Toronto readers (or non-Toronto readers familiar with Toronto) could, if they were so inclined, nominate me for Best Blog in the NOW Best Of Toronto Awards. I doubt I have a shot, but what the hell, I am not above request-whoring.

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Who can forget all those classic Tobias Whale stories? Like the time he was challenged by a rival boss, and he and Black Lightning continued their feud, but it turned out that the rival boss, the Dolphin, was actually his son! Dramatic! Turns out his son only found out about his father being a crime […]

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Hey, remember how everybody was saying Joe Biden would have to go easy on Sarah Palin in the veep debate to keep from looking like a bully? After the incredible amount of abuse and bullshit she just doled out, she just gave Joe Biden permission to tear her the fuck apart. EDIT TO ADD: And […]

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When Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan were on MSNBC, they were talking up Sarah Palin like she was the best thing since the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. However, when they’re off the air and don’t know they’re being taped…?

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Michael John Magee suggested it, and I feel magnanimous, so let’s do a reader-submitted round of Magic: The Election 08. It’s been way too long since I did a reader-submitted anything, and they’re fun. Submit your ideas to me in email (it’s there on the sidebar, folks). If you have a specific image(s) for the […]

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This year’s Republican Party platform includes support for abolishing adjusting for inflation when accounting for the federal budget. In short: the Republican Party officially wants to pretend that inflation doesn’t exist.

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I know what you’re saying. “Wait, concrete? Like, in buildings? Not the rocky guy in the comcs, right?” And yes, I’m talking about concrete. More specifically, Portland cement – but since Portland cement is the primary ingredient of concrete, we’re really talking about the same thing. Every ton of cement that we manufacture produces .81 […]

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A year ago, Colin Farrell gave a homeless man he had met previously $2000 worth of clothes and first and last month’s rent on a place to live, and told him about addiction support therapy and what it could do for him. (Farrell met the man when he helped him win a radio contest years […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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1.) This movie really exemplifies the differences in pacing between movies made in the 1960s and movies made now. If you asked most people what Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is about, they’d tell you “it’s about a family going on a fantastic adventure thanks to a magical car.” This is not entirely wrong, but in […]

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UPDATE: Quixim, in comments on the previous post: Do I detect a hint of scorn at the prospects of nuclear power? I know that you’re aware it’s perfectly clean, and even less radioactive than coal power, not as damaging to ecosystems as hydroelectric, and more feasible than tidal or wind… So… for something that can […]

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The continuing experiments on Bob Bussard’s theories of IEC fusion power generation seem to be going better than anticipated. I’ve said before that I don’t think fusion power is a likely solution to our energy and pollution problems given the timeframe involved, and I stick by that. However, that’s no reason not to fund it […]

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