Category Archives: Christmas

Alone in a Furniture Warehouse

Posted on June 13, 2026 by Nathan

Backrooms – We saw this on Wednesday, and I don’t think I was aware of the web series it was based on, or the Creepypasta that inspired that. The original image was taken of a former furniture store that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Christmas, Holidays, Lewis Carroll, Monsters, Music, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alice in wonderland, backrooms, creepypasta, house of leaves, kane parsons, piranesi, skinamarink, the neverending story, vivarium | 1 Comment

Mirth and Magic

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Nathan

Celtic Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook, by Sorcha and Aron Hegarty – This a guide to the characters in this mythology, which provides a few pages on the key details of each one, and an lush illustration by … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christmas, craig shaw gardner, Discworld, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, Holidays, Humor, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Pac-Man, Relationships, Sierra, space quest, Star Trek, Television, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a malady of magicks, aliens, amy myers, anna stead, aphrodite's new temple, aron hegarty, astro chicken, ba hubba tree bob, beatrice wankmeister, brutus of britain, carmen sandiego, celtic mythology, chris genoa, chris geona, cohen the barbarian, conan the barbarian, cornucopia agricorp, david langford, death swatch, dragons at crumbling castle, dragons at crumbling castle and other tales, elmo pug, esther friesner, fall'n into the sear, father christmas, father christmas goes to work, foop!, jack sharkey, james bibby, jeremy spear, king arthur, mabinogion, mike ashley, molly brown, monkeys, peter spear, queen of the green sun, quentin blake, richard lupoff, roald dahl, robots, roger wilco, ruella in love, seven-league boots, sludge vohaul, sorcha hegarty, space quest iii, space quest v, star generator, swineoids, sword and sorcery, tales of the carpet people, the 59a bus goes back in time, the abominable snowman, the distressing damsel, the frog prince, the mammoth book of comic fantasy, the space quest companion, through the looking-glass, time travel, troll bridge, trolls, two guys from andromeda, war of the doom zombies, witches, wizards, yeti | Leave a comment

Malignant Melania

Posted on February 3, 2026 by Nathan

I’m sure you know by now that the movie about Melania Trump has been released. We even saw a commercial for it when watching something on Amazon last night. And there have been reports of offers to pay people to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Conspiracy Theories, Corporations, Current Events, Focus on the Foes, Holidays, Language, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships | Tagged amazon, bullying, donald trump, donald trump jr, melania trump, racism, republican national committee | Leave a comment

Head Games

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Nathan

The Green Knight – I chose to watch this on New Year’s Eve because I knew the story traditionally starts and ends on New Year’s Day. Little did I know it was changed to Christmas Day for the movie, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, British, Christmas, Dreams, Holidays, Monsters, Mythology, New Year's Day, Video | Tagged antichrist, creep, creep 2, david lowery, foxes, green man, knights of the round table, murder, serial killers, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, the green knight, the last temptation of christ | Leave a comment

Lifestyles of the Rich and Clueless

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Nathan

SPOILERS for all four of these movies! The Substance – This movie is a combination of body horror and satire, and it’s incredibly blunt in its message. Demi Moore stars as Elisabeth Sparkle, a movie star and exercise show host … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Celebrities, Christmas, Corporations, Dreams, Families, Games, Holidays, Humor, janelle monae, Medicine, Monsters, Music, New Year's Day, Relationships, Snobbery, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged benoit blanc, bette davis, burgess meredith, burnt offerings, christmas eve in miller's point, coronavirus, demi moore, elon musk, glass onion, karen black, knives out, margaret qualley, murder, mystery, sacrifice, satire, the substance | 1 Comment

Regicide Salad

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Nathan

Entirely coincidentally, I’ve finished a few books as of late that involved a king being killed. With two of them, it’s even in the title. So there’s sort of a theme here, although the first few books I talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Arthurian Legend, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, Christmas, Drugs, Greek Mythology, Health, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Native American, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged anji kills a king, aphrodite, apollo, ares, batrachomyomachia, chief james wallas, chimera, deer, demeter, dionysus, dogs, dragons, dzunukwa, evan leikam, fairies, gagana, harpies, hecate, holy grail, howard pyle, impossible creatures, katherine rundell, killer whales, king mark of cornwall, king pellinore, knights of the round table, kwakiutl legends, lady belle isoult, lady of the lake, lumas, mice, michael g. munz, mink, morgan le fay, mushroom kingdom, nintendo, pamela whitaker, poseidon, princess peach toadstool, queen guinevere, Rosalina, rosalina's storybook, sir lamorack, sir lancelot du lac, sir perceival, sir tristram, spear of destiny, spiders, star bunnies, super mario galaxy, the poisoned king, the rising tide, the story of king arthur and his knights, the story of the champions of the round table, thunderbirds, titans, trees, tristan and isolde, yoshiaki koizumi, zeus, zeus is dead | 2 Comments

Shows of Christmas Past

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Nathan

Beth likes to find holiday specials and episodes for us to watch, often pretty obscure ones. There are also things we try to watch every year, although it’s getting harder to find them. I guess I shouldn’t complain, since we used … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christmas, Corporations, Dreams, Families, Holidays, Humor, Music, Relationships, Television, Toys | Tagged a christmas carol, andy williams, betsy mills, bob einstein, car 54 where are you?, ebenezer scrooge, family matters, felix unger, fred gwynne, garry shandling, gilbert and sullivan, hullabaloo, hulu, it's garry shandling's show, jacob marley, jerry lewis, lawrence welk, lennon sisters, nickelodeon, oscar madison, santa claus, soupy sales, sputnik, steve urkel, super dave daredevil for hire, super dave osborne, teddy ruxpin, the lawrence welk show, the odd couple, tiny tim, tom petty, you can't do that on television | Leave a comment

Highways and Dieways

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Nathan

The Wood at Midwinter, by Susanna Clarke – This is a short, emotional story set in the same fictional version of nineteenth-century England as Jonathan Strange, although it mostly stands alone. Merowdis Scott, a girl who feels out of place … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christianity, Christmas, ghost roads, Greek Mythology, Holidays, Magic, Mythology, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Urban Legends | Tagged atlantic highway, bears, bobby cross, dogs, dullahan, excalibur, hades, jane yolen, jonathan strange and mr norrell, king arthur, laura moorhead, merlin, merowdis scott, orpheus, persephone, pigs, rose marshall, sir kay, susanna clarke, sword of the rightful king, swords, the girl in the green silk gown, the wood at midwinter, victoria sawdon, weapons | Leave a comment

I’ve Been All Around the World

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Nathan

Voice Like a Hyacinth, by Mallory Pearson – This is about a close-knit friend group of women, all lesbians (well, one of them is bisexual), who attend art school together. The author has said it was based somewhat on her … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Christmas, Conspiracy Theories, Hinduism, History, Holidays, Judaism, jules verne, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged adze, around the world in eighty days, bible, bible myths and their parallels in other religions, jesus, joseph campbell, jules verne, mallory pearson, maya and the lord of shadows, mithra, nativity, nellie bly, passepartout, phileas fogg, rena barron, resurrection, sexuality, sioux, the craft, the monstrous misses mai, thuggee, van hoang, voice like a hyacinth | Leave a comment

You’ve Been Dadded

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Nathan

SPOILERS for everything here! Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker – This is also sometimes called Night Warning, and I don’t know how either title really fits. I guess the killer does use a knife and cook, but that’s a bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Dad, Cartoons, Christmas, Conspiracy Theories, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Names, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Sexuality, Technology, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aliens, butcher baker nightmare maker, demons, disenchantment, dreamland, elves, francine smith, king zog of dreamland, klaus heissler, krampus, luci, matt groening, night warning, president george w. bush, princess tiabeanie, roger smith, rogu, santa claus, satan, stan smith, steamland, trogs | Leave a comment

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Regicide Salad

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