[{"content":"Every year, myself and a small group of guys go away on a camping trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s a time of mental, emotional, and spiritual growth because we all get away from phones and the hustle and bustle of daily life to get into nature and grow closer to God and each other. Every year has been an absolute treat. We have a ton of fun, and we get to help each other work through all the challenges that build up just by living through daily life.\nLast year was …","date":"2026-10-14","permalink":"/post/camping-in-a-hurricane/","summary":"Every year, myself and a small group of guys go away on a camping trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. It\u0026rsquo;s a time of mental, emotional, and spiritual growth because we all get …","tags":[],"title":"Camping in a Hurricane"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-10-01","permalink":"/post/twtd-law-order-s1e1/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Law \u0026 Order - S1E1"},{"content":"I believe in the power of prayer.\nThat\u0026amp;rsquo;s something that is core to my being. I believe in it because I know what it has done for me and for other people. I also believe in it because I believe in Jesus. If He believed in prayer, and did it often, then it stands to reason that we should believe in it also.\nI came up with a little phrase a while back to remind me to pray in times when I\u0026amp;rsquo;m anxious, worried, or otherwise just stressed about something. I just think, \u0026amp;ldquo;call your …","date":"2026-09-30","permalink":"/post/call-your-dad/","summary":"I believe in the power of prayer.\nThat\u0026rsquo;s something that is core to my being. I believe in it because I know what it has done for me and for other people. I also believe in it because I believe …","tags":[],"title":"Call Your Dad"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-09-30","permalink":"/post/a-lookback-at-season-3/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"A Lookback at Season 3"},{"content":"The problem with having a new idea is that it\u0026amp;rsquo;s a coin toss whether your new idea is a flash of creative brilliance, or something really stupid. If the idea has never been done before, or at least not that you\u0026amp;rsquo;re aware of, it\u0026amp;rsquo;s like stranded on an island. You have no feedback and the only chance you have is to just chuck your little bottle in the ocean and hope somebody somewhere picks it up and doesn\u0026amp;rsquo;t immediately chuck it back.\nI have this problem a lot. That decision …","date":"2026-09-25","permalink":"/post/creativity-is-suffering/","summary":"The problem with having a new idea is that it\u0026rsquo;s a coin toss whether your new idea is a flash of creative brilliance, or something really stupid. If the idea has never been done before, or at …","tags":[],"title":"Creativity is Suffering"},{"content":"I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve hit yet another weekend and yet another huge opportunity to do something creative. Something that pushes me forward. Something that really kicks the can down the road, or whatever it is the kids say these days. Yet here I sit with no real idea of where I should start. Should I start working on that fun point-and-click adventure game idea I have? Should I write that neat neo-noir sci-fi retro-futuristic detective novel I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve been daydreaming about for years? Should I just clean …","date":"2026-09-19","permalink":"/post/activation-energy/","summary":"I\u0026rsquo;ve hit yet another weekend and yet another huge opportunity to do something creative. Something that pushes me forward. Something that really kicks the can down the road, or whatever it is the …","tags":[],"title":"Activation Energy"},{"content":"I finally did something that I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve been thinking about for a long time, and I think I\u0026amp;rsquo;m glad I made the decision. I\u0026amp;rsquo;m retiring the 2DorksTV name from the Youtube Channel and from Twitch. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s been a long time since I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve had more than one show using the name and even longer since we\u0026amp;rsquo;ve had more than one of us dorks piloting the ship, so I felt it was time for a change.\nChief among the reasons for this is that it\u0026amp;rsquo;s difficult to be known across communities …","date":"2026-09-16","permalink":"/post/reintroduction/","summary":"I finally did something that I\u0026rsquo;ve been thinking about for a long time, and I think I\u0026rsquo;m glad I made the decision. I\u0026rsquo;m retiring the 2DorksTV name from the Youtube Channel and from …","tags":[],"title":"Reintroduction"},{"content":"You like that title? Reminds me of Sister Act 2, which in my opinion was greater than Sister Act. The music was pretty great.\nI\u0026amp;rsquo;m starting to fire up the ol\u0026amp;rsquo; creativity machine again and get back to producing some content for the internet. Those Were The Days is set to return next Monday and TVsTravis and I are hoping to get the next season of 24FPS Presents back rolling soon as well.\nIt\u0026amp;rsquo;ll feel good to be talking into microphones for a bit. I\u0026amp;rsquo;d also be down for guest …","date":"2026-09-14","permalink":"/post/back-in-the-habit/","summary":"You like that title? Reminds me of Sister Act 2, which in my opinion was greater than Sister Act. The music was pretty great.\nI\u0026rsquo;m starting to fire up the ol\u0026rsquo; creativity machine again and …","tags":[],"title":"Back in the Habit"},{"content":"I finally made the important decision to go ahead and update the theme to this blog. This one definitely fits my vibe a bit better and I like most of it. I\u0026amp;rsquo;m not a super huge fan of the way it truncates a post at 150 characters but I can get by with that for now and swing around later to see if I can get it to be a little more forgiving for large text posts.\nThis is just the beginning of some new fun stuff I\u0026amp;rsquo;m working on and places I want to create some content. I\u0026amp;rsquo;m probably …","date":"2026-09-09","permalink":"/post/new-theme-who-dis/","summary":"I finally made the important decision to go ahead and update the theme to this blog. This one definitely fits my vibe a bit better and I like most of it. I\u0026rsquo;m not a super huge fan of the way it …","tags":[],"title":"New Theme Who Dis"},{"content":"If you\u0026amp;rsquo;re coming to my site from Dragon Con 2026, I\u0026amp;rsquo;d love for you to find me in all the other places I lurk! Here are some links for you\n2DorksTV on Twitch 2DorksTV YouTube channel Legion of Dorks Discord Bluesky ","date":"2026-09-08","permalink":"/post/how-to-find-me/","summary":"If you\u0026rsquo;re coming to my site from Dragon Con 2026, I\u0026rsquo;d love for you to find me in all the other places I lurk! Here are some links for you\n2DorksTV on Twitch 2DorksTV YouTube channel Legion …","tags":[],"title":"How to Find Me"},{"content":"It feels like every year I\u0026amp;rsquo;m kicking this blog back off mainly because I just got back from Dragon Con and I need to write down my thoughts. I guess it feels like that because it is like that.\nThis year was a little bit harder for me mentally than I expected. Not the Con itself, but the lead up to it. We paused Those Were The Days early in the Summer because the hosts are always busier and doing our \u0026amp;lsquo;homework\u0026amp;rsquo; is more challenging. It also works since we\u0026amp;rsquo;re a re-watch …","date":"2026-09-07","permalink":"/post/dragon-con-2026/","summary":"It feels like every year I\u0026rsquo;m kicking this blog back off mainly because I just got back from Dragon Con and I need to write down my thoughts. I guess it feels like that because it is like that. …","tags":["dragoncon"],"title":"Dragon Con 2026"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-07-31","permalink":"/post/iko-uwais-in-the-raid-redemption/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Iko Uwais in The Raid: Redemption"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-07-22","permalink":"/post/tony-jaa-in-the-protector/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Tony Jaa in The Protector"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-07-15","permalink":"/post/chow-yun-fat-in-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Chow Yun Fat in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-07-08","permalink":"/post/jean-claude-van-damme-in-hard-target/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Jean Claude van Damme in Hard Target"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nLast year, Superman came out with David Corenswet dawning the red, yellow, and blue and it may be the best iteration of Superman since Christopher Reeve put on the suit.\nI\u0026amp;rsquo;m happy to report that Milly Alcock has totally kept that streak alive as comes to the House of El.\nI\u0026amp;rsquo;ve been excited for this movie since I found out that they were making it and I have to say that it didn\u0026amp;rsquo;t let me down at all. I even went out and picked up the Woman of Tomorrow novel …","date":"2026-07-02","permalink":"/post/supergirl-2026/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nLast year, Superman came out with David Corenswet dawning the red, yellow, and blue and it may be the best iteration of Superman since Christopher Reeve put on the suit. …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Supergirl (2026)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nI was hyped for Masters of the Universe. The trailers showed a weird world that I just couldn\u0026amp;rsquo;t wait to get my eyeballs on. It kind of looked like Guardians of the Galaxy or Thor: Ragnarok in its art style, and that\u0026amp;rsquo;s definitely not a bad thing. After all, it\u0026amp;rsquo;s kind of hard to separate the styles when these worlds all borrow from the same myths anyway.\nI\u0026amp;rsquo;m not sure I have the words for how much fun this movie was.\nThere are so many opportunities in …","date":"2026-07-02","permalink":"/post/masters-of-the-universe-2026/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nI was hyped for Masters of the Universe. The trailers showed a weird world that I just couldn\u0026rsquo;t wait to get my eyeballs on. It kind of looked like Guardians of the Galaxy …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Masters of the Universe (2026)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nI spend a lot of time being super hyped for big tent-pole summer movies. The blockbusters. The ones full of superheroes, larger than life characters, and plots where the world is at stake. Which is funny to me because some of my favorite movies that I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve ever seen, my treasures, are quiet stories about normal people. This movie is no exception.\nThis story is so incredibly human and real, and it\u0026amp;rsquo;s played out by some absolute gems of actors. I think Lewis Pullman …","date":"2026-07-02","permalink":"/post/remarkably-bright-creatures-2026/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nI spend a lot of time being super hyped for big tent-pole summer movies. The blockbusters. The ones full of superheroes, larger than life characters, and plots where the world …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-07-01","permalink":"/post/jackie-chan-in-drunken-master-ii/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Jackie Chan in Drunken Master II"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-06-24","permalink":"/post/jet-li-in-fist-of-legend/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Jet Li in Fist of Legend"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-06-17","permalink":"/post/michael-jai-white-in-undisputed-ii-last-man-standing/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Michael Jai White in Undisputed II - Last Man Standing"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-06-12","permalink":"/post/twtd-cagney-and-lacey-s2e17/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Cagney and Lacey - S2E17"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-06-10","permalink":"/post/cynthia-rothrock-in-yes-madam/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Cynthia Rothrock in Yes Madam"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-06-04","permalink":"/post/twtd-the-commish-s2e5/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - The Commish - S2E5"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-06-03","permalink":"/post/jason-statham-in-the-transporter/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Jason Statham in The Transporter"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-05-27","permalink":"/post/donnie-yen-in-kill-zone/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Donnie Yen in Kill Zone"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-05-20","permalink":"/post/stephen-chow-in-kung-fu-hustle/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Stephen Chow in Kung Fu Hustle"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-05-13","permalink":"/post/bruce-lee-in-game-of-death/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Bruce Lee in Game of Death"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-04-30","permalink":"/post/twtd-kojak-s5e14/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Kojak - S5E14"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-04-24","permalink":"/post/twtd-cops-e35/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - COPS - E35"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-04-17","permalink":"/post/twtd-the-simpsons-s3e16/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - The Simpsons - S3E16"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-04-11","permalink":"/post/twtd-the-munsers-s2e5/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - The Munsers - S2E5"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-03-12","permalink":"/post/twtd-star-trek-deep-space-nine-s7e4/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Star Trek Deep Space Nine - S7E4"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-03-05","permalink":"/post/twtd-coach-s2e9/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Coach - S2E9"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-02-19","permalink":"/post/twtd-mash-s9e18/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - MASH - S9E18"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-02-06","permalink":"/post/twtd-mash-s3e21/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - MASH - S3E21"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-01-22","permalink":"/post/twtd-mash-s5e21/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - MASH - S5E21"},{"content":" ","date":"2026-01-15","permalink":"/post/twtd-mash-s1e1/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - MASH - S1E1"},{"content":"All the cool kids are doing recaps on how their 2025 went, what they learned, what meant something, and what they want to change moving into 2026. I\u0026amp;rsquo;m not much of a cool kid, but why not give this a try and see if I can come up with some fun things I did. I guess I could just make a list. Yeah, let\u0026amp;rsquo;s make a list first.\nSold my 1991 F150 and bought a 2021 Ranger Went to Las Vegas and met some podcast heroes of mine Went to Disney World for a week with some of my favorite people on the …","date":"2026-01-11","permalink":"/post/2025-recap/","summary":"All the cool kids are doing recaps on how their 2025 went, what they learned, what meant something, and what they want to change moving into 2026. I\u0026rsquo;m not much of a cool kid, but why not give …","tags":[],"title":"2025 Recap"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nThere are a lot of movies based on true events out there. Some of them are factual, some of them are basically complete fabrications, and some of them are entertaining. This one manages to be both factual, engaging, and incredibly entertaining. How could you really expect anything less when we\u0026amp;rsquo;re talking about the GOAT true events director, Ron Howard. This is the guy that made Apollo 13, for crying out loud. I love this movie. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s perfection.\nI can\u0026amp;rsquo;t …","date":"2025-12-19","permalink":"/post/thirteen-lives-2022/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nThere are a lot of movies based on true events out there. Some of them are factual, some of them are basically complete fabrications, and some of them are entertaining. This one …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Thirteen Lives (2022)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-12-19","permalink":"/post/twtd-mickeys-christmas-carol/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Mickey's Christmas Carol"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-12-11","permalink":"/post/twtd-a-muppet-family-christmas/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - A Muppet Family Christmas"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5)\nI hadn\u0026amp;rsquo;t thought about this movie in a long time other than to think, \u0026amp;ldquo;that was a good one.\u0026amp;rdquo; Then my son was curious about it. I think he saw it in a meme or something and wanted to know what it was all about. He\u0026amp;rsquo;s ten and loved Winnie the Pooh was really small but has just forgotten a lot of it over time. You definitely don\u0026amp;rsquo;t have to twist my arm to get me to watch anything with Winnie the Pooh in it. That character holds a dear place deep in …","date":"2025-12-09","permalink":"/post/christopher-robin-2018/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5)\nI hadn\u0026rsquo;t thought about this movie in a long time other than to think, \u0026ldquo;that was a good one.\u0026rdquo; Then my son was curious about it. I think he saw it in a meme or …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Christopher Robin (2018)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nExposition! In case you forgot what happened over the last thirty years of Mission Impossible movies, Tom Cruise and company are here to tell you all about it in an exposition packed cold open thanks to a tape from IMF.\nSpeaking of the tape from the IMF. Did anyone else wonder how they got Ethan the tape if he\u0026amp;rsquo;s on the run and they don\u0026amp;rsquo;t know where he is? I mean, if they used a dead drop they could stake it out, if they sent it to him then they know where he is, …","date":"2025-12-08","permalink":"/post/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-2025/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nExposition! In case you forgot what happened over the last thirty years of Mission Impossible movies, Tom Cruise and company are here to tell you all about it in an exposition …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)"},{"content":"We did it again! We streamed all day on 12/5/2025 and managed to raise $2070 for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. I\u0026amp;rsquo;m so thankful for all the people that came out and contributed some of their hard earned dollars to helping make some kids\u0026amp;rsquo; Christmastime a little bit brighter.\nWe played some great stuff this time:\nDuck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping Squats for Tots (more on that in a minute) A Short Hike Peak Hollow Knight (sam\u0026amp;rsquo;s stream) Dungeons and Dragons We were …","date":"2025-12-06","permalink":"/post/charity-stream-2025-recap/","summary":"We did it again! We streamed all day on 12/5/2025 and managed to raise $2070 for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. I\u0026rsquo;m so thankful for all the people that came out and contributed some of …","tags":[],"title":"Charity Stream 2025 Recap"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★ (2.0/5)\nI don\u0026amp;rsquo;t even know what to say.\nThe second one was fine. This one was so dark so much of the time. I was also thrown off by Mads Mikkelson taking over as Grindelwald. Not mad about it, but it was a bit jarring. They didn\u0026amp;rsquo;t even really keep the bleach blonde hair and blue eye. If you\u0026amp;rsquo;re not keeping up with movie news and casting decisions, I think it would have taken a minute to get your bearings here.\nI love Jude Law as Dumbledore. He\u0026amp;rsquo;s so fun to watch …","date":"2025-12-03","permalink":"/post/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore-2022/","summary":"\nRating: ★★ (2.0/5)\nI don\u0026rsquo;t even know what to say.\nThe second one was fine. This one was so dark so much of the time. I was also thrown off by Mads Mikkelson taking over as Grindelwald. Not mad …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★ (3.0/5)\nI was way more into this movie than the first one. That being said, I don\u0026amp;rsquo;t have a clue what it was about and I watched it just a few days ago. Something about finding out who Creedence really was and Grindelwald having secret meetings.\nIt was pretty cool to see everything happen in Paris. That whole city was a fun setting for some magic stuff.\nI don\u0026amp;rsquo;t fully understand why Queenie joined up with Grindelwald or why Leta Lestrange just randomly walked into the blue …","date":"2025-12-03","permalink":"/post/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald-2018/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★ (3.0/5)\nI was way more into this movie than the first one. That being said, I don\u0026rsquo;t have a clue what it was about and I watched it just a few days ago. Something about finding out …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nOne of the things I love to ask people who I know are film fans is, \u0026amp;ldquo;What M. Night Shayamalan movie was the last one you enjoyed?\u0026amp;rdquo; The reason is that there are people that think Unbreakable was the last good movie he did. Some people give up at Signs. Others make it all the way to The Happening before they throw in the towel. For me, The Village is the last good movie he made. Up until Split of course.\nWe went back in time recently to watch this movie with my …","date":"2025-12-02","permalink":"/post/the-village-2004/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nOne of the things I love to ask people who I know are film fans is, \u0026ldquo;What M. Night Shayamalan movie was the last one you enjoyed?\u0026rdquo; The reason is that there are people …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"The Village (2004)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-11-27","permalink":"/post/twtd-the-bob-newhart-show-s4e11/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - The Bob Newhart Show - S4E11"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nSinbad in the (brick) house!!\nThis movie is a staple of my childhood. I went to see this in the theatre with my mom and the scene where Sinbad sees the McDonald\u0026amp;rsquo;s and runs to it in slow motion nearly broke her down laughing. Her laugh lives rent free in my head.\nIt\u0026amp;rsquo;s a simple plot. A guy who owes a bunch of money to some loan sharks runs for cover and ends up faking the identity of a long lost friend of a wealthy family man. The shenanigans that ensure are made …","date":"2025-11-26","permalink":"/post/houseguest-1995/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nSinbad in the (brick) house!!\nThis movie is a staple of my childhood. I went to see this in the theatre with my mom and the scene where Sinbad sees the McDonald\u0026rsquo;s and runs …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Houseguest (1995)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★½ (2.5/5)\nI watched this movie when it came out and it just didn\u0026amp;rsquo;t grab me. I didn\u0026amp;rsquo;t love any of the characters, I didn\u0026amp;rsquo;t think the American setting was all that great (looking at you no-maj), and the beasts in the movie honestly grossed me out a little.\nI came away this time a little more appreciative of it.\nThe movie follows Newt Scamander, the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which is an in-universe book that\u0026amp;rsquo;s used at Hogwarts to teach …","date":"2025-11-26","permalink":"/post/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-2016/","summary":"\nRating: ★★½ (2.5/5)\nI watched this movie when it came out and it just didn\u0026rsquo;t grab me. I didn\u0026rsquo;t love any of the characters, I didn\u0026rsquo;t think the American setting was all that great …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nI love this movie. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s pretty much the GOAT of all road trip buddy comedy movies. John Candy is brilliant as Del and Steve Martin plays such an incredible straight man against him. At the time Steve Martin was very known for being a \u0026amp;ldquo;wild and crazy guy\u0026amp;rdquo; and this has him playing a very believable businessman curmudgeon.\nIt also has loads of heart. John Candy\u0026amp;rsquo;s \u0026amp;ldquo;I like me\u0026amp;rdquo; speech stands out as one of the highlights of his whole career and …","date":"2025-11-24","permalink":"/post/planes-trains-and-automobiles-1987/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nI love this movie. It\u0026rsquo;s pretty much the GOAT of all road trip buddy comedy movies. John Candy is brilliant as Del and Steve Martin plays such an incredible straight man …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-11-20","permalink":"/post/twtd-highway-to-heaven-s1e13/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Highway to Heaven - S1E13"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nI am a huge fan of the movie Greenland. It came out during the pandemic so was largely overlooked but it was actually one of the best disaster movies I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve ever seen. It kept the scope really small by focusing on one family trying to survive. No view from the top. No flashy rescue plan. You as a viewer didn\u0026amp;rsquo;t have any information beyond the characters and it made it so much more intense than some other \u0026amp;ldquo;meteor going to blow up earth\u0026amp;rdquo; movies are.\nI say …","date":"2025-11-17","permalink":"/post/plane-2023/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nI am a huge fan of the movie Greenland. It came out during the pandemic so was largely overlooked but it was actually one of the best disaster movies I\u0026rsquo;ve ever seen. It …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Plane (2023)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-11-14","permalink":"/post/casino-royale/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Casino Royale"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-11-13","permalink":"/post/twtd-kolchak-the-night-stalker-s1e2/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Kolchak: The Night Stalker - S1E2"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nWhen I originally watched Skyfall in the theatre when it came out, it was the first Bond movie that I felt like I could follow from start to finish and the plot was clear. It was also a movie that included so many little baby steps back to being the Bond we know and love from before the Pierce Brosnan era. We got the Astin Marin, we got Q, we got a new M, and we got that M\u0026amp;rsquo;s office with the padded door. It was kind of a return to form.\nAfter watching it this time, I …","date":"2025-11-13","permalink":"/post/skyfall-2012/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nWhen I originally watched Skyfall in the theatre when it came out, it was the first Bond movie that I felt like I could follow from start to finish and the plot was clear. It was …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Skyfall (2012)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★ (3.0/5)\nNot too shabby! Nothing to get too excited about, but the fights were fun. It definitely felt like a karate kid retelling but I was good with it. I don’t know if we needed to unite both the Jackie Chan and Ralph Maccio storylines in the end. The story didn’t really need it but I enjoyed it anyway. Good Saturday afternoon flick. I wrote this in my phone real quick. Don’t judge me.\nView on Letterboxd\n","date":"2025-11-11","permalink":"/post/karate-kid-legends-2025/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★ (3.0/5)\nNot too shabby! Nothing to get too excited about, but the fights were fun. It definitely felt like a karate kid retelling but I was good with it. I don’t know if we needed to …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Karate Kid: Legends (2025)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-11-07","permalink":"/post/quantum-of-solace/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Quantum of Solace"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-11-06","permalink":"/post/twtd-alfred-hitchcock-presents-s3e1-the-glass-eye/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Alfred Hitchcock Presents - S3E1 - The Glass Eye"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nI\u0026amp;rsquo;ve tried watching this off and on for the last month and finally got it done tonight. I\u0026amp;rsquo;m thrilled that I kept going.\nI grew up, like most millenials, with John Candy in my orbit. He was there in Home Alone, The Great Outdoors, Uncle Buck, and Cool Runnings. Movies that were pivotal in my childhood. Memorable because I loved them with my mom, who also was a big John Candy fan. I even watched his cartoon, Camp Candy. He was just always around.\nUntil he …","date":"2025-11-06","permalink":"/post/john-candy-i-like-me-2025/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nI\u0026rsquo;ve tried watching this off and on for the last month and finally got it done tonight. I\u0026rsquo;m thrilled that I kept going.\nI grew up, like most millenials, with John …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"John Candy: I Like Me (2025)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-10-31","permalink":"/post/goldeneye/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Goldeneye"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-10-30","permalink":"/post/twtd-happy-days-s2e6/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Happy Days - S2E6"},{"content":"\nSummary Long ago and far away (and somewhere south of France) lies the kingdom of Esquaveta. There, Princess Tullia is in nearly as much peril as her struggling kingdom. Esquaveta desperately needs to forge an alliance, and to that end, Tullia\u0026amp;rsquo;s father has arranged a marriage between her and an odious prince. However, one month before the \u0026amp;ldquo;wedding of the century,\u0026amp;rdquo; Tullia falls in love with a lowly apprentice scribe.\nThe king turns to Anatole, his much-maligned magician. …","date":"2025-10-24","permalink":"/post/the-magician-of-tiger-castle/","summary":"\nSummary Long ago and far away (and somewhere south of France) lies the kingdom of Esquaveta. There, Princess Tullia is in nearly as much peril as her struggling kingdom. Esquaveta desperately needs …","tags":["book-review","reading"],"title":"The Magician of Tiger Castle"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-10-24","permalink":"/post/the-world-is-not-enough/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"The World is Not Enough"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-10-17","permalink":"/post/licence-to-kill/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Licence to Kill"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-10-16","permalink":"/post/twtd-are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-s1e6-the-tale-of-the-super-specs/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Are You Afraid of the Dark - S1E6 - The Tale of the Super Specs"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-10-10","permalink":"/post/the-living-daylights/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"The Living Daylights"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-10-09","permalink":"/post/twtd-seinfeld-s9e1-the-butter-shave/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Seinfeld - S9E1 - The Butter Shave"},{"content":"Every year, my men\u0026amp;rsquo;s group goes on a camping trip into the mountains for a weekend of good food, games, fellowship, and way too expensive bourbon. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s a tradition we\u0026amp;rsquo;ve held since 2021, when we all really needed to get away and spend some time with each other and with God in nature.\nIt grew out of a bit of a desire for adventure. We all work city jobs in a city setting, and generally sit while doing it. It made sense to take ourselves out of the comfort of every day and go to …","date":"2025-10-07","permalink":"/post/camping-trip-2025/","summary":"Every year, my men\u0026rsquo;s group goes on a camping trip into the mountains for a weekend of good food, games, fellowship, and way too expensive bourbon. It\u0026rsquo;s a tradition we\u0026rsquo;ve held since …","tags":[],"title":"Camping Trip 2025"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nIf there is a top Roger Moore Bond film, I definitely agree that this is the one. This movie captured all those elements that make a good Bond movie and it captured them really well. Nothing feels thrown in or wasted. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s a joy to watch from start to finish, even though Roger Moore is not my favorite actor to watch.\nIt\u0026amp;rsquo;s definitely a silly film in a lot of ways, but not enough to distract from what\u0026amp;rsquo;s going on. A lot of the gadgets are over the top and the …","date":"2025-10-03","permalink":"/post/the-spy-who-loved-me-1977/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nIf there is a top Roger Moore Bond film, I definitely agree that this is the one. This movie captured all those elements that make a good Bond movie and it captured them really …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nI always thought that George Lazenby was somehow a second class Bond. A Bond that was worth forgetting. An actor that only did one movie because he wasn\u0026amp;rsquo;t good enough at portraying the character. A lot of this thought came from friends of mine who seemingly had more Bond knowledge than I ever did.\nGeorge Lazenby is great. He deserves better.\nThe fact that he did one movie, doesn\u0026amp;rsquo;t at all indicate how good that movie was. This movie was maybe one of my favorites …","date":"2025-10-03","permalink":"/post/on-her-majestys-secret-service-1969/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nI always thought that George Lazenby was somehow a second class Bond. A Bond that was worth forgetting. An actor that only did one movie because he wasn\u0026rsquo;t good enough at …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-10-03","permalink":"/post/the-spy-who-loved-me/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"The Spy Who Loved Me"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-09-29","permalink":"/post/twtd-columbo-s7e1/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Columbo - S7E1"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-09-26","permalink":"/post/a-view-to-a-kill/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"A View To A Kill"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-09-19","permalink":"/post/on-her-majestys-secret-service/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-09-18","permalink":"/post/twtd-step-by-step-s4e1/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Step By Step - S4E1"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-09-12","permalink":"/post/goldfinger/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Goldfinger"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5)\nThere are very few James Bond fans you\u0026amp;rsquo;ll ever find that don\u0026amp;rsquo;t have Goldfinger on their \u0026amp;ldquo;Mount Rushmore\u0026amp;rdquo; of Bond films. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s pretty much the gold (heh) standard by which all Bonds that come after have to live up to. Why is that though? What makes Goldfinger the movie that we all look to as a definitive view of who Bond is and what makes a great Bond film? I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve been thinking about this for some time and even now I don\u0026amp;rsquo;t know that I …","date":"2025-09-11","permalink":"/post/goldfinger-1964/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5)\nThere are very few James Bond fans you\u0026rsquo;ll ever find that don\u0026rsquo;t have Goldfinger on their \u0026ldquo;Mount Rushmore\u0026rdquo; of Bond films. It\u0026rsquo;s pretty much the gold …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Goldfinger (1964)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-09-11","permalink":"/post/twtd-whos-the-boss-s6e1/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Who's The Boss? - S6E1"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nI don\u0026amp;rsquo;t know why this movie gets the hate that it does. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s rated as rotten with the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes at a 59%. Yet the critics, for once, rate it actually higher at 64%. I\u0026amp;rsquo;m more in line with the critics, if maybe even a bit higher.\nI get that this movie is the worst of the Sean Connery films, but I\u0026amp;rsquo;d say its far from bad. I had a good time with it. That being said, this all comes down to what makes a Bond movie. This has all the …","date":"2025-09-09","permalink":"/post/diamonds-are-forever-1971/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nI don\u0026rsquo;t know why this movie gets the hate that it does. It\u0026rsquo;s rated as rotten with the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes at a 59%. Yet the critics, for once, rate it …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Diamonds Are Forever (1971)"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-09-05","permalink":"/post/diamonds-are-forever/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Diamonds Are Forever"},{"content":"I made it back from Dragon Con! What a wild ride that was. It was probably one of my favorite Dragon Cons that I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve participated in, I definitely learned a lot of lessons I hope to take with me to the next one.\nWe got there Thursday afternoon after driving six hours and I thought I would definitely need to valet park when I got there because that\u0026amp;rsquo;s usually how it works. There are only so many parking places in the self-park and I figured they would all be gone when I got there. By …","date":"2025-09-03","permalink":"/post/dragon-con-2025/","summary":"I made it back from Dragon Con! What a wild ride that was. It was probably one of my favorite Dragon Cons that I\u0026rsquo;ve participated in, I definitely learned a lot of lessons I hope to take with me …","tags":["dragoncon"],"title":"Dragon Con 2025"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-08-29","permalink":"/post/season-2-teaser/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Season 2 Teaser"},{"content":"We\u0026amp;rsquo;re on the eve of my annual trek to Atlanta where I gather together with a bunch of other nerds and pretend we\u0026amp;rsquo;re the coolest people in the world for a weekend. I can\u0026amp;rsquo;t wait! Some people get hyped for the Super Bowl, but I\u0026amp;rsquo;m sitting here getting hyped to wander around a bunch of hotels with 80,000 other weirdos. For me, getting to be a part of the Digital Media Track at Dragon Con is a bit of a dream come true. Some of my best friends work that track and I really never …","date":"2025-08-27","permalink":"/post/pre-con-jitters/","summary":"We\u0026rsquo;re on the eve of my annual trek to Atlanta where I gather together with a bunch of other nerds and pretend we\u0026rsquo;re the coolest people in the world for a weekend. I can\u0026rsquo;t wait! Some …","tags":[],"title":"Pre-Con Jitters"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nWhat a fun little movie this was! I really wanted to catch these in theaters with my son but we never got around to it, and I\u0026amp;rsquo;m kinda bummed we didn\u0026amp;rsquo;t. It looked like a fun movie but Disney\u0026amp;rsquo;s marketing machine just had no idea what to do with it and that\u0026amp;rsquo;s a shame. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s kind of like a new generation\u0026amp;rsquo;s Flight of the Navigator where a kid goes off into space and gets into some big adventures, but there is a lot heart to be had here. …","date":"2025-08-23","permalink":"/post/elio-2025/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nWhat a fun little movie this was! I really wanted to catch these in theaters with my son but we never got around to it, and I\u0026rsquo;m kinda bummed we didn\u0026rsquo;t. It looked like …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Elio (2025)"},{"content":"\nThe Back Cover Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters. The mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them all in order to achieve its righteous ends.\nElves lurk at our borders and hunger for our flesh, while greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions and comfort. With a …","date":"2025-08-22","permalink":"/post/the-devils/","summary":"\nThe Back Cover Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, …","tags":["book-review","fantasy"],"title":"Book Review: The Devils"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-08-21","permalink":"/post/twtd-re-run-futurama-s2e20/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Re-Run: Futurama - S2E20"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nThis review may contain spoilers.\nI love The Bad Guys. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s one of my favorite animated movies of all time. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s like Oceans 11 made for kids but with enough adult stuff going on that grown-ups can enjoy it just as much. I wish I could be 10% as cool as Wolf in these movies and I might have a small crush on Diane Foxington, but that\u0026amp;rsquo;s just a holdover from my Robin Hood days as a kid.\nThe Bad Guys 2 is definitely a worthy sequel to the first one. I was …","date":"2025-08-20","permalink":"/post/the-bad-guys-2-2025/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nThis review may contain spoilers.\nI love The Bad Guys. It\u0026rsquo;s one of my favorite animated movies of all time. It\u0026rsquo;s like Oceans 11 made for kids but with enough adult …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"The Bad Guys 2 (2025)"},{"content":"I was infected, but now I\u0026amp;rsquo;m healed!\nIt was a long and annoying journey and I feel like I now have a better understanding of what some people go through when they have some kind of illness that they can\u0026amp;rsquo;t figure out. I was definitely not as bad off as a lot of folks but I thought it would never end.\nAfter finally getting in with a dermatologist, I was able to get a diagnosis of contact dermatitis derived eczema. The dude was absolutely certain that I got into something that set off an …","date":"2025-08-17","permalink":"/post/i-am-healed/","summary":"I was infected, but now I\u0026rsquo;m healed!\nIt was a long and annoying journey and I feel like I now have a better understanding of what some people go through when they have some kind of illness that …","tags":[],"title":"I Am Healed"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nJames Bond brought back to his roots for a reboot of sorts, without truly rebooting anything. This is the first adventure Bond goes on in Ian Fleming\u0026amp;rsquo;s novels and we get to see him get his 00 status and his license to kill, but we still get the Bond we know and love.\nThis is how an origin story is done.\nWe don\u0026amp;rsquo;t wait two hours to see Bond do something \u0026amp;ldquo;Bond-ish.\u0026amp;rdquo; He\u0026amp;rsquo;s who he is right out of the gate, and instantly recognizable, but we get …","date":"2025-08-17","permalink":"/post/casino-royale-2006/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nJames Bond brought back to his roots for a reboot of sorts, without truly rebooting anything. This is the first adventure Bond goes on in Ian Fleming\u0026rsquo;s novels and we get …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Casino Royale (2006)"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nThis movie was a lot of fun. I liked it as a kid and really dig watching it with my kid. It’s silly, but also a great time. Definitely worth a rewatch every now and then.\nView on Letterboxd\n","date":"2025-08-14","permalink":"/post/rookie-of-the-year-1993/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)\nThis movie was a lot of fun. I liked it as a kid and really dig watching it with my kid. It’s silly, but also a great time. Definitely worth a rewatch every now and then.\nView on …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Rookie of the Year (1993)"},{"content":"For the last three weeks, I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve been fighting this gnarly skin issue that I just can\u0026amp;rsquo;t seem to get a handle on. It all started when I pulled up to my small group on a Wednesday a couple of weeks ago and noticed that the back of my hand was itching. I looked down and I had this tiny little blister on the back. Not a clue where it came from or what it was, but I figured I must have just been bit by something. I didn\u0026amp;rsquo;t give it much though.\nFast forward a couple of days and I had …","date":"2025-08-09","permalink":"/post/infected/","summary":"For the last three weeks, I\u0026rsquo;ve been fighting this gnarly skin issue that I just can\u0026rsquo;t seem to get a handle on. It all started when I pulled up to my small group on a Wednesday a couple of …","tags":null,"title":"Infected"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-08-07","permalink":"/post/twtd-re-run-the-tick-s1e7/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Re-Run: The Tick S1E7"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-07-29","permalink":"/post/twtd-re-run-magnum-pi-s7e5/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Re-Run - Magnum P.I - S7E5"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nThis review may contain spoilers.\nA lot of folks think that Marvel has been on the struggle bus since Endgame came out and they\u0026amp;rsquo;ve had a hard time finding their voice again without Iron Man and Captain America holding it down. I don\u0026amp;rsquo;t completely disagree but I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve been a little more gentle on them and honestly have thoroughly enjoyed most of the movies that other people have taken a crap on. Looking at you, Marvels.\nToday, I saw The Fantastic Four: First …","date":"2025-07-28","permalink":"/post/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-2025/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★ (4.0/5)\nThis review may contain spoilers.\nA lot of folks think that Marvel has been on the struggle bus since Endgame came out and they\u0026rsquo;ve had a hard time finding their voice again …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)"},{"content":"\nSummary Kara Zor-El has seen some epic adventures over the years, but she now finds her life without meaning or purpose. Here she is, a young woman who saw her planet destroyed and was sent to Earth to protect a baby cousin who ended up not needing her. What was it all for? Wherever she goes, people only see her through the lens of Superman\u0026amp;rsquo;s fame.\nJust when Supergirl thinks she\u0026amp;rsquo;s had enough, everything changes. An alien girl seeks her out for a vicious mission. Her world has been …","date":"2025-07-24","permalink":"/post/supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow/","summary":"\nSummary Kara Zor-El has seen some epic adventures over the years, but she now finds her life without meaning or purpose. Here she is, a young woman who saw her planet destroyed and was sent to Earth …","tags":["book-review","reading"],"title":"Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-07-22","permalink":"/post/twtd-re-run-the-red-green-show-s9e7/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Re-Run - The Red Green Show - S9E7"},{"content":"tl;dr - AI helps me get the nonsense out of the way so I can focus on being creative and I think that might be where it belongs in my workflow.\nThere\u0026amp;rsquo;s a lot of hype around AI these days, and a lot of concern has come along with it. Most of it\u0026amp;rsquo;s pretty warranted. There are things that AI is doing or can do that\u0026amp;rsquo;s pretty messed up and terrifying. I get the concern and I\u0026amp;rsquo;m well aware of all the challenges we face, but the key to the whole thing is that it\u0026amp;rsquo;s not going …","date":"2025-07-15","permalink":"/post/ai-helps-sometimes/","summary":"tl;dr - AI helps me get the nonsense out of the way so I can focus on being creative and I think that might be where it belongs in my workflow.\nThere\u0026rsquo;s a lot of hype around AI these days, and a …","tags":["technology"],"title":"AI Helps Sometimes"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-07-15","permalink":"/post/fast-x/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Fast X"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-07-15","permalink":"/post/twtd-re-run-the-mary-tyler-moore-show/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Re-Run - The Mary Tyler Moore Show"},{"content":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nThis review may contain spoilers.\nI have been excited for this Superman movie since the day I heard James Gunn was going to take a stab at bringing him back to the screen. I loved all of James Gunn\u0026amp;rsquo;s movies and I honestly think he\u0026amp;rsquo;s only gotten better over time. He\u0026amp;rsquo;s someone I know cares deeply for story and the characters he\u0026amp;rsquo;s put in charge of. He pours his soul into all of it and seems like the kind of guy that doesn\u0026amp;rsquo;t want to start a …","date":"2025-07-13","permalink":"/post/superman-2025/","summary":"\nRating: ★★★★★ (5.0/5)\nThis review may contain spoilers.\nI have been excited for this Superman movie since the day I heard James Gunn was going to take a stab at bringing him back to the screen. I …","tags":["Movies","Review"],"title":"Superman (2025)"},{"content":"\nThe Back Cover You failed a quest less than five minutes after you received it. Now that’s talent. A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days. Capture each one, and the stairwell is unlocked. Here\u0026amp;rsquo;s the thing. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s never easy. Carl and his team can\u0026amp;rsquo;t go it alone. Not this time. They …","date":"2025-07-13","permalink":"/post/gate-of-the-feral-gods/","summary":"\nThe Back Cover You failed a quest less than five minutes after you received it. Now that’s talent. A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded …","tags":["book-review","fantasy"],"title":"Book Review: The Gate of the Feral Gods"},{"content":"I\u0026amp;rsquo;m on the eve of watching the new Superman movie. The three year old kid in me is absolutely vibrating.\nFor as long as I can remember, I\u0026amp;rsquo;ve been a Superman fan. When I was a kid, I have been obsessed with the character. I wanted to be able to fly. I wanted to be super strong. I wanted to be the hero and save the day. I was running around in Superman PJs with the little Velcro cape and jumping off chairs. Apparently, I jumped off furniture so much that I developed a limp. Christopher …","date":"2025-07-11","permalink":"/post/big-blue-boy-scout/","summary":"I\u0026rsquo;m on the eve of watching the new Superman movie. The three year old kid in me is absolutely vibrating.\nFor as long as I can remember, I\u0026rsquo;ve been a Superman fan. When I was a kid, I have …","tags":[],"title":"Big Blue Boy Scout"},{"content":"\nSummary Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world’s three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades.\nMy …","date":"2025-07-11","permalink":"/post/jurassic-world-rebirth/","summary":"\nSummary Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the …","tags":["movie-review","film"],"title":"Movie Review: Jurassic World: Rebirth"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-07-08","permalink":"/audio/fast-9-the-fast-saga/","summary":"","tags":["24fps"],"title":"Fast 9: The Fast Saga"},{"content":" ","date":"2025-07-08","permalink":"/audio/twtd-re-run-heehaw-willie-nelson-jim-stafford/","summary":"","tags":["Those Were the Days"],"title":"TWTD - Re-Run - Heehaw - Willie Nelson, Jim Stafford"},{"content":"\nThe Back Cover Yumi and The Nightmare Painter is a standalone cosmere novel by Brandon Sanderson that tells the story of two people from different worlds whose lives become intertwined in unexpected ways. Yumi is a yoki-hijo, a ritual artist who stacks stones to appease spirits and provide for her people. Painter lives in a world where nightmares take physical form and must be destroyed by artists who paint them away. 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I spent most of the day fighting with issues getting the theme to load based on an integrity signature on some of the javascript files but now I\u0026amp;rsquo;m wondering if it was a completely different bug causing the issues. Apparently, Ublock Origin in Firefox was breaking some functionality in this theme that I\u0026amp;rsquo;m using. So while I like what I ended up with, if people running that extension have issues with viewing the site, then …","date":"2025-06-16","permalink":"/post/lets-roll/","summary":"I think I finally wrangled this blog into something I can use. I spent most of the day fighting with issues getting the theme to load based on an integrity signature on some of the javascript files …","tags":[],"title":"Lets Roll"},{"content":"Saying \u0026amp;ldquo;first\u0026amp;rdquo; is kind of an old internet thing that was fun back when every website had a comment section. I remember seeing it on Ain\u0026amp;rsquo;t It Cool News way back in the day. I haven\u0026amp;rsquo;t been there in a long time but I imagine that\u0026amp;rsquo;s probably still a thing over there.\nI started up this blog mostly to try out the Ghost blogging platform. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s open source and I can run it for pretty cheap on a cloud server somewhere so I figured it was worth a try. Who knows if …","date":"2025-06-15","permalink":"/post/first-post/","summary":"Saying \u0026ldquo;first\u0026rdquo; is kind of an old internet thing that was fun back when every website had a comment section. I remember seeing it on Ain\u0026rsquo;t It Cool News way back in the day. I …","tags":[],"title":"First Post"}]