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CineMortuary is a podcast that reviews sequels, prequels, remakes, and anything canonically related to a horror series other than the original film. If I recall correctly, I took co-host Rob’s pitch for a general bad-movie podcast —...
24 May 2026 As of Saturday 23 May, the Pitt peregrine chicks reached the age of four weeks old. Here’s a look at their development in the past week in a day-by-day slideshow from the National Aviary’s falconcam at the Cathedral of...
There’s a great story from the late Prof Clay Christensen that I think about from time to time. Andy Grove, CEO of Intel, requested Prof Clay Christensen to visit Intel headquarters and explain his theory of disruptive innovation. When...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Blondie,...
We keep an eye out for ephemera relating to brewing and pubs and were pleased to stumble upon this bit of prestige bumph by West Country Breweries from 1960. You might not have heard of West Country Breweries. We certainly hadn’t. That’s...
On the 24th September 1978, a brand new Mary Tyler Moore variety series premiered on CBS. Simply titled Mary1, there was a full season order in place; many reports at the time suggested at least 22 shows, with an option for two more....
Here’s the author Elif Shafak on Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing (2021), a book we also liked and reviewed at length in New Escapologist Issue 16. It is a fascinating take on how and why we need to resist the relentless demands of our...
Also this issue: Saturn, 3DS and N64 emulator updates and a translation of a PS2 Simple 2000 Series curio.
Sunday Asides #96 This week was the end of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. I mean, one less white guy in a suit yapping about current events...forgive me if I don't care. I mean, Stephen seems to be taking it all in stride, and he’s...