Nov

On articling

Posted by MGK Published in Law, Law Skool

The Law Society of Upper Canada is currently considering whether to revise/revamp the articling system or abolish it entirely, and more or less the entire legal profession in Ontario – and by extension Canada, because as goes Ontario, so will eventually the rest of the nation – has an opinion about it. For those who […]

16 comments

Nov

This week in TV is… uh… yeah

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

2 comments

Nov

part five, page twenty

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full And if you like, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

6 comments

Nov

Things I Love About Comics: Barry Ween

Posted by John Seavey Published in Comics

Once, long long ago, Judd Winick was viewed as one of the up-and-coming young talents in the independent comics field. His first major success, the autobiographical comic ‘Pedro and Me’, was seen as touching and funny and heartwarming all at the same time, and the art was charmingly cartoonish. He followed it up with an […]

15 comments

Nov

Single-sentence review of Flight

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks

Unless you really, really need to know what a plot-by-numbers Very Special Lifetime Channel Movie About Alcoholism would be if it starred heavyweight acting talent (answer: better, but still not actually good), you can leave after the first thirty minutes because after that there is no more planecrashing, and the planecrashing is really the only […]

11 comments

Nov

Please sir can I have some more

Posted by MGK Published in The Site

So it has come time, once again, to pay my web-hosting fees. I am not saying all of you should feel obligated to hit the Paypal button on the right-hand sidebar; far from it. I don’t put up ads because I don’t think my readers should be forced to pay anything; this is my place, […]

38 comments

Nov

Don’t Call It A Liveblog, I Been Here For Years

Posted by MGK Published in Politics

7:01: Shockingly, Romney ahead 66/32 in Kentucky. I know, I know! 7:02: I may just start watching the Raptors/Thunder game at 8 and liveblog that instead. Or possibly both. This may get confusing if Kyle Lowry ends up dunking 51/49 over Romney in Virginia.

60 comments

Nov

Improved Archie Goes To (Electoral) College

Posted by MGK Published in Archie (Improved Or Otherwise), Comics, Interactive Fun Time Party

22 comments

Nov

The tragedy of the engaged electorate

Posted by MGK Published in Politics

In John Seavey’s post from yesterday – and may I just say that everyone saying that John’s post was too lecturing or self-righteous needs to cool that crap, because believe me, had I written it, the title would have been “If You Vote For Mitt Romney, You Are Either A Tremendous Dipshit Or A Rich […]

146 comments

Nov

“My address is 114…54… Pruder Street.”

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

4 comments

Nov

part five, page nineteen

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full And if you like, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

1 comment

Nov

An Open Letter To Anyone Not Planning To Vote For Barack Obama

Posted by John Seavey Published in Important Things!, Politics, Shameless Begging

The 2012 presidential campaign is coming down to its last few days, for those of you who have just recovered from an eighteen-month coma and have immediately decided to check out this website (and why wouldn’t you?) And for some reason, it’s actually kind of close. Not as close as many in the mass media […]

46 comments

Nov

I’m meeting you halfway, you stupid hippies!

Posted by Jim Smith Published in General Nerd Shit, TV, Writering

Last week I had a curious dream about me reading a crossover between Quantum Leap and Doctor Who. This would not be particularly stunning except that I’m like the one contributor to this blog who cannot stand Doctor Who.1 Indeed, what made the dream amazingly vivid is that I was constantly thinking “Why am I […]

16 comments

Nov

Maybe THIS league I get to draft Kyle Lowry

Posted by MGK Published in Interactive Fun Time Party, Sports

This is my second year playing fantasy basketball and it hits the sweet spot for me in terms of fantasy sports – less rigorous and attention-demanding than fantasy baseball1 (where everybody plays almost every day and roster decisions tend to be insane in terms of amount of attention required), and less annoying than fantasy football […]

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