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Diabolical Devices

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Nathan

Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist, by James F. McGrath – The author attempts to write a biography of John, using various sources and traditions. The criterion of embarrassment, that the early Christian writers probably wouldn’t have included details … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Food, Harry Potter, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Mythology, Names, Nursery Rhymes, Poetry, Relationships, Religion | Tagged amelia carruthers, angostura, apples, armor, baptism, bidasari, big bad wolf, brothers grimm, cannibalism, childe roland to the dark tower came, christmaker, crooked man, deserae, dwarves, fish, giambattista bastile, gold tree and silver tree, goldfish, gospel of luke, gospel of mark, gospels, hansel and gretel, herod antipas, heroics for beginners, jesus, joanna ruth meyer, john connolly, john moore, john the baptist, king herod the great, little red riding hood, lord voltmeter, magic mirror, mandaeans, mandean book of john, massacre of the innocents, origins of fairy tales from around the world, poison, pontius pilate, protoevangelium of james, rassendas, roland, rumplestiltskin, sleeping beauty, snow white, snow white and other example of jealousy unrewarded, the book of lost things, the land of lost things, the winter dark, the young slave, trout, twenty kingdoms, while the dark remains, witches, wolves, world war ii | Leave a comment

Love the Craft

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Nathan

The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, edited by S.T. Joshi – I’d read a little bit of Lovecraft before. There’s definitely something about his weird style that I find appealing, but his writing is also kind of dense. A recurring theme is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Conspiracy Theories, Dragon Quest, Environmentalism, Families, Genetics, Hinduism, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Science, sparks, ursula vernon, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged aliens, artificial intelligence, at the mountains of madness, cannibalism, cats, curious myths of the middle ages, e. nesbit, edgar allan poe, edith nesbit, fairies, five children and it, gnoles, gnolls, h.p. lovecraft, ichthyosaurs, john milton, kiranmala, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, megatheria, pakkhiraj, paladin's grace, paladins, penguins, perfume, plesiosaurs, poison, pollution, psamathos psamathides, psammead, racism, rakkhosh, rakshasas, roverandom, s.t. joshi, sabine baring-gould, saints of steel, sayantani dasgupta, secrets in the sky, seven champak flowers, shoggoths, st. patrick's purgatory, t. kingfisher, thakurmar jhuli, the annotated h.p. lovecraft, the chaos monster, the colour out of space, the dunwich horror, the narrative of arthur gordon pym, the rats in the walls, tuntuni | 1 Comment

Wyld Stallyns Rule!

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Nathan

Since so many long-dormant franchises have been resurfacing as of late, it’s not all that surprising that we got a new Bill and Ted movie. It came out three years ago now, but we only just got around to watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Celebrities, History, Humor, Language, Music, Technology, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged afterlife, alex winter, aliens, bill and ted, bill and ted face the music, bill and ted's bogus journey, bill and ted's excellent adventure, chuck de nomolos, death, genghis khan, go-go's, grim reaper, heaven, hell, jane wiedlin, jimi hendrix, joan of arc, keanu reeves, ling lun, Louis Armstrong, mars, napoleon bonaparte, poison, robots, sigmund freud, st. dismas, the seventh seal, time travel, wolfgang amadeus mozart, wyld stallyns | 2 Comments

The Healing Doesn’t Stop the Feeling

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Nathan

I’ve mentioned before how weird the hit point system from role-playing games really is when you think about it, and I know I’m not the only one. Hit points basically keep track of how close to death a character is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Video Games | Tagged 7th saga, cure, elixir, elves, esuna, esuna busy, heal, herbs, hit points, inns, magic, paralysis, pigs, poison, potions, sleep, status ailments, tents, tik-tok of oz | 3 Comments

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