I was going to write a long thing about Tyr sucking, but basically it boils down to this: he looks like when you were seven and you pulled off one of the arms off one of your action figures and then stuck a robot arm on it. And that’s just not cool. Not in a […]

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“Damn it all, Jeeves, I was just about to settle into my afternoon kip.” “Understandable, sir, but you asked to be alerted when the new trials came from the factory.” “And have they, Jeeves?” “I would not be alerting you otherwise, sir.” “Well, I did rather ask for them, didn’t I? Guess we’d better see […]

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So a few people emailed me asking me to say something about Warner Todd Huston’s screed about the issue of Captain America where the tea partiers are shown in a less than sympathetic light. Individuals unfamiliar with Warner Todd Huston may need to know that this instance probably represents the apex of his influence as […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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

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

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

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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 […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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(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 […]

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– 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 […]

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