Saturday, December 21, 2024

State of the Blog 2024

There’s a new (final) season of The Dragon Prince up on Netflix, but I probably won’t get to it for a while. Right now I’m going through Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld and Interior Chinatown; the latter feels like a crime procedural take on Redshirts

I don’t know if I’ll be able to do a Note next week, as I might be busy.


The original topic I jotted down for this week was good, but it felt like a not-so-great thing to end the year on. Will still probably do it, for some time or another…

Saturday, December 14, 2024

On Deposing the King

I have had a bit of a stressful, busy week. I’m also not as far in Dragon Age: Inquisition as I’d like, either; every time I make progress, a dozen other quests pop up. 


Still! This weekend should be fun! I apologize if this goes up late and/or rushed, though.


This Note came about after reading Feet of Clay, some Codex Alera, and Hellboy: Wild Hunt.

Saturday, December 7, 2024

On Fiction's Relevance

Hallo, friends! Advent is upon us, and yesterday was the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas. I had hoped to take my dad to see The Return this weekend after his birthday, but circumstances conspired to prevent that–not least of which being that no nearby theater is playing it. I just finished re-reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and am now reading Feet of Clay!

I’ll be out next week, so I'm unsure if I’ll be able to post a Saturday Note. I hope so.

Saturday, November 30, 2024

The Standard Urban Fantasy Setting

Happy day after the day after Thanksgiving!

I have a few books I’m reading, but I am hoping that around Christmas, my schedule and my Discworld read-through will have allowed me to have gotten to Hogfather. I still have to get through Feet of Clay, though. 


Trying to get through Dragon Age: Inquisition, but there’s so much to do! Gah!

Saturday, November 23, 2024

How Important is Canon?

Got a few reminders this week of how useless I am. I’ll make it, though–Thanksgiving is coming up! There should be some good food. I also want to work on getting some more Dragon Age 3 done before Christmas, so hopefully this break will give me the opportunity.

UGH computer’s updating again.


Inspired a bit by an article on Reactor Mag!

Saturday, November 16, 2024

On Villain Complexity & the Doom Villains

Yahoo Mail reformatted itself. Why? Because the Internet is Gehenna, I guess.


I am out of town for YALLFest this weekend, so I am pre-writing this before Friday. Actually, I should be writing these before the final day, anyway, but most of the time the week overwhelms me.


This one was prompted by some discussions I’ve seen about Dragon Age, though this Note isn’t actually about Dragon Age.


Also, “Villains of Dune” sounds like a really crappy Herbert novel.

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Tamora Pierce & Returning Heroes

Hoo boy, we had an election, and, uh… that happened. I was about to wangst about my life choices, but there are bigger issues in the world. 

Currently reading a bit of a different book, but we’ll see how it goes! It’s very long, though. 


Do you know Skyrim is thirteen years old? Or will be in a couple of days? That’s just nuts.