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Rash Decisions

Posted on June 9, 2026 by Nathan

The Hungry Tiger of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I reread this book for its centennial, and as usual, it was a fun experience. The adventure of the famous feline starts out quite similarly to Cowardly Lion, not only … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Characters, Economics, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television | Tagged atmos fere, betsy bobbin, big wigs, carter green, cowardly lion, deadly desert, down town, emerald city, ev, giants, guph, hungry tiger, hurry-canes, immense city, indus tree, ippty, kaliko, klik, loonville, nome kingdom, nomes, ottoman empire, ozma, patrick maund, princess elma, queen fi nance, quick sandals, rash, rash rubies, rinkitink in oz, the baum bugle, the cowardly lion of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, tik-tok of oz, tiny toon adventures | Leave a comment

One to Grogu On

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Nathan

I saw The Mandalorian and Grogu this past weekend, and in preparation for that I finally watched the third season of The Mandalorian. I had forgotten Carl Weathers was in this show, and even directed two episodes. It’s kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Language, Monsters, Politics, Star Wars, Technology, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged andor, anzellans, bo-katan kryze, boba fett, carl weathers, cassian andor, christopher lloyd, count dooku, dedra meero, duchess satine of mandalore, emperor palpatine, garazeb orrelios, ghorman, grogu, hutts, jabba the hutt, jack black, lizzo, luthen rael, mandalore, martin scorsese, mon mothma, nal hutta, obi-wan kenobi, pedro pascal, rogue one, rotta the hutt, shakari, sigourney weaver, star wars rebels, the book of boba fett, the mandalorian, the mandalorian and grogu | 2 Comments

When the Going Gets Tough

Posted on May 4, 2026 by Nathan

I’ve had an idea for a political post as of late, the main concept being the obsession with leaders being tough. Tough on crime, tough on immigration, tough on foreign policy, etc. The best ways to deal with anything are … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Health, History, Politics, Prejudice, Television | Tagged bill maher, coronavirus, crime, donald trump, fear, foreign policy, joe biden, mafia, organized crime, president barack obama, racism, terrorism, violence, war | 1 Comment

Words Getting Married, Song Is a Wedding

Posted on May 2, 2026 by Nathan

I’ve recently been listening to a few albums released in March, so I might as well write about them. Getting new music isn’t the same kind of event it used to be, but I still keep up on my favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Beatles, Camper Van Beethoven, Catholicism, Christianity, Muppets, Music, Neko Case, Religion, Television | Tagged accordion, beach boys, bob dylan, bobby boris pickett, dave brubeck, decemberists, jenny conlee, jonathan segel, jules buckley, kate mullins, levitation, live in london, loft, marcella puppini, mellotron, puppini sisters, rosanna schura, scott mccaughey, st. gemma galgani, st. vincent, tad hutchison, the birthday party, the muppet show, young fresh fellows | Leave a comment

Rumble in the Jungle

Posted on April 9, 2026 by Nathan

SpiritWrak – Since I’ve played pretty much all of the official Zork games, I decided to try this fan game that I’d seen mentioned, created by Daniel S. Yu. It definitely feels like something a fan would make, in the … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Authors, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Food, Humor, infocom, jules verne, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Prejudice, quest for glory, Relationships, Sierra, Television, Video Games, zork | Tagged aardvarks, daniel s. yu, demons, dinosaurs, fricana, golems, journey to the center of the earth, katta, kreesha mar asha, laurel and hardy, law, leopardmen, liontaurs, monks, paladins, puzzles, quest for glory i, quest for glory ii, quest for glory iii, rajah sah tarna, rakeesh sah tarna, reeshaka dar kreesha, sanford and son, sekhmet, simbani, spellbreaker, spiritwrak, tarna, tyrannosaurus, wages of war, zork grand inquisitor | 1 Comment

Galaxy Brain

Posted on April 2, 2026 by Nathan

Vivarium – I think Beth might have chosen to watch this near St. Patrick’s Day (yes, I’ve had this review in the works for a while) because it’s set in Ireland, even if neither of its leads, Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Conspiracy Theories, Feminism, Gender, Humor, lucasarts, Mario, Monsters, Music, Names, Prejudice, Relationships, Television, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged antisemitism, birdo, boss bass, bowser koopa jr., clawgrip, fox mccloud, imogen poots, inside the manosphere, jesse eisenberg, king bowser koopa, lechuck, louis theroux, luigi mario, mario mario, misogyny, monkey island, mouser, mushroom kingdom, netflix, nintendo, patriarchy, pikmin, princess peach toadstool, robotic operating buddy, Rosalina, rosalina's storybook, space ace, star fox, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario galaxy, super mario odyssey, super scope 6, the curse of monkey island, the super mario bros. movie, the super mario galaxy movie, vivarium, wart, yoshi, yoshi's island | Leave a comment

Heroes for Hire

Posted on March 2, 2026 by Nathan

The Last Viking Trilogy, by Poul Anderson – Made up of three books, this work of historical fiction is about Harald Hardrada, an eleventh-century ruler of Norway who had a pretty fascinating life. He spent time in Kyiv and Constantinople, … Continue reading →

Posted in amtor, Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Byzantine Empire, carl barks, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Disney Afternoon, Dragon Quest, Drugs, Economics, edgar rice burroughs, England, Greek Mythology, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Magic, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, Roman, Television, Tom Holt, Video Games | Tagged ants, arth, beagle boys, bongo on the congo, carson napier, chugwagon derby, donald duck, duckburg, ducktales, dwarves, elves, escape on venus, fountain of youth, gladstone gander, goblins, grandma duck, gyro gearloose, harald hardrada, j. zachary pike, juan ponce de leon, king olaf of norway, macbeth, magica de spell, nicholas eames, odin, orconomics, poncey de loon, potions, Poul Anderson, ray guns, scrooge mcduck, the dark profit saga, the gold nugget boat, the golden horn, the last viking trilogy, the road of the sea horse, the sign of the raven, valhalla, venus, vikings, vulcan, william the conqueror | 3 Comments

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

Snow Time Like the Past

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Nathan

Beth suggested writing about the history of snowmen, and a little bit of searching on the Internet brought up a few mentions of a book that sounded interesting, The Illustrated History of the Snowman, by Bob Eckstein. I’ve since bought and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Buddhism, Cartoons, Comics, Discworld, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, Jared Davis, Magic, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sexuality, Television, Terry Pratchett, Toys, Video Games | Tagged antisemitism, bob eckstein, bodhidharma, boogg, book of hours, citizen kane, daruma, effigy, frost giants, frosty the snowman, frozen, giants, grampa in oz, hans christian andersen, icetown, isa poso, jotun, marvel comics, michelangelo buonarroti, ozcon international, paul coker jr., piero di medici, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, ruth burman, snowmen, snowy the traveling snowman, sourcery, ted eshbaugh, the hidden valley of oz, the illustrated history of the snowman, ymir, yukidaruma | Leave a comment

A Rush and a Push

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Nathan

Zork: Grand Inquisitor – Hey, I actually finished a Zork game without getting stuck somewhere! This was one of the three point-and-click graphical games that succeeded the original text adventures. I played a fair amount of Return to Zork, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Humor, infocom, legend entertainment, Magic, Monsters, Relationships, Religion, Television, Video Games, zork | Tagged afgncaap, amy d. jacobson, antharia jack, brogmoids, dalboz of girth, david lander, dirk benedict, donovan freberg, dragons, elephants, elevephants, ernie eaglebeak, fraternities, grand inquisitor, great underground empire, hades, hillary tickingclock, joey rottenwood, lucy flathead, michael mckean, mir yannick, peloria, port foozle, professor otto tickingclock, queen libido, return to zork, sorcerer university, spellcasting, spellcasting 201, the sorcerer's appliance, the z-team, totemization, zork grand inquisitor, zork zero | 7 Comments

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