Darlings, it’s Maribou. Jaybird is playing Hallowe’en Quest, and I needed the computer to order my textbooks for next semester, so he asked me to let you all know that this week’s Sandman post has been delayed. Seems like while… Continue Reading
I imagine you’re hung over. It’s easy to pick a good song, it’s very difficult to pick a good song to listen to when you’re hung over. This is the only one I thought of: But, may I point out,… Continue Reading
Well, we’re going to skip the Fringery this week due to the Holiday, and, given the nature of how Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve tend to both work exactly the same, we’re going to skip it next week as well. So, instead, we… Continue Reading
Let’s bust out the Aristotle: Catharsis is “the purging of the emotions of pity and fear that are aroused in the viewer of a tragedy” more or less. (I lifted that from here.) This is a pretty nice trick. Let’s… Continue Reading
Went to see The Hobbit with a bunch of friends yesterday which I didn’t think was *THAT* bad, but probably should have instead been named “Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth Movie Product (based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and… Continue Reading
I’m playing Far Cry 3 and, lemme tell ya, this is one of those games that will inspire essays on the role of violence in entertainment. (Note: if you are one who does not mind violence in your first-person shooters,… Continue Reading
I’m *THIS* close to saying “we should take a week off for the holidays”. We’re not in a major story arc, we’re not even in a minor story arc. We’re smack dab in the middle of a handful of (excellent)… Continue Reading
Today was my first day of vacation. If you’re familiar with the “Scumbag Brain” meme, my scumbag brain is pulling the “It’s your first day off in months and all you want to do is sleep-in? 5:30 AM IT IS”… Continue Reading
Our assignment was to read the first two issues from Dream Country. Glyph reviewed Caliope and Jaybird and Maribou reviewed Dream of a Thousand Cats. Glyph’s introduction to Sandman, in three parts, here, here, and here. Preludes and Nocturnes recaps here: Glyph… Continue Reading
Well, it’s that time of year again. Time for Christmas songs that you don’t quite mind. Or, at least, that *I* don’t quite mind. Golly, the 1970’s were weird, weren’t they? Well, when you start thinking that, you eventually get… Continue Reading