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Jumping Through Hoopoes

Here’s the book review post I mentioned before, which is partially about Greek mythology, and includes a lot of tangents. I always wonder whether people like those, or just want me to stick to the media I’m discussing. The Bird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Comics, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Islam, Judaism, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Uncategorized | Tagged antillia, aristophanes, bible, birds, clash of the titans, cloudcuckooland, doctor who, dungeons and dragons, farid ud-din attar, g. willow wilson, hercules, hercules the legendary journeys, hoopoes, iris, jinn, joseph, kamala khan, kevin sorbo, king solomon, koh-e-qaf, lamia, liz gloyn, marvel comics, medusa, ms. marvel, nephelokokkygia, nimrod, poseidon, prometheus, puns, quran, ray harryhausen, sheikh sam'an, simurgh, sufism, sultan mahmoud, tereus, the bird king, the birds, the conference of the birds, tracking classical monsters in popular culture, triballus, xena warrior princess |

Hey, Let’s Do the Limbo Rock

There’s something I’ve always liked about the word “Limbo,” which has entered into popular usage as meaning a state where nothing can happen until certain conditions are met. It comes from the Latin limbus, meaning an edge or border. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Catholicism, Christianity, Comics, Etymology, Games, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Oz, Places, Religion, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Television | Tagged allison mcbain, baptism, cory in oz, dante alighieri, divine comedy, doctor who, dungeons and dragons, elysian fields, endless quest, hell, inferno, jesus, limbo, marvel comics, nowhere, revenge of the rainbow dragons, shredder, splinter |

Start Digging Some Nerd Holes

I came across this page that discusses how The Simpsons, at least in its earlier glory days, was such a successful mix of comedy everyone could appreciate and references that only nerds would get. One sentence that particularly stood out … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Futurama, Humor, Music, Television, The Simpsons, They Might Be Giants | Tagged comic book guy, doctor who, geeks, itchy and scratchy, matt groening, nerds, newsgroups, philip j. fry, science fiction, the big bang theory |

Breaking the Language Barrier

When writing fantastic stories about strange, faraway lands and remote planets, language is obviously going to be an issue. Learning a foreign language on Earth can be difficult enough, and I can only imagine it would be well nigh impossible … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Language, Oz, Star Trek, Technology | Tagged AltaVista, babel fish, doctor who, don cupitt, erich von daniken, oolon colluphid, richard dawkins, universal translator |