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Hello blog. This past weekend I went to Knott's Berry Farm to check out Ghost Town Alive!, their annual summer event. It's sort of a light larp, it's sort of improvisational site-specific theater, it's extremely delightful! Todd...
Thus far this week, we have pored over two intriguing selections from The Wealth of Nations — intriguing because Smith refers to the concepts of probability and risk in both of those passages in order to shed light on two different...
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up...
The Album of Dr. Moreauby Daryl GregoryGenres: Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction Pages: 176 Rating: Synopsis: Daryl Gregory's The Album of Dr. Moreau combines the science fiction premise of the famous novel by H. G. Wells with the panache...
I was very excited for NBA The Run, until I wasn't.It appeared as a spiritual successor to the much-celebrated NBA Street series, the EA BIG production that brought together streetball culture, arcade gameplay and an unforgettable visual...
Every so often — although not as often as I’d like — a publisher will release a more affordable version of a beloved game, and it’s always interesting to see where they’re able to shave a buck off the original production. Cardboard...
It’s the happiest parking lot on Earth! We are here, of course, for LACon V, this year’s Worldcon, where I will doing panels, a reading, a signing, and of course DJing a dance. I may also win a Hugo, but then, I might not. Either way, I...
The first recording today starts with the end of Atomic Betty. Then it’s a repeat of Pokemon Battle Dimension – Sleepless in Pre-Battle. Media Centre Description: Ash continues his quest to become the greatest Pokemon trainer ever. He...
Sound Metaphors’ Yuzo Iwata has curated this cool compilation for the store / distributor’s Miss You label. The selection serves as a sampler, mapping out how reggae and dub influenced Japan’s punk and then new wave scenes. Collecting...
Icelandic writer digresses about the loss of glaciers in the world, tells us his parents’ life story, and you can tell he’s self-satisfied about some plaque he wrote about a particular extinct glacier since they take their time building...
I should add that Elizabeth and I had splendid success with our trailer-assisted shopping mission. We went to two used furniture stores, each of which had a nice huge easy parking lot for the trailer. We found a loveseat in great...
Akha Ama Coffeee is a cozy cafe specialising in beans from Thailand. This is quite the niche - I don’t think I have ever seen Thailand beans in Japan. As it turns out, Akha Ama is originally a cafe from Thailand that has since opened two...
Thom Waite / Dazed: On the sweltering Leonida Keys, sweat slicks the skin of two lovers on the run as they toast new beginnings, watching the sun set over the water. A breeze blows through their hair, and you can almost feel the...
My dad passed away in April. He had dementia and that exacerbated the virus that he’d contracted and sadly didn’t recover from. It’s been a difficult few months, not really dealing with the grief (if there is such a way) and trying not...
Wednesday has become Ted Lasso day. It just a nice treat to have after work, which I love to remember. I don’t have the self restraint to not binge.