The MW Blog http://mw.the-iss.com/ Full of whimsy and wonder and initials. en Copyright 2009 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:34:03 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Most of this blog's entries have been kidnapped... The International Society of Supervillains.]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2008/07/most_of_this_blogs_entries_hav.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2008/07/most_of_this_blogs_entries_hav.php Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:34:03 -0500 Capsule Reviews for Comics I Bought on 7/6/07 Yeah! - A great comic all around. Definitely worth buying, just like this high-quality MW merchandise, available now! (Smoooth.) Heh. - Pretty entertaining. Give it a read if you have a chance. Eh? - Confusing. I'm not really sure if it's bad or good, honestly. Meh. - Not particularly exciting. Bleh. - Terrible. All-Star Superman #8 I love this issue, if for no other reason than this one panel:
Apparently that one Bizarro guy speaks exclusively in sarcasm, which means that in all likelihood I am a Bizarro myself. In addition, the plot is full of cool, crazy ideas and the art is as pretty as ever. Just like every other issue of this series, it's a hell of a lot of fun, and it's the best Superman I've pretty much ever read. Rating: Yeah! The Irredeemable Ant-Man #10 Just like pretty much every other Marvel book of the past month or so, this issue crosses over with the big punch-up known as World War Hulk, but instead of taking itself all super-seriously like some titles I won't name *cough*FrontLine*cough*, this one sort of serves as a parody of the whole thing. Here, the new Ant-Man finds himself inside the Hulk's digestive system, where everything is as indestructible as it is on the outside. It all seems a little shoehorned into the overall plot of the series, but it's a fun little diversion anyway. Rating: Heh.]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/07/capsule_reviews_for_comics_i_b_5.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/07/capsule_reviews_for_comics_i_b_5.php REVIEWS Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:53:09 -0500 Ridiculous Band Names: Honorable Mentions 25 worst band names in rock history on the CRACKED.com humor web page site. I wrote it. But not all the bands I wanted to put on the list made the cut, so I thought that I'd include bands 26-30, just to make a few people angrier about how the explanation for how the band got its name (which I pulled off Wikipedia) is wrong.

Phish

The story: The band's drummer's last name was Fishman, and somehow that ended up turning into Phish. According to singer Trey Anastasio, they made the F a Ph as a "marketing ploy." Assholes! Why it's ridiculous: Intentionally misspelling a word is bad enough, but making an "f" into a "ph" is the absolute worst. It’s like an inside joke that no one’s actually in on. Doing something like replacing an "s" with a "z" is simply retarded, but replacing an "f" with a "ph" carries this whole winking, faux-intelligent veneer of unabashed wankery that pretty much exemplifies this band, which is basically one big wank itself. Phuck them.

]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/ridiculous_band_names_honorabl.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/ridiculous_band_names_honorabl.php WRITINGS Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:43:20 -0500 The best thing I have seen in some time. Simply astonishing. --------]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/the_best_thing_i_have_seen_in.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/the_best_thing_i_have_seen_in.php NEWS Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:22:53 -0500 An MW-ISB Crossover Event! Chris Sims there, and he drew me this kickass picture of Captain America crying:
It's the ice cream cone that really makes it, I think.]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/an_mwisb_crossover_event.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/an_mwisb_crossover_event.php NEWS Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:14:23 -0500 So, anyone watch the Sopranos finale?
So after a couple of days of thinking it over and reading just about everything I can find to see what people thought about the final episode of "The Sopranos," I've decided that the general consensus that you either love it or hate it is kind of wrong. Because I'm really pretty ambivalent about it. The episode, and really this whole season, in my estimation, was alternatingly baffling and brilliant. The smash cut to black at the end of the finale, which seems to be the only thing anyone can talk about for some reason, seemed altogether appropriate. More about that later. But as for the episode as a whole, didn't things seem to move...kind of fast?]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/so_anyone_watch_the_sopranos_f.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/so_anyone_watch_the_sopranos_f.php REVIEWS Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:57:11 -0500 Game show humor! this thing I wrote a while back regarding game shows. Won't you read it? For me? --------]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/game_show_humor.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/game_show_humor.php NEWS Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:33:46 -0500 Knocked Up
If the state of American movie comedy today was to be judged based on the quality of the 25 or so trailers I watched before "Knocked Up" started, I probably would have given up on Hollywood entirely. There was the Dane Cook movie about how each woman he sleeps with finds her true love. The Ben Stiller movie where he finds out the woman he married is crazy (never heard that premise before!). The Robin Williams as a priest helping a young couple before marraige movie (he talks like a black preacher in it! How unexpected!). Luckily, after what felt like about 48 tons of pure anal extract being dropped directly into my mouth, "Knocked Up" started. And I thought to myself, "Hey, this isn't shit. Wow."]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/knocked_up.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/knocked_up.php REVIEWS Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:55:47 -0500 The Sopranos' 10 Most Memorable Whackings
So there's this show on television called "The Sopranos" that some people like. It's about a family of garbagemen or something. Anyway, I wrote a thing about it. Enjoy! --------]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/the_sopranos_10_most_memorable.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/06/the_sopranos_10_most_memorable.php NEWS Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:00:50 -0500 TV Crap and Comments


You may have noticed earlier this week that a piece of mine about the major networks' 35 new shows went up on the CRACKED.com main site. Or maybe you didn't. I don't know. I don't run your life. Also, sorry to anyone who has commented on something recently and didn't see it go up on the site in a prompt fashion. I have been simply swamped with spam comments lately and only got the chance to filter through today. All the real ones should be up now, especially this one, which really gets my goat with that remark about my "slick anus." I really had no idea anyone knew about my highly lacquered asshole, but clearly I was wrong. --------]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/05/tv_crap_and_comments.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/05/tv_crap_and_comments.php NEWS Sun, 27 May 2007 15:21:34 -0500 Spam answers, yes!
I've taken my incredibly original schtick of sarcastically answering spam e-mails on the Internet to the CRACKED.com main site. You can see the fruits of my labor here. Seriously, that bug-eyed Asian chick freaks me out every time I see her. --------]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/05/spam_answers_yes.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/05/spam_answers_yes.php NEWS Thu, 10 May 2007 23:30:33 -0500 The Venture Bros. Season 2 DVD
Over the course of the last year or so, "The Venture Bros." became my favorite show on television. Partially because "Arrested Development" got cancelled. Partially because I finally realized that "The Simpsons" had fallen off in quality to the point that it wasn't the same show anymore. It didn't have any of the things I loved about it anymore -- an ironic, but also weirdly reverential sense of nostalgia; brilliant plots with impeccable continuity; fully realized characters, even down to the most minor bit players; and the amazing ability to cause me to laugh until I can't breathe. And the rest of it is that "The Venture Bros." is all those things, in damn near perfect measure.]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/05/the_venture_bros_season_2_dvd.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/05/the_venture_bros_season_2_dvd.php REVIEWS Wed, 02 May 2007 23:00:00 -0500 I apparently love sports now.
Because the second sports-related piece of mine in the span of a week, The Dos and Don'ts of Throwing a First Pitch is now up on the CRACKED.com main site. I believe it warrants at least a moment of your time, much as if it were a besooted English orphan who has approached you with his empty gruel bowl, saying in his weakened voice, "Please, sir, just a moment of your time. Please." His voice is weakened because he has black lung from having to earn money for the orphanage by working evenings as the brush end of a chimney sweep's broom. Won't you grant a poor English orphan his dying wish? Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch some sports! Goooooooo athletes! --------]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/04/i_apparently_love_sports_now.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/04/i_apparently_love_sports_now.php NEWS Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:35:08 -0500 Phil Mickelson = Hilarious
Hey! Hey you! Yes, you! Reader! How much do you like jokes about golf tournament champions? What if they're 2006 Masters champion Phil Mickelson? Well, my friend, have I got the thing for you. (Special bonus note for readers of this blog: I wrote this, not Phil Mickelson.) --------]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/04/phil_mickelson_hilarious.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/04/phil_mickelson_hilarious.php NEWS Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:02:05 -0500 Har har! this. To be perfectly clear, this blog has not been purchased by a dictionary publisher. Though anyone who wishes to give me money is more than welcome to do so. --------]]> http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/04/har_har.php http://mw.the-iss.com/2007/04/har_har.php NEWS Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:29:49 -0500