Feb

The Swiss know what they did

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

Feb

Conversations Had During The Season Premiere Of The Amazing Race

Posted by MGK Published in Conversations, TV

1.) ME: Oh my god, they actually got the “foreigners don’t have maps” beauty pageant girl to be on this show. FLAPJACKS: They are sending her around the world! This is either the best joke ever or the cruelest prank ever. Possibly both. ME: You know, given that they are “dating models,” it’s entirely possible […]

11 comments

Feb

Lessons that are inapplicable

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Politics

Grazzt requested A comparison of our Reform Party and the American Tea Party movement, and anything the Americans can learn from the Canadian experience with a successful fledgling grassroots movement. Unfortunately, due to societal differences, the answer is “probably not a lot.” First off, a quick dime’s worth of exposition for Americans unfamiliar with the […]

12 comments

Feb

I am responsive

Posted by MGK Published in Health Care

cwmatz asks: From what I understand, socialized medicine in Canada works and doesn’t have major issues. (Correct me if I’m wrong.) Couldn’t the US base a health care system on that instead of trying to make our own and messing it up horribly? Yes, it does.1 Yes, you could.2 Maybe you should.3 But you won’t, […]

19 comments

Feb

Hot snow

Posted by Matthew Johnson Published in David Suzuki Says You're Bad, Politics

Well, it was inevitable: US politicians are using the recent blizzard in Washington DC as proof that global warming doesn’t exist. I’m going to pass over this for now, save to mention in passing the strong resemblance between climate change denialists and creationists in their tendency to seize on any evidence against the other position […]

27 comments

Feb

SYTYCD Australia Top 20 Thoughts

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

I’m still on the fence as to whether I’ll bother doing SYTYCD Australia episode reviews for the blog, partially because I can’t guarantee they’ll all be timely and partially because the vast majority of my reading audience doesn’t have easy access to the program. (I might be able to mollify that somewhat if Youtube is […]

13 comments

Feb

I’ve been busy today

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, The Internets

…working on this in response to the Adam Giambrone sex scandal. Hey, this is the most exciting Toronto municipal politics have gotten in ages!

4 comments

Feb

This will end up being Cookie McCool’s favorite site ever

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming, The Internets

Robot Unicorn Attack. (It’s a really good game!)

9 comments

Feb

Open requests post

Posted by MGK Published in The Site

What do you want me to write about? As usual, no guarantees.

67 comments

Feb

Department of Confusing Cold War Allegories

Posted by Jaime Weinman Published in Archie (Improved Or Otherwise), Comics

In lieu of a somewhat more substantive post that I’m still tinkering with, here’s a 1964 comic book story whose Cold War origins have always confused me. Not that it’s confusing that a science fiction story would be about the Cold War; what else was it going to be about? The question is, who’s who […]

16 comments

Feb

Today I am 34.

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Shameless Begging

I am not sure what this birth-year cover entails, but I suppose there are worse omens. See, now that is a bad birth omen. Anyhow. For those wishing to buy me birthday presents (which, barring a sudden need for an organ of some kind, will be your last opportunity to do so on a significant […]

21 comments

Feb

I don’t much care for the Olympics either

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

14 comments

Feb

Choral

Posted by MGK Published in The Miscellaneous Sciences And Crap Like That, Things Best Left Unsaid

(inspired by this) — I awoke, already knowing I must decelerate the traveler. I thrummed to the core to produce retro and slow myself. As I felt force begin to pull the traveler, I ceased that thrum and instead thrummed to the scanquartz to check my bearings. I was off, my bearing too sharp as […]

15 comments

Feb

The Funniest Things About Smallville: Absolute Justice

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, TV, WTF

– The way that Green Arrow somehow shoots an entire flight of dagger-icicles with a single arrow – When Hawkman is in his armor he totally has an armor potbelly – The way that Stargirl was the most annoying character ever – The fact that Geoff Johns’ dialogue is, what, maybe two steps above George […]

45 comments

Feb