Academic Dumas-ery
Kane X. Faucher’s latest novel is a brilliant adaptation the classic Alexander Dumas tale of revenge, The Count of Monte Cristo. I’ve always loved the original, and Faucher’s book is…
Mark A. Rayner
Why do lit-ah-rary types look down on SF
So what is it about science fiction that causes “literary” types to look down upon it? Like any genre, SF has its bad and good. No scratch that, like any…
Ask General Kang: Do you own a typewriter? And do you have 999,999 co-workers?
I have neither, nor do I have an infinite amount of time, so don’t expect to see me write Hamlet anytime soon. I do, however, have this gripping script about…
The Flash and Superman Race to See Who’s Fastest
Pretty sure you don’t want to use a loaded pistol as a starter gun… Alltop is always loaded.
Ask General Kang: How can I get more respect?
It depends on how much respect you’re looking for, really. I mean, if you just want your friends, family and neighbours to respect you then it should be pretty easy.…
Apocalypse Cow
Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were going all the way. Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole fuckin’ program. And me?…
A whooshing screensaver
This quote always makes me feel better when time is slipping by on a project that’s due soon. Alltop is a humor project that’s due.
Film History 2035E: Yer Whippin’ It, Pilgrim: Critical Analysis of Devonic Headgear in Classic Hollywood Westerns
2 baffling lecture hours and a 1-hour tutorial in which your TA will try to make sense of it all This course will examine, through critical analysis of the films…
Great Canadian TV Trivia – The Littlest Hobo
The Littlest Hobo original cast and theme song did not test especially well. There’s a voice that keeps on calling me Down the road is where I’ll always be Every…
Fly the Flensing Skies
In the late 1960′s Albanian Airlines’ passengers had overwhelmingly rejected their, “only a sissy needs a seatbelt,” marketing slogan. Their subsequent efforts were equally ineffective at increasing their revenues, including…
Leonides and the papier-mâché spatula
Gregorina awoke that morning feeling stranger than usual. She’d had vivid dreams of ravaging Leonides, their local butcher, with his own meat tenderizer. In the dream – or perhaps it…
Chariot of the Gords
As we all know, Canada is replete with Gords. Per capita, the “Great White North,” as it is known to hosers, carpetbaggers and avuncular entomographers everywhere, has the highest density…
Summer Reading Sale!
If you prefer your books in dead tree format, do I have a deal for you. Three of my books are available for 25% off! Get all the deets here.…
Protected: Disquieting Postcards I’ve Recently Received from My Future Self
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Ask General Kang: If my foreign policy is a failure, do I have to admit it?
Hell no! If you can’t blame the failures of your policy on some flunky (or opposition party, if you’re unlucky enough to be ruling in a “democracy”) then what kind…
Death by gluten
Alltop is chewy with humor.
Before the Internet
Normally, I just nod my head in agreement with xkcd, but in this case, I must take exception. Before the Internet, life was much more exciting. There were things to…
Ask General Kang: I’m sick of school, but should I go to university anyway?
Absolutely! Just because you’re tired of people lecturing you, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t continue to subject yourself to it for another three or four years. Some of your Earth “experts”…
Meme-o-riffic: Old-Timey Dog
My little contribution to the meme-o-sphere. Original photo here via Flickr. Know your meme entry on Yes, this is dog here. On the Internet, people can still kind of tell…
Tweeting in two places may break my brain
And god help me if I ever get confused! "When my brother and I go to the swinging singles bar, we look for the girls with the dog poopie on…