After saying their goodbyes to Dr. Chorus1, the gang sets about chasing the gnolls off in exchange for the Nail-Eater goblins guiding them through the sewers. A brief debate ensures re: whether the gnolls would appreciate gin or wine more as a bribe; given the junkyard environs, they decide that bathtubs and the gin...

“This is a place for prayers to be heard” is an absolutely insane sentence considering that Neytiri was taught the English word ‘prayer’ by people who have only a theoretical, internal relationship with deity at best, while the Na’vi are very much in real, regular, directly-observable contact with theirs. ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁...

FUTURE VLOGGING! Somebody get Hank and John Green tickets to Pandora stat; Hank’ll be thrilled about the science bullshit and John will have a great time fearing all the new diseases ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ “Do I really need to do this now? I need to get some rack” don’t worry dude, Nordstrom will be there when you’re done1 ⦁ ⦁ ⦁...

Thaaaaaanks for saving me from those monstros angry blue laaaaadyyyyyyy ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ I know this is a beautiful, mysterious moment—feathered, living flowers of light descending like snowfall, etc.—but I gotta tell ya, I see a bunch of glowing jellyfoosh a-blorpin’ my way my first instinct is probably not to let them...

(Nota bene, each entry has a review using Seth’s proprietary three-point Good-OK-Bad scale, with emojis representative of something that stood out to me about the work; please do not tell Seth, I am very scared of him) (R: Re-read; B: Reading To Mrs. Columbo At Bedtime Book Club) 1st Who Will Make The Pancakes -...

The bit where Jakevatar hops up and walks along that little rock-fence with no trouble despite being a new-bornéd peep is so good; he’s got a tail now! Of COURSE his balance is better! Siri, get me data on how many furries have inner-ear problems ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ So these avatars are not actually Na’vi, right, they’re...

Antecedently: HEIST TO MEET YOU; Eric and other adoptables; wham-bam-bank-you-ma’am The manager pulls a piece and lets fly at Rigatoni, which, rude but understandable, for a 17; it meets (and therefore beats) his AC, and lands for 3 damage. She shouts to the room and rest of the bank “We have thieves here, raise the...

Somehow, two sequels and seventeen years later, the consensus is apparently that these movies are good? I saw the first one at the pictures with my now-wife when it came out, and we agreed that it was extraordinarily beautiful but not so much to write home about as a movie, and I was under the impression that The...

(Nota bene, each entry has a review using Seth's proprietary three-point Good-OK-Bad scale, with emojis representative of something that stood out to me about the work1; please do not tell Seth, I am very scared of him) (R: Re-read; B: Reading To Mrs. Columbo At Bedtime Book Club) 9th Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy...

Listen: we all loved Bottlebright and Krag, and The Jade Regent was a blast; unfortunately, it was also a Pathfinder 1e adventure path and William had to do a LOT of shoe-leather behind the scenes to convert it all1 to 2e so it would work with our characters and there came a point, familiar to any reader of...

(Screening courtesy of my in-laws and a generous Christmastime AMC gift-card) I just got home! At one point on the drive I found myself start-stopping right by the place I get my cans recycled, caught between some paramedics attending to a crash in the median and the accident-people on the sidewalk, who were all...

Mrs. Columbo—she who is my tiny wife1—is the funniest, smartest, quickest person I’ve ever met; she says wonderful, hilarious, ridiculous, adorable things on a daily basis, and as part of a secret resolution I spent 2025 recording them to the best of my ability2. I now share them with you, because the miracle that...