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Getting to Nome You

The physical appearance of the Nome King was something that came up recently in an online chat, and we have a pretty good description when he first appears in Ozma of Oz: “This important monarch of the Underground World was … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Gender, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged angelica shirley carpenter, dorothy gale, eggs, imps, kabumpo in oz, kaliko, little wizard stories of oz, lucky bucky in oz, magic belt, mardi gras, mary lenard, matriarchy, nome king, nome kingdom, nomes, ozma, ozma of oz, ozma sorceresses and suffrage, patriarchy, pirates in oz, polychrome, rinkitink in oz, santa claus, sexism, sherwood smith, the baum bugle, the characters of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magic of oz, the nome king, the tik-tok man of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tik-tok and the nome king, tik-tok of oz |

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

I’ve previously reviewed the 2016 Oziana, which consists of fifteen different alternate endings for Rinktink in Oz. I thought I should say a little more about each one, however, so here we go. Susan Johnson starts out by going in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Food, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a child's garden, aaron solomon adelman, andrew heller, baruch adelman, bilbil, christopher m. diket, dorothy gale, eggs, eleanor kennedy, ev, fix city, flattown, george van buren, gilgad, goats, high faluting city, how to be good, invisible inzi of oz, jackdaws, james bond, john w. kennedy, karen diket, king anko, king gos of regos, king rinkitink, kuik blackbab, maggie lockett, magic belt, mariah b'forre, mermaids, musicton, nikobob, nome king, nome kingdom, ouija board, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, puns, queen aquareine, queen cor of coregos, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, roodnite, sarah hadley, scarecrow, susan johnson, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway of oz, three trick caverns, toto and the cats of oz, tune town, virginia and robert wauchope, walkingbury, water of oblivion, wizard of oz, wizards, zog |

Of Bunnies and Bonnets

Picture by Helena Nelson-Reed Happy Easter! Some years ago, I wrote a little about the origins of the Easter Bunny and the name of the holiday. I don’t have a whole lot to add, but there’s some, so I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, British, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christianity, Easter, Food, German, Greek Mythology, Holidays, Judaism, Lewis Carroll, Music, Mythology, Passover, Religion, Roman, Television, They Might Be Giants, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, aphrodite, bill cosby, charity, coney island, coneys, easter bunny, easter eggs, easter parade, easter seals, eggs, eostre, fat albert, fat albert easter special, fred astaire, hares, irving berlin, jack benny, jesus, judy garland, lent, liberace, march hare, ostara, pikas, rabbits, shirley maclaine, the easter seal teleparade of stars, titian, van johnson, venus, virgin mary, white rabbit |

Egg Overload

I have a few video games I either want to start playing or get back into, but my game-playing time these days is taken up entirely by checking on my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island. It’s a pretty relaxing game, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Animals, Current Events, Easter, Food, Holidays, Mario, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged animal crossing new horizons, bunny day, cherry blossoms, easter bunny, easter eggs, eggs, luigi mario, mario mario, princess peach toadstool, rabbits, rhinoceroses, wario, yeti, zipper t. bunny |

A Time to Hop

I can’t say I do much for Easter as an adult, but I definitely have memories of hunting for eggs in my childhood. I remember going to church services as well, but I’m generally a defender of secular aspects of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, British, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Easter, Fundamentalism, History, Holidays, Humor, Jack Chick, Music, Mythology, Religion, Television | Tagged a family circus easter, alexander hislop, charlie brown, dizzy gillespie, easter baskets, easter bunny, easter eggs, eggs, eostre, ishtar, it's the easter beagle charlie brown, linus van pelt, lucy van pelt, peanuts, peppermint patty, rabbits, snoopy, the family circus, woodstock |

Birdo Is the Wordo

Birdo, one of the Super Mario Bros. 2 mini-bosses, comes up online every once in a while. Drew Mackie, for instance, has addressed the character a few times. The fascination with the monster is largely due to his/her being transsexual. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Gender, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged anatomy, birdetta, birdo, birds, bs super mario usa, captain rainbow, catherine, dinosaurs, doki doki panic, eggs, mario and luigi: superstar saga, popple, satellaview, super mario bros. 2, super mario rpg, toad, toads, wario's woods, yoshi |

Don’t Egg Me On

It’s established in Ozma of Oz, the very first Oz book in which the Nomes appear, that these immortals can be harmed by eggs. This point remains consistent, but what exactly the eggs DO doesn’t really. In Ozma, the Nome … Continue reading →