I always chuckle when people talk about Batman being a dark and brooding loner. Cause he ain’t. Well, he can be dark and brooding, but loner? Ha. Want proof? Found this on Pinterest. And it doesn’t even include Alfred.Read More →
I haven’t had a lot of time this week to work on a longer post so I thought I’d do a quick one about one of my pet peeves. Ever noticed how many games for mobile have hidden Match 3 games in them. By hidden I mean that the Match 3 part isn’t even talked about until you get into the game. The flip side of this is that I’ve noticed that a lot of the games that do this are suddenly advertising as being all about repairing stuff… and then it never comes up in the game. Or it’s not until way into theRead More →
Editing note: As I get older and technology gets better, I’ve found myself making more “research notes” about what I read and watch and play and, well, you get the idea. So much so that I’ve come up with an outline of the things I want to remember for myself and I’m applying it more and more. This is my first attempt at actually using that outline to create a type of post which I’m calling a Summary. If it works I may do more. Background I think I became aware of the legend of the Monkey King when I first saw The Forbidden KingdomRead More →
I still read a lot of print but in the last few years, suspiciously after getting a smart phone, I’ve started listening to podcasts, dramatizations and audio books. The odd thing to me is that what I like to listen to is in many ways completely different than what I like to read. For instance, I like to “read” romances. If I’m reading a romance e-book on my phone I will sometimes turn on the audio but still catch myself reading ahead of the audio, which is just downright annoying. And I just can’t listen to love scenes. Just no. Love scenes aside, I tendRead More →
I’ve been stressed out this last week due to an upcoming medical procedure so my mind hasn’t been on posting regularly. So I thought I’d just do a quick update post on what I’ve been reading, watching and playing recently. I got in the mood a week or so ago to reread the Dana Marie Bell’s Maggie’s Grove supernatural romance series. I love those books. While I was reading (devouring) them again for the umpteenth time, I realized that she had a new one coming out on July 22. Big yahoo! So I”m planning on doing a post on the new book specifically and theRead More →
Especially the ones from around the 1960s. Because ya just never know what you’ll find. Don’t get me wrong, there are truly great and also truly bad covers from all eras. He and his support cast have been around for going on 80 years now. But there’s just something about the truly wacky covers from the late 1950s through the early 1970s that seem to outdo all the others, especially when it comes to his relationship with Lois. For example: I mean, seriously, that’s just so cute and so whacky at the same time.Read More →
Because what else would it be inspired by? Don’t believe me? So, I was browsing around on Pinterest and ran across this: I’ve heard about this one being one of the earliest genre romances of the 20th century. Which meant it was old enough it probably had a plain hardback cover originally but I was curious as to what the original paperback one might have been. Okay, that’s more like it but I sill don’t know if that’s the first. Another thing I’ve heard about this book is that it was the inspiration, or at least one of them, for the early silent movie sheikRead More →
Yes, I do love the original, SG1, very much. Multiple rewatchings to the point of starting to rate individual episodes. In a pinch, I can watch Atlantis but it’s not my favorite. Universe does not exist for me. Just saying. So I was very interest when I ran across this video about the history of this beloved science fiction franchise: This the first of three parts and I enjoyed all of them. I think you can also check on the channel they’re on for a video that compiles them into one but that’s like an hour long so fair warning.Read More →
I had just finished devouring the first season of the new Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries when I ran across a review of it. So, let’s start with a quote from that first: Overall, Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries was a happy surprise since I loved it just as much as Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. I only wish there were more than four episodes in this first season. While the first episode is a bit of a slow start, it met then exceeded my expectations. Fans of Phryne Fisher should be pleased to see her legacy continue with the charming Peregrine Fisher. ‘MS. FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES’ REVIEWRead More →
I was never a Mulder & Scully shipper when the series was airing. I always saw their relationship as soul mates but platonic ones. And that’s the way I remember them. So as I’m re-watching the series, I realize I had forgotten how flirty they were in the early seasons of X-Files. Okay flirty might not be the right word but I don’t know what else to call it especially on Scully’s part. Mulder is semi-oblivious. He has his moments but they are more blink and you miss them than Scully’s. Right now I’m at the end of season 2 and they seem to be settling into the relationship I do remember. It’ll be interesting toRead More →
I grew up watching her movies and TV series because my mother was a huge fan so I’ve been trying to put together a post on her for the last week or so. Then I ran across an article that pretty much says everything I’d say so here it is: Very, very few classic film stars still remain with us. With the passing of Doris Day in May, that number sadly becomes even more minuscule. So, today we remember wonderful Doris Day movies in tribute. 12 MOVIES WITH DORIS DAY, QUEEN OF ROMANTIC COMEDIES My personal favorite is probably a close tie between Glass BottomRead More →
I love look at old paperback book covers. The older the better. Sometime I love them. Sometimes they are just downright weird. And sometimes I go, ooo-kay, what is this?!? I want to know more. I think. Like this one that isn’t even that old, relatively speaking:Read More →
Cause I’m sure there are some British superheroes in the comics but I’m drawing a blank. Name any of today’s superheroes and you can bet they’ll be American. Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Spiderman: the list goes on and on. It’s easy to think we don’t have a single one to call our own this side of the Atlantic. But maybe we do. Homegrown superheroes: which UK characters and legends should team up? Oh, OK… that makes more sense. This was actually a fascinating article to me for a number of reasons. Let’s see, we have Robin Hood, King Arthur, Beowulf, Prospero, Cuchulain & Sherlock Holmes mentioned.Read More →
Scooby Doo will always be my favorite but I also have to admit that Speed Buggy makes me smile. He’s such an adorable, and rather useful, character for a cartoon.Read More →
I’m not that much on horror. Like at all. Honestly, I do not seek horror out but it occasionally finds me, usually when I stumble into a movie has some horror elements. I might even make it to the end of the movie. But I ain’t gonna read horror. Just, no. Recently, though, I decided to start rewatching X-Files. The original. From the beginning. In small bits of a couple of episodes at a time. Don’t know how far I will make it but we’ll see. Thing is, I had forgotten just how much horror there was in that series. Or buried the information inRead More →