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Essays, predictions, reviews, and notebook entries about stories, media, baseball, and whatever else I’m exploring lately.

2026

Holiday

Smarch Madness

To combat the lingering winter doldrums, I came up with a new holiday: Smarch Madness (branding by Martha). It's the third weekend in March and it's a weekend to treat yourself. It's basically a weekend version of the month-long Marthanalia or Beansanalia, with a specific focus on breaking up season affect disorder.

So, treat yourself! 

MCU Watch

MCU Watch - Wonder Man

This show had a lot of promise and delievered on a good deal of it. But it suffered from a lack of sense of urgency, leading to a sort of meandering think piece with interesting characters. 

2025

2024

Marvel, TV

X-Men '97

How can I let X-Men '97 go without at least saying a little something. I own the two books (making of and the art book) of the original cartoon so of course, I'm as jazzed as Liza Minnelli. 

I read the X-Men '97 comic. Both the mini-series and the Battleworld mini. Neither connected to each other or to this cartoon, but it all prompted the question "what if we went back to visit these old friends (and have some late 90s nostalgia thrown in there)

2023