My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

To avoid running this into the ground, Friday Youtubery in May is going to start with a new show. That having been said, I’ve had all seven seasons of The West Wing playing in the background as I’ve studied for my exams, and I think I’m gonna write a few critical essays in the next few weeks.

I’ve gotten a few mails asking me to weigh in on the whole “Open Source Boob Project” kerfuffle, and I’m not sure why,_[1] because as of this writing “theferrett” has already realized that the idea was very, very bad and would inevitably just lead to very, very bad things happening. This does not surprise me, because although I am not a regular reader of his, I know he’s both intelligent and married, and can therefore presume that the idea was, much like Marxism, a theory borne of good intentions without bothering to take into account the actual obvious consequences.

That having been said, my response to those people – mostly men – still pushing the scheme as workable is thus: if you really want to touch boobs that badly, go open a phonebook and turn to the very first page of business numbers. You will have your choice of escort agencies to choose from, and I am fairly sure some simple boob-touching will likely come very cheap and also be a pleasant break from your escort’s usual work environment.

[1] Also because I am such a fixture on the con scene, you know, so clearly my opinion is totally warranted.

I can’t stop shuddering.

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

There is a LOLcat translation of the Bible in progress.

A photographic essay about a woman who makes her living sewing ceremonial robes for members of the Ku Klux Klan.

The comments are predictably full of “she should get raped by a bear because she is racist” type stuff and can basically be ignored. For my part, I just felt tremendously sorry for her. She’s taking care of a quadriplegic daughter and she lives a life predicated on hate. I wouldn’t wish that shit on anybody.

The clip autoloads, so I’m putting it behind a cut.

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Mike Manley says what’s obviously true – that fanboys complaining about the new all-ages Brave and the Bold cartoon show (which has Jaime Reyes in it! How is that not fantastic?) are products of a skewed direct-market fan environment that caters to their needs over the legion of younger fans just waiting to be introduced to the awesomeness that is Batman.

And commenters unknowingly confirm his point for all to see.

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

Like anybody with a blog, I deal with a reasonable amount of comment spam. My spamblocker add-ons catch most of it, and the rest I manually delete. In most cases this is a very small amount.

But can somebody tell me why this post in particular gets so much goddamned spam? I get at least a dozen spam comments per day on that post. I even tried renaming the slug to avoid linkback spam, to no luck.

Why is it that one, specifically? Any WordPress gurus or those knowledgeable about comment spambots in general care to comment?

FAFBLOG IS BACK ON THE AIRWAVES!

Er, netwaves.

Whatever. You know.

My weekly TV column is, as always, up at Torontoist.

Belly fat linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s.