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Essays, predictions, reviews, and notebook entries about stories, media, baseball, and whatever else I’m exploring lately.
2026
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!
Venezuela wins the WBC!
Let Your Light Shine by the Oakland Gay Men's Chorus at MPC
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
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 35th Anniversary Re-release
The Ninja Turtles (the amazing Henson one) came out for it's 35th anniversary. How is it that old? Anyway, it holds up (except for some jokes and the like).
MCU Watch - Ironheart
Ironheart was good, but I think.
It definitely shakes up the Marvel formula of not having a clone villain.
The 2025 Red Sox
2024
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)