Category: Arts & Entertainment
Literacy 2021: Book 1: The House in the Cerulean Sea
I’m going back through the books I’ve read in 2021, so I have all my synopses in one place that’s not Goodreads. BookThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune GenreMagical realist gay romance, possibly young adult? SynopsisA downtrodden case worker charged with inspecting orphanages for magical children is assigned to a special house…
Literacy 2021: Call for suggestions
Back in 2008, I resolved to read 26 books by the end of the year. I didn’t even make it halfway. (It looks like I made an abortive attempt to try again in 2010, but stopped after one book. I suspect that was the year of a family emergency that threw off all my plans).…
The Shape of The Sentence Is Death (Literacy 2021: Book 5)
Thoughts on the second book in Anthony Horowitz’s self-referential murder mystery series (mild spoilers)
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: 1984 Anti-Eroticism
I’m still not exactly sure how any of us survived being teenagers in the 1980s.

Captain America and the Pledge of Allegiance
Why The Falcon and the Winter Soldier worked for me, even though its finale didn’t
The Ironically-Named Universal Studios
Reconsidering my opinions about theme parks that treat me like I’m too fat to visit them
My Dragons Are More Sophisticated Than Your Super-Heroes
Responding to dumb ideas that refuse to die, and how it all relates to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
“The Fifth Key is Capitalism”
Disney announced a change that affected “The Disney Look,” and the reactions have been everything I expected and lots more that I should’ve expected
Semi-New Song Sunday: Lord Huron
Lord Huron’s ominous and atmospheric music may not need such an elaborate framing device, but I’ll allow it
