Tag Archives: coca-cola

It’s Educational

Posted on April 29, 2026 by Nathan

The Lurking Horror – This Infocom text adventure game is heavily inspired by the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft. It includes references to the Zork series, and I’ve seen suggestions that it might be part of the same universe, but … Continue reading →

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Vibe Wreck

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Nathan

Comic by Steph McMillan There are a few topics regarding economics and corporatism that I’m been seeing a fair amount of information on recently, and I thought they might be worth writing about, even though they’re not things I know … Continue reading →

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The New Normal

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Nathan

With the second inauguration of Donald Trump looming, because apparently Americans didn’t get enough of his hateful and exhausting behavior the first time, things definitely look bleak. And it’s worse because it seems like a lot of what I hear … Continue reading →

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I’ll Drink to That

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Nathan

It might be interesting to make a list of all the food and drink in which characters in the Oz books partake, but I’m not going to do that just now. I do, however, want to mention a few drinks … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Food, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Deck the Halls with Advertising

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Nathan

People have long complained about Christmas being too commercial. Stan Freberg, who did a fair amount of advertising work himself, lampooned the idea in 1958 with his “Green Chri$tma$.” It was also a major theme of A Charlie Brown Christmas … Continue reading →

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