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Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, Into the Canyon We Go

Posted on May 22, 2026 by Nathan

They Might Be Giants, The World Is to Dig – It’s been about five years since the release of my favorite band’s last regular studio album, BOOK, which felt like a big production. After that, this one comes across as … Continue reading →

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Jinn and Tonic

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Nathan

I’ve written about jinn before, but something I don’t think I’ve touched on is the different varieties among them. As with a lot of attempts to categorize mythical beings, there’s no real consensus on this. I just finished G. Willow … Continue reading →

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99 Problems, But a Clone Force Ain’t One

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Nathan

Two television shows and one movie this time, all with SPOILERS. Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults – When we visited the Museum of Death in Hollywood, an employee there quite enthusiastically told Beth about Heaven’s Gate, and how they … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nathan

These are the movies we watched this weekend. There are SPOILERS for all three. Pontypool – The movie is named after the village in Ontario where it takes place, although I’m not sure how much of the actual place is … Continue reading →

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Coming of Age, with Monsters

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Nathan

SPOILER WARNING for three different movies. Anna and the Apocalypse – This is a Christmas movie of sorts, and we meant to watch it before the big day, but we ended up watching it on the fourth night instead. And … Continue reading →

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Curse You, Programming!

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Nathan

I have completed Cosmic Star Heroine, which is a fairly short game, but I’d only been playing it on and off. I think I played it on the second easiest level, although I can’t remember for sure. It was challenging … Continue reading →

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Teeny Tiny Bat

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Nathan

Halloween has come and gone, and the Great Pumpkin never showed up. Does no one care about sincerity in pumpkin patches anymore? It’s all this commercial farming, I’m sure. Anyway, here are my thoughts on one thing I watched for … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy Pickles

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Nathan

I started playing EarthBound last week when I found it on the Super NES for Switch application. It probably wasn’t the best timing as the Switch version of Chrono Cross also came out that week, but I’ve been switching back … Continue reading →

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Time for Terror

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Nathan

Here’s a rundown of all the movies we watched this October (well, except for Halloween Kills), all horror-adjacent, but not necessarily all horror films per se. A lot of them turned out to be horror comedies, which wasn’t really intentional. … Continue reading →

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Far and Few

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Nathan

When I posted about Edward Lear’s Jumblies, I received a comment from Ceridwen Silverhart mentioning Jumbies, creatures from Caribbean folklore. They’re basically evil spirits, and the name varies from one place to another. It’s sometimes spelled as “Jumbies” and other … Continue reading →

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