“What I Did On My Winter Staycation” by Michael
Wow, it’s been a long holiday season. And I took a much deserved, and serendipitous, vacation. I did not plan the vacation to be a NINE DAY break — it just worked out that way. I did not plan to be off when a book I’ve waited almost 20 years for finally came out — but … Continue reading
Episode 110: Plates in the Pool Table
This episode: we attempt, for the first time in ages, to do an episode without segments! That’s right, prepare yourselves for the most loosely organized talk we’ve put on an episode since… I can’t even remember. Superior Spider-Man! The Beverly Hills Cop movies! Downton Abbey at some point that I don’t really recall only 3 days later! Also all … Continue reading
Obligatory Best of 2012 Post
Michael here. So, 2012 was a year many new obsessions began for me. This post is going to talk about four things I read, watched and played in 2012. Some of these things were not created in 2012, but this is when I discovered them. What you’re getting here is a slice of my year. … Continue reading
The Wheel Weaves as The Wheel Wills … The Wheel of Time Part 0
Presented by Michael In 1990, The Eye of the World was published by an author named Robert Jordan (actually James Oliver Rigney, Jr.). I read it in 1994, buying it alongside The Great Hunt and The Dragon Reborn. I was hooked. I soon bought the remaining books (The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, and Lord of Chaos), … Continue reading
Planned Banter 