Monthly Archives: November 2015

“Grail”, by Stephen Lawhead “Avalon”, by Stephen Lawhead Translations of “Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight”, “Pearl”, and “Sir Orfeo” by J.R.R. Tolkien “The Return of the King”, by J.R.R. Tolkien (My current copy has mysteriously disappeared) “Letters From Father … Continue reading →

All right, here we go. This will be in the style of my “Daredevil” analysis from earlier. Spoilers abound Worse than: “Daredevil”, kind of. Will explain later. This automatically means worse than “Sherlock”, “Justified”, and Firefly. Better than: Pretty much everything … Continue reading →

I’ll do a real retrospective later (probably one for here and a slightly less partisan/foulmouthed one for Superversive SF), so here are my quick thoughts: This was thoroughly entertaining, and I’m genuinely glad I binge-watched it. Highly recommended. That said, … Continue reading →

Arrrrrrgh, Trish just gave excuses for why she didn’t want to kill Kilgrave and I nearly punched the fucking computer. TRISH. TRISH. THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU TRISH. KILGRAVE IS A FUCKING MENACE. HE IS DANGEROUS. HE NEEDS TO DIE. … Continue reading →

Reading reviews of Jessica Jones is really aggravating me. The truth is that “Jessica Jones” is a good show because it’s not a feminist show. With a couple of exceptions, we’re seeing characters live their lives. Whether it shows us … Continue reading →

Strong language warning. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. That was absolutely terrifying. That was seriously one of the most frightening things I’ve ever seen on TV or screen. The whole thing was unsettling, but that ending? WOW. WOW. My hands are actually … Continue reading →

This scene, narrated by one of Arthur’s friends and warriors, Bedwyr (translating, I think, to Sir Bedivere), is from “Arthur”. Arthur and his men are prepared to do battle with an allied force of various barbarian tribes, but before the … Continue reading →

First up is my review of “Merlin”, the second book in Lawhead’s Pendragon series. I didn’t intend to do a review of another book in the series so soon after my first one, but I saw a lot of parallels … Continue reading →

In my trek through Lawhead’s Pendragon stories I have made it to book three, “Arthur”. My plan is to do as the author suggests and read parts one and two and then skip ahead to the book “Pendragon”, then “Grail”, … Continue reading →

I considered posting a prayer for France, but I always found posting prayers online to be a bit cheesy…like advertising holiness or something. Nothing inherently wrong with it, just a little tacky. So instead, here is a poem by G.K. … Continue reading →