeknownst to Michaels, both John Lennon and Paul McCartney are in New York […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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(SCENE: My parents’ basement. My brother JEFF and I are watching rugby.) ME: The Aussies are getting their asses kicked here. JEFF: Serves them right for getting distracted by soccer and cricket. ME: Didn’t they lose the Ashes this year? JEFF: Serves them right for getting distracted by soccer. ME: What are you going to […]

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So I been paying all sorts of attention to the whole American healthcare debate, by which I mean MGK pays attention to it and when we go out for beers he is all “healthcare this Republicans that” and I am all “dude drink your beer” and he is all “but this affects our own healthcare […]

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Okay, so I enjoy RPGs from time to time, but “sandbox” style play has limited appeal for me: I hated Oblivion, for example, because I kept getting lost and could never figure out where the story goals were. (Fallout 3 was much better in this regard.) For the same reason, I didn’t really enjoy Mass […]

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“I can not work in an environment which requires me to deal with mustard in any capacity.”

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TWENTY REASONS WHY QUISLET IS AWESOME 1.) He is a tiny alien in a tiny spaceship 2.) Who talks like Yoda if Yoda had gotten himself totally buzzed on like seven dozen espressos beforehand 3.) Or possibly like Spongebob Squarepants, again with the seven dozen espressos 4.) Or most accurately, a combination of Spongebob Squarepants […]

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As usual, your hosts are Nigel, Mary, Shankman, and the empty chair labeled “Paula Abdul.” (Nigel continues to be the only person in the world who thinks Paula Abdul would add anything to this show.) New stage: still sucks. Russell and Noelle: hip-hop. Obviously a difficult routine (fast hip-hop, plus using props in unison? Ow), […]

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