Nov

Hey I got an idea

Posted by Flapjacks Published in Flicks

Someone oughta edit a Youtube where Sandra Bullock, the abusive boss in The Proposal, falls in love with Sandra Bullock, the unappreciated assistant in Two Weeks’ Notice. If you do this you owe me a million dollars.

11 comments

Nov

Do not look behind the curtain, the great and powerful Oz commands it

Posted by MGK Published in Writering

The call-for-requests post generated about seven emails all along the same line: I’d really like to know how you wrote that Beatles story. Okeydoke.

20 comments

Nov

This again

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets

You know that thing I do for Torontoist where I take comments off news sites and make fun of them because they are assholes? Yeah, that.

13 comments

Nov

Friday Louis CK

Posted by MGK Published in It's The Youtube

2 comments

Nov

Question Period

Posted by MGK Published in The Site

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.)

63 comments

Nov

a joke

Posted by MGK Published in Bad Comedy, Comics

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)

19 comments

Nov

Child of Fire

Posted by MGK Published in Books

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 […]

3 comments

Nov

Inferior American SYTYCD Bloggin’

Posted by MGK Published in Obligatory So You Think You Can Dance Category, TV

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 […]

4 comments

Nov

stupid WordPress

Posted by MGK Published in The Site

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 […]

9 comments

Nov

Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer

Posted by MGK Published in Muzak, Things Best Left Unsaid

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 […]

150 comments

Nov

Comment here or there or whatever

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

5 comments

Nov

Home life

Posted by MGK Published in Bad Comedy, Conversations

(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 […]

21 comments

Nov

I’m gonna go start my own Wikipedia with blackjack and hookers

Posted by Flapjacks Published in Health Care

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 […]

15 comments

Nov

HEY NERDS

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming

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 […]

39 comments

Nov