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Goodbye, 2020
I think we can all agree that 2020 was a terrible, no good, very bad year. I’m breaking my the-F-stands-for-Fudge policy to share this beautiful moment from the show Episodes, which perfectly encapsulates my sentiments regarding the departing year.
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Long Title Award
Long title award: featuring the works of Roman author Virgil, with a title clocking in at 97 words.
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The Real Story of Lady Ambrosia
Alternate post title: Who Wants to Live Forever? (courtesy of Freddie Mercury). You’ve heard of Lady Ambrosia—probably from watching The Blacklist. But do you want to know the REAL story? Keep reading to find out.
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National Puzzle Day
Did you know that yesterday—January 29th—was National Puzzle Day? If you want to do a little after-the-fact celebrating and torture your mind with a real-life puzzle, read on!
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Ghost Ships (and other curses)
I recently rewatched Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl while home for the holidays. I was having dinner with my family when my mom brought up the detail about Captain Barbosa and the apple, which I had completely forgotten. PotC is one of my favorites, so it was no hardship to refresh…
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Kirby Star Allies
This week we have another video game review—Kirby Star Allies—as well as the end of the unofficial scrapbook-style series. Read on for the review and the full-page image of the past three reviews!
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Link’s Awakening
This week we have another first: a video game review! I was gifted with a Nintendo Switch over the holiday season so I have been taking a (partial) break from my Netflix binging and doing some video game binging instead. I am a big Legend of Zelda fan so Link’s Awakening was definitely on my…
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Moonstruck
Happy New Year! Things have been pretty quiet on the blog as I have been making rather merry, as Bob Cratchett would say. But now I am back with a new post for a new year and a new decade, and also a new genre and new media type—romance and movies, with the movie Moonstruck.
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A Christmas Carol: A Holiday Classic
Almost everybody knows (or at least has heard of) Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. If you’ve ever said “Bah, humbug!” then A, you have no holiday spirit and B, you were making a reference to Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Whether you’re watching it on the silver screen or reading it on the…