This week will (hopefully) see another project begin to bear fruit. Since February I’ve been co-hosting the Living Japan Podcast and it has been a great deal of fun. So much fun that I wanted to start a second podcast that discusses comic books. Which, as you know, is not the most original idea ever. … More Comics League International
The new season of Arrow has started. I haven’t watched it yet. I might get to it. Maybe. But I have to get this off my chest first. Arrow is not a good show. There. I’ve said it. And I feel good about admitting it. I’ve looked around online and it seems there is a … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Arrow
You might notice that this same old blog has a new address. Yeah, hopefully that won’t cause too many problems. Nerts. “Why the change?” no one has asked yet. But I’ll explain anyway. I started this blog a almost three years ago. At that time I was working at a job that wasn’t always the … More Something has changed…
Since I recently made a post of my initial thoughts concerning the new direction for Thor, I figure I might as well review her debut issue. Thor #1 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Russell Dauterman Spoiler-free (as if it hasn’t been spoiled already) synopisis: Frost giants attack earth! Thor can’t lift his hammer! A new Thor … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Thor #1
Girls (seasons 1 & 2) Created by: Lena Dunham HBO At first I wasn’t very interested in this show. The main idea seemed to be “what if the Sex and the City cast were younger and had less money?” and my head added in “but were still pretty vacuous?” But I heard some praise and … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Girls
There has been some buzz about the upcoming changes to the status quo of Marvel’s Thor comics. Namely the current Thor, Thor Odinson, will become unworthy to wield Mjolnir. An unrevealed female character will pick up the hammer and thus become Thor. This identity of this character will be a secret even to Odin, or … More Thoughts on (Lady) Thor
In April of 2013 the literary world was introduced to the new genre of Swordpunk. All the rules have changed. Or they will. Or not. Or at least a really fun fantasy novel came that doesn’t take itself death seriously. Read on for a full review. Title: Spell/Sword Author: G. Derek Adams First things first, … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Spell/Sword
It’s been a while. I had goals for this summer and I met a lot of those goals. Unfortunately, the goals that were set about regularly updating here did not get met. Now I will start playing catch-up. Here is my lame excuse as to why: For the middle six weeks of this summer I … More How I Spent My Summer Vacation
It has been a busy few months for me. But then again, who hasn’t had a busy few months. Still, on July first I submitted my master’s thesis. It was a culmination of roughly 18 months of research and 2 months of intensive writing. If anyone ever wants to talk about Japanese women who practice … More Plans for the Future! (housekeeping and other ideas)
It was a special day for the old plumber. One of his grandson’s was visiting, one of his oldest girl’s boys. She had two kids. The youngest had two settings, silent with a book in hand or constantly talking. He was too little to really help on jobs, but he was good enough to at … More Just a Plumber
Deadly Troubadour 