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Seeing Green

I’ve received and read the 2024 Oziana now, so I’ll say a few things about it. The theme is early Oz, all of them taking place before the events of Land, three during the Scarecrow’s reign. And a few of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry | Tagged a green fix, a tenebrous tower in oz, anna-maria cool, chris diket, d.j. tyrer, david m. perkins, e.j. hagadorn, emerald city, flutterbudgets, glinda, guardian of the gates, hope melts eternal, j. l. bell, jinjur, kathleen murphey, kelsey g. kappel, malcolm niess, omby amby, oz it was, oziana, paul dana, scarecrow, straw and magic, sun top mountain, suren ognessian, t. craft, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the road not taken, the soldier with green whiskers and the guardian of the gates, the wicked witch of the west, the wonderful wizard of oz, thomas craft, tin woodman, w.w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz, writing, yellow brick road, zim zalah |

That’s Aliahan, Folks!

I decided to set Octopath Traveler aside for a while, as it was getting frustrating. I’ll probably get back to it at some point, but there are other games I said that about twenty years ago, so who knows? And now … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Games, Dragon Quest, Games, Humor, Language, Magic, Monsters, Poetry, Video Games | Tagged aliahan, baharata, chimera wings, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, evac, game boy, haiku, jipang, nintendo switch, theddon, zoom |

What a Life of Luxury to Be an Ape-Man

The Return of Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – This sequel wraps up some of the hanging plot threads in the first book, but also takes the story in some different directions. While the first one was about a guy … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, England, Fairy Tales, History, Magic, Mythology, Neil Gaiman, Prejudice | Tagged fairies, fletcher pratt, human sacrifice, jane porter, john hollyshoes, john uskglass, john uskglass and the cumbrian charcoal burner, jonathan strange and mr norrell, mary queen of scots, mr simonelli or the fairy widower, on lickerish hill, racism, rumplestiltskin, stardust, susanna clarke, tarzan, the blue star, the duke of wellington misplaces his horse, the ladies of grace adieu, the return of tarzan, the twelve, tom brightwind or how the fairy bridge was built at thoresby, treasures of the twelve, witches, zodiac |

It’s the Afterlife, Charlie Brown

I usually try to review at least three movies or shows at a time, but that’s not an official rule, just a guideline. And since it’s been a while since I watched these two, and this weekend is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Families, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Technology, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged afterlife, beetlejuice, beetlejuice beetlejuice, black plague, charles schulz, charlie brown, donna summer, ghosts, jeffrey jones, lucy van pelt, mario bava, meghan trainor, peanuts, peppermint patty, richard harris, snoopy, the peanuts movie, willem dafoe |

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, by James Gurney – I seem to remember reading something about this book around when it first came out in the early nineties, in National Geographic or something. I was interested, but I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Board Games, Book Reviews, Chess, Comics, edgar rice burroughs, Final Fantasy, Games, History, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Names, Plays, Poetry, Poul Anderson, Technology, Video Games, William Shakespeare, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged a land apart from time, a midsummer night's dream, a midsummer tempest, a winter's tale, a.a. milne, ariel, bad sir brian botany, barsoom, black mages, caliban, dejah thoris, dinosaurs, dinotopia, dragonrouge, dragons, elemental fiends, emperor mateus, english civil war, fairies, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iii, gorbash, gordon r. dickson, james gurney, jennifer ward, jetan, john carter, kathans, king charles i, light warriors, lin carter, mars, memory of heroes, oberon, ogres, operation chaos, prospero, rykors, sandmirks, takashi umemura, terra magica, the chessmen of mars, the dragon and the george, the tempest, three hearts and three lions, thuvia maid of mars, titania, when we were very young, white mages, wolves |

Eight Is Enough

I last wrote about Octopath Traveler in October, and I’m still playing it now when I have the chance. I don’t think I’ve played anything else in the meantime, except for the occasional Sims 4. I have finished with the third chapters … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy, Language, Magic, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged cyrus albright, final fantasy vi, octopath traveler, ophilia clement, primrose azelhart, soulstones, tressa colzione, weapons |

Dog and Pony Shows

Here are my thoughts on three movies and three television shows, with SPOILERS for all of them. Phantom of the Paradise – Brian De Palma’s campy 1974 rock musical is mostly a take on The Phantom of the Opera, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Art, Cartoons, Food, Gender, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Star Wars, Television, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Toys, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a new hope, adrienne barbeau, allan sherman, augie doggie, bail organa, barney rubble, boo boo bear, brian de palma, captain caveman, cindy bear, danny devito, darth vader, doggie daddy, faust, fred flintstone, goober and the ghost chasers, great gazoo, hanna-barbera, huckleberry hound, jabberjaw, james earl jones, jamie lee curtis, janet leigh, jellystone, jerry springer, jerry springer fights camera action, jessica harper, John Carpenter, jonny quest, loopy de loop, magilla gorilla, my little pony, my little pony the movie, obi-wan kenobi, oprah winfrey, peter potamus, phantom of the paradise, princess leia, quick draw mcgraw, raspberry rover, richard dominick, satan, scooby-doo, shazzan, smooze, snagglepuss, solo a star wars story, the fog, the hillbilly bears, the phantom of the opera, the picture of dorian gray, tom atkins, tony randall, top cat, touche turtle, vivien lyra blair, wally gator, william finley, wilma flintstone, yogi bear |

The New Normal

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 →

Posted in Advertising, Capitalism, Christianity, Corporations, Current Events, Economics, Fundamentalism, Language, Magic, Music, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged antichrist, bible, coca-cola, donald trump, elon musk, eugenics, evil, facebook, homophobia, isaiah, jeff bezos, jesus, mark zuckerberg, president george w. bush, racism, talia lavin, transphobia, twitter, wild faith |

Smiting and Smoting

The Great Book of Amber, by Roger Zelazny – I had wanted to read Nine Princes in Amber after seeing it on a list, and since the library had this complete volume of ten novels, I went ahead and read … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Economics, Families, History, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, William Shakespeare | Tagged amber series, bible, cyrus the great, demons, donald trump, fairies, god knows, homophobia, joseph heller, king david, king saul, king solomon, michal, nine princes in amber, ogres, religious right, robert jordan, roger zelazny, satanic panic, sphinx, talia lavin, the dragon reborn, the great book of amber, the wheel of time, transphobia, trolls, wild faith |

Medea vs. Jason

Kirby Manga Mania Volume 2, by Hirokazu Hikawa, translated by Amanda Haley – More gag-based adventures of the round pink hero, each with a theme of sorts but not much of a plot, instead mostly just consisting of Kirby goofing … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Comics, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, jules verne, Kirby, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged amanda haley, atalanta, captain nemo, circe, coo the owl, dream land, euripides, gooey, hirokazu hikawa, jason and the argonauts, john m. ford, kine the ocean sunfish, king aeetes of colchis, king dedede, kirby manga mania, kracko, medea, meta knight, mr. tick-tock, rabbits, rick the hamster, the dragon waiting, the mysterious island, the witch of colchis, uncle wiggily longears, uncle wiggily's story book, vampires, witches, wizards |