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A Pound of Man’s Tin

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Nathan

I didn’t get a chance to write about the 1993 Oziana last week, so I’m doing that now. I quite like the cover this time, Bill Eubank’s version of Mount Rushmore with the big four characters, drawn in MGM style. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, William Shakespeare | Tagged bill eubank, chris sterling, chuck sabatos, clouds, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, everett avila, fairies, glinda, jack pumpkinhead, jubulut, margolotte, money, mount rushmore, nome king, oziana, ozma, peter schulenburg, polychrome, queen zixi of ix, robin olderman, scarecrow, shylock, sky island, smith and tinker, the merchant of oz, the merchant of venice, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the road to oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the silver jug, the tin castle of oz, tin woodman, unicorns, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

Indefensible Day

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Nathan

It’s Independence Day here in the States, although you could ask what we’re celebrating when the Republicans are using the Supreme Court to eliminate as many freedoms as possible. This comparison seems pretty apt. But then, it’s not like anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Health, Holidays, Politics, Prejudice | Tagged activism, brett kavanaugh, christine blasey ford, citizens united, democrats, donald trump, freedom, impeachment, independence day, jesus, lindsey graham, lobbyists, martyrdom, mayor bill de blasio, mayor eric adams, money, nationalism, patriotism, protests, rape, republicans, roe v. wade, senate, supreme court of the united states | 1 Comment

$ave! $ave! $ave!

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Nathan

Maybe it’s because of role-playing video games where you have to buy a bunch of stuff for your quest, but I tend to associate fantasy lands with wandering merchants. That sounds so much classier than traveling salesmen, even though I … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Dick Martin, Economics, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, William Shakespeare | Tagged bitty bit, braided man, button-bright of oz, carter green, charming cheetah, chauncey chance, chuck sabatos, doorways, harry mongold, jandar, jandy, kimbaloo, levimeyerabloch, lin carter, matiah, merchants, merry go round in oz, miss annabelinda, money, nimmie amee, oziana, packer, peddlers, roundabout, shylock, skampavia, the cowardly lion of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic mirror of oz, the merchant of oz, the merchant of venice, the merry mountaineer of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the tired tailor of oz, the wishing horse of oz, till orangespiegel, tin woodman, uncle henry and aunt em of oz, wam | 2 Comments

Don’t Get Soros at Me

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Nathan

One of the mail bombs found in the last few days was sent to George Soros, someone I think I’ve only heard of from right-wing conspiracy theories. Conservatives blame this guy for EVERYTHING they don’t like, from funding protests to … Continue reading →

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Economics, Judaism, Language, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged andrew breitbart, antisemitism, bank of england, black wednesday, donald trump, george soros, immigration, migrant caravan, money | Leave a comment

Riches Do Not Bring Contentment (But Neither Does Poverty)

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Nathan

Throughout the works of L. Frank Baum, we’re constantly seeing praise of contentment. The last chapter of The Marvelous Land of Oz is called “The Riches of Content,” and Ozma tells the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman that these are the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy | Tagged animal fairy tales, betsy bobbin, contentment, emerald city, greed, luxury, money, nikobob, nome king, ozma, rinkitink in oz, shaggy man, the discontented gopher, the emerald city of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, tik-tok of oz, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

My Problems Are Temporal Things

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Nathan

The old proverb that money can’t buy happiness was probably, like so many things in this world, made up by a rich guy who was trying to keep the poor in their place. On the face of it, I guess … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Drugs, Health | Tagged depression, drunk driving, happiness, hierarchy of needs, mental health, money, problems, rihanna | 4 Comments

No Money, Mo’ Problems

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Nathan

As I said back in this post, whether or not Oz uses some form of money is no more consistent than many other aspects of the series. Certainly the earlier books show money in use, with children paying for green … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Dick Martin, Economics, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Socialism | Tagged bill the weather-cock, david hulan, down town, emerald city, general quakes, glinda of oz, gold, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, j. l. bell, jinxland, kiki aru, kimbaloo, king kinda jolly, king pompus, little wizard stories of oz, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, money, mooj, nome kingdom, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, ozure isles, prince tatters of ragbad, pumperdink, quok, ragbad, rash, regalia, scarecrow, seebania, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the queen of quok, the road to oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok and the nome king, tin woodman, tippetarius, troth | 4 Comments

The All Ighty Ollar

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Nathan

There was some radio call-in show that I flipped past recently where people were talking about giving money to the church, and whether or not it was a scam. The way I see it, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Religion | Tagged creflo dollar, money, radio, televangelism, tithing | 8 Comments

Mo’ Money, Mo’ Pixels

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Nathan

It seems like, when creating a fantasy universe, the default currency tends to be the generic “gold pieces.” Of course, gold pieces have been pretty standard currency in our world all the way back to at least the seventh century … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Mario, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged beanbean kingdom, croesus, damcyan, economics, electrum, gil, gilder, gold, hyrule, india, koopabits, lydia, mario & luigi superstar saga, money, mushroom kingdom, netherlands, nintendo, nintendo comics system, rupees, sammer guys, silver, spoony bard, super mario bros. 3, super paper mario | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: money

A Pound of Man’s Tin

Indefensible Day

$ave! $ave! $ave!

Don’t Get Soros at Me

Riches Do Not Bring Contentment (But Neither Does Poverty)

My Problems Are Temporal Things

No Money, Mo’ Problems

The All Ighty Ollar

Mo’ Money, Mo’ Pixels

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