Those who know me know that I have a rather extensive game collection, both board/card games as well as roleplaying games. An entire wall in my basement is devoted to this hobby of mine, and I wish there were more time in any given week to play more of these objects of cardboard and wood. At last count, I had over 200 board and card games, including various...

The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines Published by DAW (January 6, 2009) ISBN-10: 0756405327 ISBN-13: 978-0756405328 At A Glance: What would happen if an author went back to the darker themes of the original fairy tales for his plots, and then crossed the Disney princesses with Charlie’s Angels? What’s delivered is The Stepsister Scheme—a whole new take on what...

Just a brief note to let folks know that November has arrived and there are a number of events in which I shall be participating, namely: 1. NaBloWriMo (National Blog Writing Month), in which I shall endeavor to draft and publish a blog post each and every day throughout the month of November. 2. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), in which I shall endeavor to...

Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth by Max McCoy Published by Bantam, Feb 1997 ISBN-10: 0553561952 ISBN-13: 978-0553561951 At A Glance: A dying man presents himself at Indy’s office and gives him a mysterious box, which is found to contain some Icelandic spar–the mythological sunstone–and the last pages of the man’s journal. They detail an...

Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera) by Jim Butcher Narrated by Kate Reading Published by Penguin Audiobooks At A Glance: In the realm of Alera, where people bond with the furies – elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal – 15-year-old Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. But when his homeland erupts in chaos – when rebels war with...

The Listener, Premiered — 1 March 2009 (in Canada), 4 June 2009 (in USA) Starring: Craig Olejnik, Lisa Marcos, Ennis Esmer, and Colm Feore So, this one came in under the radar, probably due to the simple fact that the wife and I don’t catch mainstream or even cable TV, and thus miss out on most of the “Coming Soon” kind of ads for new shows. We...

Warehouse 13, Premiered — 7 July 2009 Starring: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, and Saul Rubinek My wife and I caught the pilot to this new SyFy series thanks to Hulu (it’s the best way to watch television) last night. And I have to say we both thoroughly enjoyed it. The characters were fun and believable. The plot had enough little twists that we...