February 2012
1 post
“I always thought the frustration about it was a little misplaced. There’s...”
– How I Met Your Mother’s Josh Radnor, making some damn sense.
November 2011
3 posts
October 2011
2 posts
On Faces
This weekend, Phoenix Coyotes forward (and former Edmonton Oiler) Raffi Torres attended a team Halloween party with his wife. The couple dressed like Jay Z and a pregnant Beyonce Knowles, complete with darkened skin. Unsurprisingly, there are people who don’t think that’s okay. Also unsurprisingly, and infinitely more depressing, is that there are a lot of people who think...
September 2011
5 posts
2 tags
Breakdancing Har Har
Interviewer: So why do you write these strong female characters? Whedon: Because you’re still asking me that question.
-(Via mckelvie, who you should give all your money to because he makes purty drawrins)
Man, isn’t this just the truth? Especially in the wake of Laura Hudson’s brilliant article about the disrespect of women that’s inherent in so many superhero...
Man, what a great song from a great band. I am...
8 tags
On Household Cleaning Supplies
I have to say, I am completely amused by all the uproar about a recently-published study in Pediatrics that was reported to have found that “Spongebob ruins attention spans.” And not just because a scientist got published (and probably paid) for writing an article that actually includes the line describing “a very popular fantastical cartoon about an animated sponge that lives...
8 tags
August 2011
4 posts
2 tags
July 2011
5 posts
(Probably Not Very) Unpopular Opinions, Vol 6 -...
By what I can only assume is popular demand, because I refuse to entertain the idea that it’s not.
1. Do whatever the fuck you want.
2-10: N/A
Seriously! You want to get drunk and livetweet an Everwood marathon where every single tweet is a dong joke? Be my guest. It’s not like I have to read it. Chances are, I’m not following you anyway, and if I am, hey, I can remedy...
JAMES’ BADASS ROAST CHICKEN, ASPARAGUS, POTATOES,...
I made this recipe last night, extremely loosely based off a recipe from Jamie at Home, which I basically looked at just to make sure I had the correct oven temperature. I posted a picture to Twitter, and people seemed to like it! My internet friend Colin, who is awesome, asked me to send him the recipe, and I thought, Wait, recipe? Goddammit, now I have to write one. Thanks a lot, Colin! In...
“Sentinel Prime, incidentally, is a firetruck played by Leonard Nimoy in a role...”
– The always wonderful Chris Sims, in the best line from his review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon
June 2011
5 posts
Interview: Kathryn Immonen and Stuart Immonen →
maisonimmonen:
Brandon and James from Comics! The Blog cornered us at the Calgary Entertainment Expo
Yes, yes we did.
Carrie Underwood goes from vegetarian to vegan,... →
The interesting part of this article that popped up on my Twitter stream and not because I was surfing Taste of Country while at work-
Wait, James, does that mean you were on Twitter while at work?
Shut uuuppp!
-Anyway, in this interview, Carrie Underwood reveals her lactose intolerance has led her to become vegan after being vegetarian since she was 13 (But what about delicious, delicious...
My Terrible, Terrible Friends, Vol 6 - On Ice Age
Me: Truly, you are the king of queens.
B: That show totally should have totally ended that way.
Me: If it didn’t, I’m going to murder Ray Romano.
Change Is A Sound: On disability and visibility... →
In the wake of the announcement that Barbara Gordon will be returning (and walking) as Batgirl in September, an important, fantastic post from a friend:
puckett101:
In the wake of that sketch of Barbara Gordon in her Batgirl costume walking away from her wheelchair, I felt compelled to write. I ignored that compulsion until I calmed down, because most of it was frustration and anger.
I can...
May 2011
1 post
Rebloggination City, Population "Good People" →
On Election Day, a few words about human compassion, entirely separated from politics.
atsween:
As I was out for lunch, I saw a homeless man collapse while crossing the street. I was about fifty feet away. I could see his legs twitch as he convulsed in a seizure. I froze for a moment, unable to process what I was seeing.
Suddenly, a wave of pedestrians ran to his side. Each grabbed an...
April 2011
4 posts
On bad critics
Listen, chochachos. If you’re familiar with my Twitter feed or some of my other articles here, you’ll be pretty familiar with my distaste for most critics, who I generally think, with few exceptions, are assholes. I like Rob Sheffield. I like Amanda Petrusich. I like Scott Williams. Most of all, I like Roger Ebert, whose stated modus operandi is to try and imagine who would like a...
Stalkerish Subject Lines From Emails Sent By... →
yourfriendmax:
THIS IS MY LIFE.
Kiss him, Stella!
SUBMETROPOLITAN: Warm winds blowing in strong from... →
philroland:
Warm winds blowing in strong from the northwest. Too warm. Too strong. I feel as though I’m standing in the periphery of a nuclear explosion, waiting on radioactive rain.
Still leaving on Wednesday, although I think at this point I’m looking for any excuse to delay the move. Maybe because I…
Bon voyage, asshole! Feel free to get stabbed (again? Again.) and write about it.
March 2011
3 posts
So, Scott Adams is a huge asshole! Who knew? →
Do you remember 1995? Wasn’t Dilbert cool, then? If you were an office worker, it was a welcome, displayable form of release with the frustrations of working where you did. If you were a kid like me, it was a way to pretend to be a little or a lot older than you actually were and imagine the kind of job you said you’d never have.
Well, it turns out that Scott Adams has opinions...
February 2011
15 posts
Unpopular Opinions, Vol 5 - "I'm Busy" Edition
Listen, I have a lot of unpopular opinions but even more things to do on my lunch break. So here are a few brief opinions, one of which is sure to get you angry at me. I could say more about each of them, but, well, screw it:
You don’t want to know my opinions about animal medical testing. But if you’re against it, I sure hope you don’t take any medications or vaccines ever.
...
My Terrible, Terrible Friends, Vol 5 - On Robots
In a week where I have been chastised for (repeatedly) posting a link to a picture of Fat Spider-Man and Fat Flash dry humping and during which it has been suggested I create a “Leask Scale of Inappropriateness” - which was immediately followed by people disputing the scale (make your own!) - I figured a reminder that there are people who say things that are just as bad as the things I...
Biebin' ain't easy
So, I guess there is a Canadian kid. He’s a pop star or something; his name is Justin Bieber, which sounds like a lot of jokes could be made from it. I dunno. A lot of people like him, a lot of people hate him - more on that later - but I’ve never heard more than a few bars of one of his songs, and that’s the extent of my opinion about him.
Anyway, he did an interview with...
Here be monsters
My favourite comment on Total Film’s article about the release of the title for The Amazing Spider-Man and a photo of the movie’s version of the costume:
CantSpellMyName
Feb 15th 2011, 14:22
I absolutely hate it! Honestly, they’ve utterly ruined it! The Spidey suit is sacred and isn’t to be tampered with! Would you want to see Superman in a yellow cape? Or Batman...
Unpopular Opinions, Vol 4 - Bad Canadian Audience...
Kraft Dinner: Great Satan or the Greatest Satan?
Strange fruit and uneasy winds
We call it segregation, but we know it was more than that. For every two and a half days for almost 45 years, there was a black man or woman or child swinging from some tree. That’s the strange fruit that Southern trees bear in the United States.
- Dr. Cornel West, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, Feb 1, 2011
A week ago, Craig Ferguson had one of his special episodes, and not...
Hot Bilingual Action
Am I at all surprised to see Maxime Bernier, MP for the Quebec riding of Beauce, embroiled in another political scandal over his remarks or actions? Of course not. Mr. Bernier is an MP who has seemingly made it his prerogative to cause scandal or embarrassment since being elected to Parliament in 2006.
However, I am surprised to find that I support him in the situation in which he is...
Ice to see you
If you can come up with something better than this today, I’d like to see it.
McBain: The Movie from McBain on Vimeo.
January 2011
12 posts
Prove me wrong
Complaining about Netflix is the new complaining about Blockbuster is the new complaining about movie ticket prices is the new complaining about blockbusters is the new complaining about sequels is the new lonely, hate-filled autoerotic asphyxiation.
Just kick the chair out.
I look forward to your letters.