TV Review: Man with a Camera Mike Kovac (Charles Bronson) is a World War Two veteran who works as a freelance photographer. He’s a tough fellow who’s known for getting the shots other shutterbugs can’t make. As a result, he’s often called in to help investigate incidents for newspapers and private citizens. Mike is aided… Continue reading TV Review: Man with a Camera
Book Review: The Idea-Driven Organization
Book Review: The Idea-Driven Organization by Alan G. Robinson & Dean M. Schroeder Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through the Goodreads giveaway program on the premise that I would review it. This is a follow-up to the authors’ 2004 book Ideas Are Free, in which they made a case that innovation can be… Continue reading Book Review: The Idea-Driven Organization
Open Thread: She’s Back!
Back in the early 1990s, Naoko Takeuchi created a character named “Sailor V.” While mahou shoujo (magical girls) had been around for decades in manga and anime, ever since Bewitched was imported from America, Sailor V was a unique blend of stereotypical girly interests and action heroine. This attracted the notice of Toei Animation, who… Continue reading Open Thread: She’s Back!
Comic Book Review: Kill All Monsters! Volume One: Ruins of Paris
Comic Book Review: Kill All Monsters! Volume One: Ruins of Paris written by Michael May; illustrated by Jason Copland The kaiju (giant monsters) subgenre is a pretty good fit for comic books. With an unlimited “special effects budget” they can pack monsters and mayhem into a story that would be prohibitively expensive to shoot on film. This… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Kill All Monsters! Volume One: Ruins of Paris
Book Review: To Ride Hell’s Chasm
Book Review: To Ride Hell’s Chasm by Janny Wurts The small, isolated Kingdom of Sessalie is about to celebrate a wedding. Princess Anja is about to marry the High Prince of Devall, which is not only politically advantageous, but a love match. But on the eve of the wedding, Anja goes missing. It falls… Continue reading Book Review: To Ride Hell’s Chasm
Manga Review: The Twin Knights
Manga Review: The Twin Knights by Osamu Tezuka This is a sequel to the classic Osamu Tezuka work Princess Knight (“Ribon no Kishi” or “The Ribbon Knight” in Japanese), about Sapphire, a princess raised as a boy due to strange circumstances. Queen Sapphire is now married and gives birth to twins, Prince Daisy and Princess Violetta.… Continue reading Manga Review: The Twin Knights
Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura
Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura Ataru Moroboshi is not precisely your average teenaged boy. For one thing, he’s an incurable skirt-chaser, constantly hitting on any pretty lady who happens by. Also, he’s incredibly unlucky. So unlucky, that when alien invaders declare that a random person from Earth must compete against their champion in a game of… Continue reading Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura
Open Thread: The Power of Weak Ties
Yes, another open thread already. Today I went to a “lunch and learn” seminar at Joule, which is a co-working office and meeting space. Joule helps people who run businesses out of their homes or tiny offices when they need more space to talk to clients or hold a meeting. http://joulemn.com/ The seminar was sponsored… Continue reading Open Thread: The Power of Weak Ties
Open Thread: Mother’s Day
Here in the United States, it’s Mother’s Day. My mother is a retired nurse who rose to the position of Inservice Director (head of continuing education) at the local hospitals and nursing home. Like many good mothers, she read to me when I was little, until I picked up the habit and became a voracious… Continue reading Open Thread: Mother’s Day
Anime Review: Kobato
Anime Review: Kobato A young woman named Kobato appears in the city, bereft of memory. She is accompanied by a talking stuffed dog toy named Iorogi (Kobato always mispronounces it as Ioryogi.) It seems that Kobato has a wish she needs to fulfill by healing a number of human hearts, and only has four seasons… Continue reading Anime Review: Kobato