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Centennial Central

The 2000 Oziana has some fun stories, but a dearth of illustrations, pretty much just using repurposed John R. Neill art. The cover is an exception, but it’s just the standard logo that the International Wizard of Oz Club used … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Fred Otto, Health, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged button-bright, cats, dogs, emerald city, fairies, faleero, flying cloak of invisibility, forest of burzee, good witch of the north, haiku, international wizard of oz club, jenny jump, king pompus, matiah, oziana, ozma, ozma fights the sniffles, pastoria, percy vere, pigasus, pigs, princess pajonia, pumperdink, robin olderman, the banishment of faleero, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the invisible fairy of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous menagerie, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, toto, two-two, wizard of oz |

Dark and Shuttered

This week, we’re taking a look at the 1991 Oziana. Well, what else did you expect after the 1990 issue? The cover by Chris Sterling shows the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman putting on a puppet show, with each one controlling a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Families, Fred Otto, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a cozy castle in oz, afterlife, beach blanket babyloz, big enough mountain, charles martensen, chris sterling, christopher wayne buckley, death, earl abbe, ev, fairness, fred otto, glinda, great book of records, haiku, johnny dooit, kabumpo in oz, loxo the lucky, mission impozible, nome king, nomes, omby amby, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pyrzqxgl, ray bradbury, robin olderman, scarecrow, shutter town, something wicked this way comes, speedy in oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the giant horse of oz, the magic of oz, tik-tok of oz, timmy and the shutter faces in oz, tin woodman, water of oblivion, who's who in oz, woot the wanderer |

Life with the Luminary

I’ve finally started playing Dragon Quest XI for the Nintendo Switch. Since it’s Dragon Quest, there’s a lot that’s familiar, but there are also some changes to the mechanics that I think might make things a little easier. Battles are … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Poetry, Video Games | Tagged arboria, cobblestone, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest xi, erik, gallopolis, haiku, heliodor, horses, hotto, luminary, nintendo switch, serena, sylvando, tickington, time travel, tockles, veronica, yggdrasil, zoom |

I’ll Bossanova with Ya

Pixies, Bossanova – This is my favorite Pixies album, which I know isn’t a very common opinion. Well, at least it isn’t from the music critics, who prefer the more raw, proto-grunge sound of the earlier records. While there’s some … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black/Black Francis, Music, Pixies, Poetry, They Might Be Giants, Uncategorized | Tagged acrostic, billy goodman, bossanova, charles frosty horton, david byrne, elvis costello, haiku, kim deal, kinks, la sicilienne, lemuria, mose allison, rolling stones, sonnet, steve hoffman, surftones, talking heads, the silver princess in oz |