I like to write posts, in the last week of December, that are part "Best Of..." lists, part Resolution reviews, and Resolutions/Goals/Wishes for the upcoming year.Covid-19 pretty much dominated the first two; let's hope it doesn't dominate too much of 2021. Best of 2020 Comic Book Villains While Podicus Wrecks recorded through much of 2020, … Continue reading A (much smaller) Look Back At 2020….
I do not have COVID-19... and this time, there's no '*'. I am on a new, temporary work schedule: I work from home on Mondays and Tuesdays, and work in the office Wednesdays through Fridays. This started this week and will go for the next 2 weeks, minimum (the other guy that is working from … Continue reading ‘Short Circuits’: Books, Games, and Podcasts, Oh My!
Song: "Sound The Alarm" by Thievery Corporation I'm not sure how to classify Thievery Corporation, other than "Awesome!". (I do not own this music - just linked it for your listening pleasure) I do not have COVID-19... I think. I have not been tested. But I did not feel... right... on Thursday or Friday, to the … Continue reading COVID-19: ‘Short Circuits’, 7/10-7/11
Song: "Groove Holmes" by The Beastie Boys; I'd honestly recommend the entire listed album - it's that good!(I do not own any of the music in the link!) I do not have COVID-19. *still knocking on wood* Vacation wraps up today (Tuesday). Overall, it was a success!I was hoping to recharge mentally and emotionally: I … Continue reading COVID-19: ‘Short Circuits’, 6/16/2020
I am still COVID19-free *knocks on wood*. However, I am insanely exhausted; how do you end up doing more stuff during a worldwide lock down?? Well.... ... I prepped for, and took, a Final for my Java Programming class. 35% of my semester grade, I ended up with a 78% on the Final. I think … Continue reading Start of Summer “Break”?
Oh, Harry Dresden. I'm trying to stay in your corner but you are making it very hard to do so! Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Yes, his middle names were based on 2 "magicians". Speaking of magicians, Dresden is that: a magician, living in Chicagoland, working as a Private Investigator. He, like all magicians of Jim Butcher's Dresden … Continue reading (Almost) Rooting Against the Protagonist: Harry Dresden
I made myself a promise that once the semester ended, I would get back into reading. The first item on the list was finishing the 2016 novella by Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom. I finished it on Saturday afternoon.... and it was one of the strangest stories I read in a long time. … Continue reading “The Ballad of Black Tom”: Book Review
Part 2 of the list: 6. "Domes of Fire" by David Eddings (1992) This Fantasy story deals with the 4 Militant Orders, Elenia, and the Tamuli Empire. The Militant Orders are groups of church knights - think of them as different groups of Paladins/War Priests; Elenia is the country, and main setting, of Eddings's Elenium … Continue reading 10+2 Favorite Books, Part 2
LINK: "Podicus Wrecks #15" The above link is for an episode of "Podicus Wrecks", where J.R. and I started down the Path of the Beam: we had begun our 8-month recap/review of Stephen King's Dark Tower series. The context of that link is that 2 of my all-time favorite books come from that series. Which books? … Continue reading “Entertaining The Cyborg”: 10+2 Favorite Books, Part 1
The first of 7 (or more) parts of Podicus Wrecks’s discussion on Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” series. Glad to be a guest on here, talking about my all-time favorite book series!
In this episode, we begin our journey through Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Today is part 1, which will cover the first book in the series, The Gunslinger. We give quick summaries of the events in the book, and our thoughts on them. Beware of spoilers.
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