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Just a reminder

I’ve actually done a pretty good job of keeping my Reader in check all week! THis may have something to do with the fact that bad situations at work have caused me to actually be home at a reasonable hour every night this week.
Sadly, though, there are still links and quotes for us to share […]

Cartoons are fantasy

One might think that’s a bit obvious, but I sometimes wonder if people remember that. A rabbit does not sing opera. A baby pig does not wield an umbrella, thereby causing himself to be lifted into the air. Toys do not hold meetings to discuss moves or new toys.
I’m pretty sure closet monsters do actually […]

She’s reading? You know what that leads to…

“Oh, look! She’s reading again.”
“Poor thing. Although…without a man, I guess she has to think for herself.”
Once upon a time, it was frowned upon for women to read. They simply weren’t wired right for thinking and education, so why waste their time with silly things like books? Women needed time to focus on their music […]

Maybe if I did some work…

It’s that time of the week again. Time to see what remnants are hiding out in Reader.
This week, it’s going to be a little weird because there are some posts being held onto as reminders. For example, the new version of OpenOffice came out this week. I’m holding on to one of the fifteen announcements […]

Cartoon review: Di-Gata Defenders

I realize I don’t normally review cartoons I’ve recently checked out, but I felt compelled for reasons that will probably become obvious quickly.
This weekend, my favorite Saturday morning line-up is premiering a cartoon that’s actually a year old. Di-Gata Defenders is a Canadian cartoon about a kingdom that was once protected from a bad guy […]

Subbing vs. dubbing

It’s my best friend’s birthday. (Her birthday present is sitting under my bed half-finished. Oops! Good thing she loves me!) She’s teaching English in Japan, and I’m sitting here trying to force myself to watch as many Death Note episodes in a row as I can handle.
Which turns out to be two, three if I […]

Clarifying some old posts

I had thought I had actually addressed a few old, old posts, but since this site gets a lot of visits from people searching for information on voice actor Dan Green, I feel I ought to share some of the things I thought I had corrected a long time ago.
The moral of this story is […]

Incomplete collections

As you are reading this, I’m at work preparing to run the world. I walked out on Winx Club this morning to grab breakfast on my in to the center. If cartoons are on my mind at all right now, it’s to be grateful I’m missing Viva Pinata. When my brain finally wakes up enough […]

A fun way to learn about animation

When I was little, I found this how-to that showed how to create your own flip book. I tried to create one of a person eating a popsicle, like the how-to suggested. A lack of artistic talent kept it from being useful.
In middle school, I fought boredom in class by drawing a stick figure flip […]

Living in a fandom

I think I’ve spent the past two years existing somehow within the Yu-Gi-Oh fandom. It’s been an interesting learning experience.
By sheer accident (read: Blame Kaiba for being amazingly human in a cast that lacked truly flawed characters, and then blame me for not being quick enough in turning off the television.), I became a fan […]