We here at mightygodking dot com have, in recent days, seen a lot of nerds complaining about The Dark Knight Rises, which is the latest movie starring Batman and therefore something which will be controversial among nerds. In an attempt to placate those more outraged nerds out there, we offer up the following list of […]

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19

Jul

Summarizing four-hundred-plus-page reports is the new black

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

Things have been a little light here this week because Torontoist asked me to review the latest report into the events at the G20 Summit here in Toronto back in 2010, and it took me a while to plow through it. But if you want my take on this one, it is here.

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17

Jul

Talkin’ bout some night moves

Posted by MGK Published in TV, When I Was A Kid

Starting when I was nine or so, during the summer and on weekends I would try to stay up as late as possible. This is not unusual for kids, of course, but I was moderately creative about it: I would read in bed with a flashlight, and then, when I heard my mom go to […]

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16

Jul

fifty shades of whey

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weely TV column is up at Torontoist.

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16

Jul

part five, page two

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

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12

Jul

Thursday WHO’S WHO: Solomon Grundy

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Who's Who

I’m not actually reading DC Comics any more – the combination of moral ickiness re: Alan Moore and the new comics just mostly being shit is enough for them not to get my comics dollars any more, beyond a few collections. The final Hitman trade paperback is due out in August and I believe that […]

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11

Jul

SYTYCD Bloggin’

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

Witney and Chehon: samba. That opening pirouette by Chehon made me think that they were aiming for a redux of Lacey and Danny’s samba from season 3, but unfortunately Chehon isn’t quite comparable to Danny’s level when Danny did ballroom: he dropped in and out of the samba basic repeatedly and the hip movement wasn’t […]

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11

Jul

The Plot Against Improved Archie

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

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10

Jul

If I ran wrestling

Posted by MGK Published in TV, Writering

Someone a while back, I forget who (hold up your hand in the audience if you read this, I guess) asked me how I would book the WWE given the chance. Now, the traditional internet-smark thing to say here is “well I would bury John Cena and make the fans care about Tyson Kidd and […]

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9

Jul