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  • Titans: Season 2 — a review December 8, 2019
  • Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52!), by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo & the rest — a comic book review December 7, 2019
  • Chris Claremont’s X-Men — a documentary review December 5, 2019
  • Brimstone, by Robert B. Parker — a book review November 30, 2019
  • Mayans M.C.: Season 2 — a review November 28, 2019
  • Looking Back: It was 20 Years Ago Today . . . November 24, 2019
  • The Good Place: Season 3 — a review November 22, 2019
  • 10-List: The Devil You Say: Lucifer on Film and TV November 17, 2019
  • Supernatural: Season 12 — a review November 17, 2019
  • //\\ 15-Minute Federation //\\ presents . . . Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan — Chapter 5: KHAAAAAANNN!! (Or: Chekov as the Manchurian Candidate) November 16, 2019
  • Justice League: Volume 1: Origin, by Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, and Scott Williams — a comic book review (the new 52!) November 10, 2019
  • Lucifer: Season 4 (Netflix Original) — a review November 9, 2019
  • I’m Sorry: Season 2 — a review November 3, 2019
  • |||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.12 “The Deadly Years” – (Original air date: Friday, December 8, 1967) November 3, 2019
  • Looking Forward (mini-update): What Comes After Supernatural? November 2, 2019
  • 10-List: Firewater’s Top 10 MCU Movies October 31, 2019
  • Captain Marvel — a review (and a farewell salute to MCU Phase 3) October 27, 2019
  • Watchmen: Season 1 — Premiere Episode “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice” — a review October 22, 2019
  • BoJack Horseman: Season 5 — a review October 21, 2019
  • Supernatural: Witch’s Canyon, by Jeff Mariotte — a book review October 18, 2019
  • Preacher: Season 4 — a review October 17, 2019
  • Idea Building (creative writing tips from Pencil Sketches, Modeling Clay and Fred Saberhagen) October 15, 2019
  • Outlander: Season 1 — a review October 14, 2019
  • The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years — a documentary review October 14, 2019
  • Supernatural: Season 11 — a review October 13, 2019
  • Y: The Last Man, Book Two, by Brian K. Vaughn, Pia Guerra, Paul Chadwick & Goran Parlov (Vertigo) — a comic book review October 13, 2019
  • Batman: No Man’s Land, by Greg Rucka — a comic book novelization review October 12, 2019
  • Spider-Man: Far from Home — a movie review October 8, 2019
  • Pennyworth: Season 1 — a review October 5, 2019
  • Looking Forward (October 2019 Update): The Quadmonthly Happiness Report October 1, 2019
  • Finding Your Writer’s Voice September 29, 2019
  • 10-List: Essential Books for Writers September 28, 2019
  • Avengers: Endgame — a movie review September 28, 2019
  • Need for Speed Payback — a video game review September 25, 2019
  • Am I a Nerd? September 22, 2019
  • Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52) — a comic book review September 21, 2019
  • Supernatural: Season 10 — a review September 20, 2019
  • True Romance — a movie review September 16, 2019
  • A Dance with Dragons, by George R.R. Martin — a book review September 14, 2019
  • 10-List: 10 Ways That I Will Not Die September 8, 2019
  • Titans: Season 2 Premiere: Ep. 2.1 “Trigon” — a review September 7, 2019
  • Lucifer: Season 3 — a review September 7, 2019
  • Y: The Last Man, Book One, by Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra (Vertigo) — a comic book review September 5, 2019
  • 10-List: All-Time Favorite Television Series September 1, 2019
  • //\\ 15-Minute Federation //\\ presents . . . Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan — Chapter 4: Taken Down by a Prefix Code (Or: Kirk Continues to Fail Upwards) August 31, 2019
  • Hombre, by Elmore Leonard — a review August 30, 2019
  • Krypton: Season 2 — a review August 24, 2019
  • NOS4A2: Season 1 — a review August 23, 2019
  • Mass Effect: Discovery (Dark Horse), by John Dombrow, Jeremy Barlow, Gabriel Guzman & Michael Atiyeh — a comic book review August 18, 2019
  • Supernatural: Season 9 — a review August 17, 2019

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Facts About Words and Phrases Learned While Looking Up Other Things

As always, I give all credit for the idea of this post to the late journalist Sydney J. Harris, who would occasionally include something he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things” in his syndicated column. This is a post about words and phrases. As a writer, these are my building blocks, so […]

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Fun Music Facts I Learned While Looking Up Other Things

  This post was inspired by the late journalist Sydney J. Harris who would occasionally write a column he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things,” in which he included bits of trivia that just didn’t fit into any other column he was writing. Of course, this was in the days when the […]

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Fun Trek Facts I Learned While Looking Up Other Things

  The journalist Sydney J. Harris used to write a syndicated column that I always read on the back page of The Charlotte Observer when I was a teenager. Occasionally, he would write a column he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things,” in which he included bits of trivia that just didn’t […]

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