Can You Go Home Again? Revisiting Favorite Childhood Books
Is it possible to go home again? Are your favorite books of childhood actually as good as you remember? Or should they simply remain just that, memories, never to be revisited? I went back to my childhood touchstones to see. The results were varied and interesting. Chronicles of Narnia by CS…
Spring deserves a new ice cream flavor
It has been ages since I made an ice cream so I started getting the ice cream itch. Then I went to Disney during and EPCOT food festival. The result is that I came home inspired by flavors and jumped into churning almost immediately. And this is my first result.…
Death and Consequences in the Marvel Multiverse
As Avengers: Infinity War finished and the theater lights came up I was already past anger and working my way towards acceptance of what I had just seen. There were parts of the movie that felt weak but overall it was absolutely at the level of average Marvel fare. The…
Eurovision 2018: Finals
I’m so unprepared this year! Due to a lot going on in life, I didn’t have time to watch either of the semi-finals or even pregame with the official music videos! So that means I’m going into the finals 100% cold. I feel both unprepared and excited. I haven’t gone into…
Free Comic Book Day: 2018 Edition
Saturday was Free Comic Book Day! I feel like this day goes by without much note to the general public each year, and that’s a shame. FCBD is an happens each year on the first Saturday in May. Well, this year it was May 5th so if you didn’t go…
Handmaid’s Tale, Season 2: You Should Know About Octavia Butler
Today marks the return of Hulu’s prestige literary-inspired dystopian drama for its second season, The Handmaid’s Tale.I’m not here to shit on this show. It’s good, compelling TV. It’s important TV. It walks a fine line between being pointed enough to bring women’s rights into pop-cultural discussion while still remaining…
