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  • One Thing I Like About Zootopia 2
    Friday, December 12, 2025

    One Thing I Like About Zootopia 2

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    The sequel continues the precedent set by the original of being more clever and insightful than these movies need to be

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Lil, Drummer Boy
    Tuesday, December 9, 2025

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Lil, Drummer Boy

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    I have no gifts to bring, apart from these two tunes that are not even a little bit about Christmas

  • One Thing I Love About Eternity
    Thursday, December 4, 2025

    One Thing I Love About Eternity

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    This surprisingly charming movie about choosing the perfect afterlife makes a love triangle where you want to see everyone win

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Jingle, Bells
    Tuesday, December 2, 2025

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Jingle, Bells

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Starting December with the goal of finding the most barely-Christmas-related songs possible

  • Idiocracy and Somebody Else’s Problem
    Sunday, November 30, 2025

    Idiocracy and Somebody Else’s Problem

    Movies, Nonessential Thoughts

    Revisiting a movie that I still think is just okay, and how it just keeps getting more relevant

  • One Thing I Like About Wake Up Dead Man
    Saturday, November 29, 2025

    One Thing I Like About Wake Up Dead Man

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    Wake Up Dead Man is a solid murder mystery that in the Knives Out tradition, has a lot to say about Our Current Moment. The most interesting twist is the idea that Benoit Blanc isn’t right about everything. (No significant spoilers)

  • Return of the Obra Dinn, or, Dead Men Tell Awesome Tales
    Saturday, November 29, 2025

    Return of the Obra Dinn, or, Dead Men Tell Awesome Tales

    Backlog Zero, Videogames

    Thoughts after playing the infuriatingly excellent deduction game at the worst possible time. (No significant spoilers)

  • Her Story
    Saturday, November 22, 2025

    Her Story

    Backlog Zero, Storytelling, Videogames

    Her Story really is a work of genius, treating interactive fiction like molecular gastronomy. (No significant spoilers, but a pretty long read)


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One Thing I Like

  • One Thing I Like About Zootopia 2
    Friday, December 12, 2025

    One Thing I Like About Zootopia 2

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    The sequel continues the precedent set by the original of being more clever and insightful than these movies need to be

  • One Thing I Love About Eternity
    Thursday, December 4, 2025

    One Thing I Love About Eternity

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    This surprisingly charming movie about choosing the perfect afterlife makes a love triangle where you want to see everyone win

  • One Thing I Like About Wake Up Dead Man
    Saturday, November 29, 2025

    One Thing I Like About Wake Up Dead Man

    Movies, One Thing I Like

    Wake Up Dead Man is a solid murder mystery that in the Knives Out tradition, has a lot to say about Our Current Moment. The most interesting twist is the idea that Benoit Blanc isn’t right about everything. (No significant spoilers)


More Posts in “One Thing I Like”

Tuesday Tune Two-Fer

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Lil, Drummer Boy
    Tuesday, December 9, 2025

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Lil, Drummer Boy

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    I have no gifts to bring, apart from these two tunes that are not even a little bit about Christmas

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Jingle, Bells
    Tuesday, December 2, 2025

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Jingle, Bells

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Starting December with the goal of finding the most barely-Christmas-related songs possible

  • Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Monáe Manor
    Tuesday, November 11, 2025

    Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Monáe Manor

    Music, Tuesday Tune Two-fer

    Two tunes from when I first heard about Janelle Monáe and had my mind blown right out of my skull


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Books

  • The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories
    Monday, September 29, 2025

    The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories

    Books, Movies

    My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting

  • Literacy 2025: Book 24: Hidden Pictures
    Monday, August 18, 2025

    Literacy 2025: Book 24: Hidden Pictures

    Books, Literacy 2025

    Jason Rekulak’s thriller about a young woman hired as nanny to a bright child whose drawings reveal a dark presence hiding in the house

  • Literacy 2025: Book 23: Heads Will Roll
    Monday, August 11, 2025

    Literacy 2025: Book 23: Heads Will Roll

    Books, Literacy 2025

    Josh Winning’s slasher novel about a camp for a celebrity who’s in danger of being canceled… PERMANENTLY


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