All Right, Pokémon. I’ll Give You a Chance
I started writing this the day before the games’ release and have since played the game a bit, but as John Humphreys would say, I’ve started so I’ll finish. I […]
The Thursday Murder Club – A Very British Murder Mystery
I’m not one for contemporary literature. Not because I have a particular dislike for it and view all classics as superior or some other snobbish reason like that. It’s more […]
The Green, Green Grass of Home
As we come to the sweltering season of summer here in Japan, it’s now time to prepare myself for the onslaught of UV rays and rivers of sweat that keep […]
Orcs, Goblins and Uruk-hai – Oh My!
COVID has kept me indoors now for my second weekend, so I’ve continued to go through The History of Middle-earth books I got last year to see what other interesting […]
Hobbits in Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Hobbits, Halflings, Half-highs, Little Folk, Little People, Shire-folk, holbytla or even Periannath, whatever you want to call them, they are possibly the most popular race in all of Tolkien’s works. […]
Hateful Profiteering
Hatred is big business. In the past year or so I have been introduced to a side of YouTube that I never knew existed but one that I found myself […]
Ugh… Corona.
It took over two years with one scare, but the inevitable has come. I finally got COVID-19. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, really. Who would have thought that attending […]
A Killing Frost by R.D. Wingfield
My, it’s cold in here. It’s been about a month since I’ve written anything and that’s due in part to my Internet freezing up on me for nearly half of […]
The Silmarillion – A Rewarding Slog
This past month I randomly decided to pick up a book that I brought back with me from the UK on my last trip home: The Silmarillion. I am pretty […]
Wrandom Writing 
Nostalgia Kicks: An Adventure Through Time
Me: Doctor, Doctor. I think I’m having a mid-life crisis and regret a lot of things I missed in my childhood. What should I do? The Doctor: Step into my […]
Galadriel, Warrior Princess
I’m back to The Lord of the Rings again. I’ve already unloaded most of my frustration and concern over Jeff Bezo’s new pet project, but after having let things cool […]
Did You Eat Yet?
Language is a very important part of any culture, whether on an international level or simply with the minutiae of dialect differences between one village and the next. It is […]
New Year’s Resolutions 2022
I wrote my new year’s resolutions up last year just to give me something to write about when I was starting up this site with no idea whether I would […]
The Wonders of a Broken Hip – Part 2: Life in the Old People’s Home
To clarify, I have, contrary to what the title of this post would have you believe, not been staying in an old people’s home for the past two and a […]
Tired of The Rings – The Fellowship of Influencers
Introduction I didn’t think I’d come back to this topic so soon, but since I posted my last piece, things have happened. And not good things, either. I’ve tried my […]
Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
I have three Stephen King books as far I can remember. Many years ago I was gifted IT, which at the time looked and felt like a mammoth of a […]
Running Circles Around Spring
Spring is here! At least it was for a day or two, then it decided to snow. I think spring may have got a little bit lost, but it’s definitely […]
The New World – Part 1: At Home with the Homeless
I think I now know how Sir Peter Jackson felt when he got involved in The Hobbit films. Originally this was going to be all one piece, but as I […]