Food lessons learned

This has absolutely nothing to do with the blog, although I suppose you could consider some of it related to an earlier blog post I wrote ab...

After School Nightmare (manga, vol. 3) by Setona Mizushiro

Mashiro still has to decide if he's going to help Shinonome in order to discover the knight's identity. Things are still rocky betw...

Nice, brief "Manga 101" article

I just read Robin Brenner's really excellent article, "Manga 101: Tips for the Curious, the Confused, and the Clueless." I d...

After School Nightmare (manga, vol. 2) by Setona Mizushiro

Sou still insists on pursuing Mashiro, despite the fact that Mashiro has a girlfriend (who's getting more than a bit unhappy with the So...

Angelic Layer (anime TV series) on Joost.com

I watched this entire series over an amazingly short period of time on Joost.com, partly because I enjoyed it and partly because I was worri...

Staying on track, but feeling wobbly

The blog's going ok, and I'm almost done with my "health checklist" (doctor visit, check; dentist, partial check; eye doct...

Uncertain posting future

On the plus side, I've just finished enough posts to carry me through this entire week. On the minus side, I'm almost out of drafts...

After School Nightmare (manga, vol. 7) by Setona Mizushiro

Kureha and Sou are still having lunch together, talking about the things that Mashiro does that upset them, and considering going out with e...

After School Nightmare (manga, vol. 6) by Setona Mizushiro

Although Mashiro has finally slept with Kureha, it hasn't completely fixed the problems in their relationship. While Mashiro is still t...

Two seconds of almost-fame

My latest entry about After School Nightmare has for some reason gotten me a recent brief mention (among many, many other blogs and website...

After School Nightmare (manga, vol. 5) by Setona Mizushiro

Mashiro tells Sou that he's chosen Kureha. Sou, who's more hurt by Mashiro's decision than he lets on, leaves and runs into his...

Midnighters Vol. 2: Touching Darkness (book) by Scott Westerfeld

I'll start this off with a warning - this post has spoilers, so don't read it unless you don't mind that. This book picks up whe...

Lie to Me and Westerfeld's Extras

I've recently started watching Fox's new show Lie to Me , about a small group of people whose job it is to figure out when people ar...

Smith's Vampire Diaries -- TV series?!

"The CW has picked up a pilot based on L.J. Smith's 'Vampire Diaries' series of books, reports Variety ." -- 2/9/09, C...

Bixby, Oklahoma

Even though the information I get from StatCounter has its problems, I still like looking - it's fun to see where visitor are (possibly)...

After School Nightmare (manga, vol. 4) by Setona Mizushiro

In case you hadn't already noticed, I've pretty much given up on blocking myself from writing all spoilers. Read this post (and oth...

Emma series (manga) by Kaoru Mori

(Please forgive this post - I know, I know, it's basically cheating, since I didn't really have to come up with anything new. My on...