Category: Reviews
Updated on September 15, 2024
Yellowstone and Grand Tetons: A Haiku-tiful Experience
My wife and I decided life wasn’t challenging enough, so we decided to do a five-day road trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons with our toddler. Remarkably, he took mercy on us and behaved like a champ. …
Posted on February 26, 2023
The Bomber Mafia: Morals vs Expediency
Commutes suck. We are blessed with 24 hours in a day, and spending one of them driving back and forth from a place we likely don’t want to be in the first place is a drag. Luckily, there …
Posted on December 11, 2022
The Outer Range: Out of my Range of Caring
We live in a post-truth world. Even the certainties of life are under assault—most billionaires laugh at the concept of taxes, and plenty still believe Tupac is alive. But I hold that one truth remains strong: if you’re …
Updated on September 4, 2022
Lightyear: To Infinity, but Not Quite Beyond
I am a huge fan of science fiction, anything involving the concept of “rangers,” and cats. Pixar’s new Lightyear movie could not have targeted my niche demographic more if the intro crawl had said “For Jake.” And to …
Posted on May 23, 2022
The Secrets of Dumbledore and Storytelling via Mashed Potatoes
This Wandering contains spoilers for the movie The Secrets of Dumbledore. Much like cooking, storytelling is more art than science. There are some universal basics like plot, character, and setting, but each storyteller can mix ingredients in new …
Updated on April 10, 2022
To Finish, or Not to Finish
I have experienced something new—turning off a Pixar movie halfway through. My wife and I tried watching Turning Red recently, but only made it to the halfway point before looking at each other and deciding we were wasting …
Updated on April 10, 2022
Halo: Infinite and Character Connections
I warn you now, we are about to embark upon a story critique of the new Halo game that involves at least a passing understanding of the series history and lore. If you have no interest in genetically …
Updated on April 10, 2022
A Shadow Too Far
Note: The Wandering below contains spoilers for Orson Scott Card’s Ender Sextet series and his Shadow Saga series. Beware, all ye who enter here. My usual audiences for critical reviews consist of either my showerhead or my wife …
