Nov

interlude, page four

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

Nov

Single-sentence review of Thor: The Dark World

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Flicks

Thoroughly fun Lord of the Rings-meets-sky-lasers flick, partially (but not entirely) spoiled by some pretty regressive gender politics.

28 comments

Nov

The truth of white guilt

Posted by MGK Published in Politics

I’ve been sitting in front of the monitor for about fifteen minutes trying to find something cogent and erudite to write about Renisha McBride and I really just can’t come up with anything. Partially it’s because I feel like any attempt to express outrage and shock is, in some way, appropriating the right of response […]

13 comments

Nov

Honestly, I could take a break from writing about Rob Ford now

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Politics, The Internets

Another op-ed at Torontoist about Rob Ford (which in part incorporates a bit of yesterday’s post, because the editors asked if they could do and why not, but it’s mostly new material).

11 comments

Nov

The end of mercy

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Politics

Norm Wilner, who I like and respect greatly, recently wrote a screed regarding Rob Ford and why he needs to be saved. It’s not an uncommon sentiment among those who do not like Rob Ford. If he’d only get some help is said so often with respect to Rob Ford that it deserves to be […]

20 comments

Nov

I need to start a reality series called “Backwoods Ontario Traders”

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV series is up at Torontoist.

13 comments

Nov

interlude, page three

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

no comment

Oct

No shame for the shameless

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Politics, The Internets

PaulW: in comments previously: nice artwork, but does it have anything to say about the current reports that the Ford Crack-smoking video has finally been secured by law enforcement? Not really, but this op/ed I wrote for Torontoist does, so there you go.

8 comments

Oct

Today in commissioned artwork

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

This commission (done for a very reasonable price, I might add) by the thoroughly terrific Danielle Matheson. You can see some more of her work here. I highly recommend her services.

4 comments

Oct

The Eighth Doctor’s special is just Paul McGann shrugging at the camera for two hours

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

9 comments

Oct

interlude, page two

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

1 comment

Oct

Marcia Wallace, 1942-2013

Posted by MGK Published in Auf Wiedersehen Goodbye

I am not one of those people who harp continually about how the series needs to be cancelled because it’s not as good as when it was one of the best series of all time, but how do you go forward without Edna Krabappel?

17 comments

Oct

On comebacks

Posted by MGK Published in Sports

One of the more interesting stories during the NBA offseason this year – managing to get basketball fans going “wait, what?” even in a summer where Dwight Howard finally committed to a team1 and where major free agents went all over the place, sometimes in unexpected ways2 and where Toronto finally traded Andrea Bargnani and […]

11 comments

Oct

Soapbox time

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming

Recently got email from someone asking me to promote Fae Nightmares, a new Savage Worlds-rules-using tabletop RPG Kickstarter project, and their reasoning was solid, so I have backed the Kickstarter and am writing about it here even though it is urban fantasy with faerie overtones and that is, to put it generously, not really my […]

43 comments

Oct