Monthly Archives: November 2023

Mary-ly We Troll Along

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Nathan

Popular Tales from the Norse, compiled by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Engebretsen Moe, translated by Sir George Webbe Dasent – It includes the tale of the grinder that can produce anything. Many of them have a character called Askelad … Continue reading →

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Gobble Gobble

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Nathan

Here’s my post-Thanksgiving look at movies and TV. The first movie here has nothing to with Thanksgiving, but it DOES involve eating. And there are SPOILERS in my reviews. Jennifer’s Body – Maybe it’s just something to do with the … Continue reading →

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Must Be the Season of the Alchemist

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Nathan

Hospital, by Han Song, translated by Michael Berry – This is a pretty bizarre book, partially a satire on the medical industry, with the hospital system essentially taking over the world, then branching out from there into increasingly surreal territory. … Continue reading →

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Wyld Stallyns Rule!

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Nathan

Since so many long-dormant franchises have been resurfacing as of late, it’s not all that surprising that we got a new Bill and Ted movie. It came out three years ago now, but we only just got around to watching … Continue reading →

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Stuck a Feather in Glooscap

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Nathan

One name that came up on two different occasions while looking up other mythical topics was Glooscap, a cultural hero from the legends of the Wabanaki, in northern New England and southeastern Canada. The stories about him vary quite a bit, … Continue reading →

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Hala Back

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Nathan

Three quite different movies this time, and several SPOILERS. Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House – Something Beth had been looking into recently is this guy Russ McKamey, who runs a haunted attraction that’s basically just him torturing people, … Continue reading →

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Anthony’s Animals, Part 2: Plus Plants

Posted on November 12, 2023 by Nathan

Continuing from my earlier post on fantastic beings in Gustave Flaubert’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony, here are a few other sorts of mythical animals who appear but don’t get lines: a Tragelaphus, Myrmecoles, Askar, Pastincaca, Presteros, Mirag, Phalamant, Senad, … Continue reading →

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The Garfield Administration

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Nathan

I enjoyed Garfield when I was growing up, but Beth was a much bigger fan than I was. We’ve watched a few of the fat cat’s television specials together, but she decided we should watch all of them in order, … Continue reading →

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Anthony’s Animals

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Nathan

I decided to read Gustave Flaubert’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony due to the references to it in Lin Carter’s Kesrick. And it turns out that a lot of those references weren’t original with Flaubert either. They were both big … Continue reading →

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Haints and Saints

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Nathan

Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher – This novella plays on the Sleeping Beauty story, using the concept of a princess trapped in a tower due to a fairy’s curse. The focus is on the enchanter, a girl called Toadling who was … Continue reading →

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