Tag Archives: foxes

The Spring Queen and the Demon Queen

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Nathan

The Madman’s Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History, by Edward Brooke-Hitching – This was one I bought based on an Amazon recommendation, or something of the sort. It’s not what I would have expected from … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Conspiracy Theories, Economics, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Food, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, Hinduism, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Libraries, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Robert Rankin, Socialism | Tagged air loom, buddhu and bhutum, charles perrault, crown of flames, dakshinaranjan mitra majumdar, demons, diamonds and toads, edward brooke-hitching, finger and half, force of fire, fox pundit, foxes, hitler diaries, hoaxes, j.b.s. haldane, james tilly matthews, kiranmala, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, kleomenes, marob, my friend mr leakey, naomi mitchison, needle king, neelkamal and lalkamal, pedro carolino, pomegranate prince, princess kalavati, quran, rakkhosh, ritual, saddam hussein, sayantani dasgupta, seven champak flowers, sleeping beauty, snakes, sparta, sphaeros, stoicism, sukhu and dukhu, sutapa basu, thakurmar jhuli, the chaos curse, the corn king and the spring queen, the da-da-de-da-da code, the fire queen, the madman's library, the palace of enchantment, tom thumb, voynich manuscript, wilfrid voynich, witches | 1 Comment

Sparrowhawk, Shabba Doo, and Shang-Chi

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Nathan

Tales from Earthsea – The directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki’s son Goro, it’s a loose adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea series, mostly The Farthest Shore and Tehanu. From what I’ve read, LeGuin didn’t really care for the finished product. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Chinese, Comics, Families, Frank Black/Black Francis, Japanese, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Prejudice, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Ursula K. LeGuin, Video Games | Tagged avengers endgame, awkwafina, ben kingsley, black widow, break dancing, breakin' 2 electric boogaloo, dragons, earthsea, foo dogs, foxes, fu manchu, ged, goro miyazaki, hayao miyazaki, hundun, iron man 3, lions, lord cob, luigi mario, mandarin, mario mario, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, qilin, shabba doo, shang-chi, shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings, studio ghibli, ta lo, tales from earthsea, tehanu, thanos, trevor slattery, wenwu, wizards, yellow peril | Leave a comment

Time for Terror

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Nathan

Here’s a rundown of all the movies we watched this October (well, except for Halloween Kills), all horror-adjacent, but not necessarily all horror films per se. A lot of them turned out to be horror comedies, which wasn’t really intentional. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Families, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Muppets, Names, Relationships, Television, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aliens, amusement parks, bears, bill maher, bride of chucky, buttons and rusty, cemetery man, constance hatchaway, dolls, dolores claiborne, elvira, foxes, george wendt, house ii, jennifer jason leigh, jennifer tilly, jon ratzenberger, kathy bates, kermit the frog, medusa, muppets haunted mansion, pepe the king prawn, puns, rupert everett, starry eyes, stephen king, taraji p. henson, terrorvision, the great gonzo, which witch is which?, zombies | 4 Comments

The World Is a Very Scarry Place

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Nathan

I’ll occasionally see references to Richard Scarry on Twitter or some other site, and I can definitely remember growing up with his books. I’m sure a lot of people can; they’re just the sort of thing people give to kids. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Cartoons, Douglas Adams, Families, Food, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Television | Tagged anthropomorphism, apes, baboons, bananas gorilla, bears, best counting book ever, birds, busytown, cars and trucks and things that go, cats, chickens, dingo dog, dogs, elephants, fireflies, foxes, gorillas, hippopotamus, huckle cat, hyenas, lowly worm, mice, mr. frumble, pigs, rabbits, richard scarry, so long and thanks for all the fish, three beggars, wolves, worms | 1 Comment

Stand in the Place Where You Live

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Nathan

The Stand, by Stephen King – This was a long book, even more so since I read the unabridged edition, but I don’t know that I’ll have a long review for it. I did like it, and it’s pretty timely since … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Discworld, Health, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Mario, Monsters, Politics, Prejudice, Terry Pratchett, Video Games | Tagged bouldergeist, caleb cook, coronavirus, dr. mario, foxes, kooper, luigi mario, mario and luigi: partners in time, new super mario bros. wii, paper mario, paul kidby, puns, rabbits, stephen king, super mari-old, super mario manga mania, super mario sunshine, super mario-kun, super paper mario, superflu, sushie, the art of discworld, the constant rabbit, the stand, time travel, weasels, yoshi, yukio sawada | 4 Comments

Quite a Descent

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Nathan

The Second Summoning, by Tanya Huff – The follow-up to Summon the Keeper further develops Claire Hansen and Dean McIsaac’s relationship and its initial difficulties inasmuch as it’s someone magical and has a lot of responsibilities with a more normal … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Humor, Korean, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Rick Riordan | Tagged a dark descent, ages of oz, angels, cats, demons, dokkaebi, dragon pearl, dragons, foxes, gabriel gale, ghosts, gi, glinda, goblins, good witch of the north, lisa fielder, nome king, tanya huff, the keeper's chronicles, the second summoning, tin woodman, yoon ha lee | 3 Comments

It Don’t Feel Much Like a Home Without a Dog (or Cat)

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Nathan

The Sims 4: Cats and Dogs – I’ve gotten the expansion pack that lets you have pets in all four Sims games. While I don’t necessarily get pets for every active household, I do for many, as it just seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Sims, Video Games | Tagged aging, cats, dogs, foxes, lifespan, potion of youth, raccoons, the sims, the sims 2, the sims 3, the sims 4 cats and dogs | Leave a comment

Spectacle Spectacular

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Nathan

I find it interesting that the Frogman in The Lost Princess of Oz is said to wear “great spectacles with gold rims, not because his eyes were bad, but because the spectacles made him look wise.” I don’t know how … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexample, blink, character marker, cowardly lion, demon of electricity, dunkiton, emerald city, expectacles, faleero, foxes, foxville, frogman, glasses, grand duke hoochafoo, guardian of the gates, handy mandy in oz, jim the cab-horse, kabumpo, king kik-a-bray, king renard iv of foxville, looking glasses, monocle, nome king, our landlady, pirates in oz, potaroo, red jinn, spectacles, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the master key, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway in oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, w. w. denslow, wise donkey, wizard of oz, wumbo | 4 Comments

The Second Most Dangerous Game

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Nathan

I would have to suspect that, in a land in which practically all animals can talk, humans killing and eating them would pretty much disappear. Perhaps strangely, however, there are a few mentions of human hunters in Oz. They’re most … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Edward Einhorn, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Food, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged birds, bunnybury, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, fish, foxes, grampa, grampa in oz, gump, guns, henry blossom, hungry tiger, hunting, joe bongiorno, merry go round in oz, mombi, notta bit more, ojo in oz, ozma, ozroar, paradox in oz, pigasus, pigs, professor grunter swyne, rabbits, realbad, seebania, the blue emperor of oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonder city of oz, view-halloo | 8 Comments

To Prejudge a Predator

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Nathan

Zootopia – Since I’d seen all of the previous Disney animated classics, I wanted to try to see new ones at the theater, and I failed with this one. Instead, I just watched it last night. It was a pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Humor, Prejudice, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alan tudyk, anthropomorphism, foxes, frozen, kristen bell, rabbits, racism, robin hood, zootopia | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: foxes

The Spring Queen and the Demon Queen

Sparrowhawk, Shabba Doo, and Shang-Chi

Time for Terror

The World Is a Very Scarry Place

Stand in the Place Where You Live

Quite a Descent

It Don’t Feel Much Like a Home Without a Dog (or Cat)

Spectacle Spectacular

The Second Most Dangerous Game

To Prejudge a Predator

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