That’s the kind of spicy headline that brings in clicks, I hear. I have a complicated relationship with Star Trek. I enjoy it. I watch it upon occasion. I recognize the quality of it’s early works. I cannot stand its fandom. I have often said that I refused to get that deep into Star Trek… Read More Anyone Who Willingly Watches Star Trek: Picard is the Reason the Terrorists Hate Us
Last night I sat through a YouTube video nearly as long as a feature-length film, discussing a cartoon cat I haven’t cared about in decades. When I was a young fellow, I had a whole slew of Garfield books, at least the first 14 or so. Adolescence brought changes, and the existence of Calvin &… Read More Garfield and the Consumer Event Horizon
I skip blogging about the Oscars for one year, and this happens? This has been the news all day. Not Ukraine, not Coronavirus. Twitter glommed onto this like a starving man set loose in a donut factory. So did I. Ever since I heard about it this morning (I didn’t watch the telecast, because of… Read More Will Smith is Not Okay
Recorded the new Shallow & Pedantic podcast last night, and put it up today. What a masterpiece of efficiency! It’s mostly us gibbering about which of Cannon Film’s vast vault is actually worth watching, and several times blaming them for Chuck Norris’ film and TV career. But we had fun. In other news, I’ve uploaded… Read More Let’s Have Another Cup of Podcast, Let’s Have Another Slice of ‘Zine
The New Project, I’ve alluded to on my most recent podcast has caused me to restart a book I picked up years ago, got about halfway through, and gave up in dejection. Kafka is the kind of guy best read on a clackety old SEPTA train on an overcast day after you’ve smoked a Parliament… Read More Notes on Kafka’s The Trial, Chapter 1
Anchor does this thing where you can record and build podcast episodes on the Anchor web site, and intercut Spotify-licensed music. I’ve done two episodes this way: This one has precisely 1 listen.Here’s the one I did last night: It has no listens. This is because it can only be listened to on Spotify, so… Read More Stupid Podcast Tricks and New Old Magazines
I’m in the middle of adding old issues of UJ to the web site, and putting finishing touches on the new Paperback edition of UJ 29, and I find myself being told something I already suspected: Yup, it’s that bad. Just as Hollywood is incapable of making a major-budget film that isn’t an existing IP,… Read More Publishing is Pravda
Playing as much CK2 as I do, I took notice of this Netflix show when it first popped up. I love the Early Medieval Period as the Wild West of Europe, when kingdoms were new and ambition was the way forward. When I first tried to watch it, I was turned off by the low… Read More Quick Review: The Last Kingdom
My goal for this site is to be less of a blog (although it will remain that) and more of a publisher. By which I mean, there will be works published here, for people to read. Right now it’s a free-with-donations-accepted model. I’ve got the first volume of Unnamed Journal up in that way, I’ll… Read More New Content, Old Blues
I’m on my seventh or eighth rewatch of this show. It may be the only show from this era I was a fan of that I’m still a fan of (other than Breaking Bad, which I don’t rewatch nearly as much). In many ways it’s an anti-sitcom, that manages to have all the satisfaction a… Read More A Series of Thoughts on Community
Content Blues 