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Famous Monsters of Bookland

The Folded World, by Catherynne M. Valente – The sequel to The Habitation of the Blessed has John‘s daughter arrive in Pentexore to tell the inhabitants about the Crusades, and John’s subjects go off to fight in Jerusalem for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Christianity, Crusades, Families, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, incryptid, Islam, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Russian, seanan mcguire, Television | Tagged a dance with dragons, a dirge for prester john, a drop of venom, a song of ice and fire, abuse, aftermarket afterlife, alexander the great, antimony price, arthur harrington, baba yaga, bran stark, cryptids, dragons, dreaming of you in freefall, finding baba yaga, george r.r. martin, ghosts, jane yolen, john de mandeville, koschei the deathless, mary dunlavy, medusa, moxy früvous, nagas, pentexore, perseus, prester john, rick riordan presents, sajni patel, saladin, sarah zellaby, the folded world, the habitation of the blessed, vasilisa the fair, verity price, witches |

Sinking the Stinking One

The Storm Runner, by J.C. Cervantes – This is another book from the Rick Riordan Presents label, and there’s a definite pattern to most of these. A kid who has trouble fitting in with their peers finds out they’re the … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Aztec, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Greek Mythology, incryptid, Japanese, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Native American, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Rick Riordan, seanan mcguire | Tagged a wizard in rhyme, ah-puch, antimony price, chaos choreography, christopher stasheff, cryptozoology, hero twins, ixtab, j.c. cervantes, jian ghomeshi, kukumatz, magic for nothing, manticores, moxy früvous, quetzalcoatl, rick riordan presents, the secular wizard, the storm runner, verity price, yokai, zane obispo |

Now I Eat Humble Pie

Beth and I watched last week’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher last night. I sometimes think we should just skip them if we miss them, since they’re related to current events, but Beth likes to be caught up … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Concerts, Current Events, Music, Real Time with Bill Maher, Television, They Might Be Giants | Tagged bill cosby, bill maher, jerrod carmichael, jian ghomeshi, madonna, michael jackson, moxy früvous, roman polanski, sean penn, woody allen |

Martian Ham, Pork from Space

Dr. Seuss’s legendary Green Eggs and Ham recently made the news when Ted Cruz read it out loud during his not-really-a-filibuster against Obamacare. Strange that he would choose this book while decrying something he hadn’t tried. Wasn’t he kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Current Events, Dr. Seuss, Food, Humor, Lewis Carroll, Music, Television, The Simpsons, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged allan sherman, audrey geisel, charles montgomery burns, dr. seuss on the loose, green eggs and ham, grinch, homer simpson, how the grinch stole christmas, humpty dumpty, moxy früvous, paul winchell, sam-i-am, ted cruz, the cat in the hat, through the looking-glass, tigger, u2, what was i scared of? |

Wait, There’s a SOUTH America Now?

I had previously mentioned that I thought Dumbo was the shortest Disney animated feature, but technically that’s not true. The shortest is actually Saludos Amigos, a collection of four short cartoons interspersed with footage of Disney employees in South America. … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aconcagua, andes mountains, aquarela do brasil, brazil, censorship, donald duck, el gaucho goofy, goofy, jose carioca, lake titicaca, llama, moxy früvous, pedro, saludos amigos, terry gilliam |