My Two Blessings

  Merry Christmas, everyone. Here's a gift for you, THE FINALE OF IDW SONIC BAD GUYS THE MINISERIES! Ian Flynn went all out with this one, this was solidly written. We had EGGMAN VS ZAVOK and Starline escaping, plus, he's gone from being someone who wants to be back on Eggman's good side to being someone who wants to conquer the world and oust the Eggman. Who saw that coming? I DIDN'T! Looks like Starline is officially an independent villain, we will see him later in the main IDW Sonic series. As for Mimic, he'll be back at some point, so will Rough and Tumble. As for Zavok, oh boy, looks like Sonic and friends will have their hands full when they have to contend with him and his pack again in the future, probably during 2021. *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* Ian Flynn did it again with noooooo SEGA mandates holding him back, he delivered perfection, total awesomeness and a superb and masterful story worthy of Sonic. I look forward to eventually seeing Eggman and Starline coming...

  Howdy doody, folks! Its been ages since I reviewed the Christmas with Sonic series in its entirety and now its finally time to review the latest episode after a good long while of waiting. The wait is over, we shall be reviewing A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH SONIC, the finale to the famous and beloved Christmas with Sonic series thats been going on since the far off year of 2011. And boy, what a finale it is/was. Santa Claus finally showed up, time travel shenanigans happened and a whole lot more happened. The plot's simple: After Sonic and Robotnik aka Eggman accidently injure Santa Claus himself at a mall during one of their battles, they and Sonic's friends and family have to take Santa's place as the one(s) delivering presents to people around the world on Christmas Eve. Over the course of twenty three minutes, which makes this episode just as long as the other Christmas with Sonic episodes, Balena Productions' Steve Page once again does his best to deliver the most...

  Welcome back folks, we're in the home stretch with this one, issue three of the Bad Guys IDW Sonic miniseries is here and its time to summarize. Last time, Doctor Starline, Zavok, Rough & Tumble and Mimic attacked an Eggman base and stole some power cores from Sonic Heroes while trying to trick Eggman into believing that Sonic attacked the base. Now, lets see how things play out, eh? Synopsis: Our tale begins with Doctor Starline at his computer, watching one of his own Vlogs which talks about how his plan has been a success so far and how he will soon dispose of Mimic and the others. Then Zavok comes in and its revealed that "Starline" is Mimic in disguise and the real Starline is asleep, however, the bad guys now know of the doctor's intentions.  Regardless, they intend to play along with Doctor Starline's plans for the time being and make their move later though Mimic wants to kill Starline now rather than wait until later. The very next day, the bad guy ...

  Welcome back, IDW Sonic fans. BAD GUYS issue 2 is here and you know what that means. REVIEW TIME! Where we last left off in issue one, Doctor Starline busted Mimic the Octopus, Rough and Tumble and Zavok out of jail and they got out of there in one almost iconic jail break sequence. Now, its time to see where they're going in this one. Its simple, Doc Starline and his team attack an Eggman base and they do some damage. In fact, they also try to make it look as if Sonic attacked the base. Very cleaver, I bet Eggman's gonna buy that and, er, he almost does but he sees through the flaws and quickly figures out that somebody else is to blame even though he has yet to know who it was. My thoughts on the issue? Well, it was great, Ian Flynn did a masterful job like he always does. He went all out with no SEGA mandates holding him back, Ian always tries to go all out with his storytelling despite being held back most of the time by stuff behind the scenes. Nothing to worry about. Ha...

  Hey folks, after months of waiting, its time to dive into the dark side of the Sonic universe with a story focusing on Doctor Starline and a few rogues in the world of IDW Sonic with issue one of the miniseries SONIC THE HEDGEHOG BAD GUYS! As you know, Doctor Starline is a comic exclusive character and a villain, he first debuted in issue 11 during year one around the same time as the Battle For Angel Island and he became Doctor Eggman's lackey after Eggman got his memories back. He stuck around during the Metal Virus arc and soon got booted out by the doctor after the Deadly Six hijacked the plot. So what's Starline up to? We start off the story with Starline snooping around an Eggman base and trying to access the Eggnet, this doesn't go well since he gets locked out and attacked by Eggman's robots, prompting him to use a new power in his shoes to destroy the incoming Moto Bugs. He later returns to the Eggman base that he's set up shop in and struggles to come up...

  4 a.m. fragments He yells,  awakening me from sleep I'm  fighting a war, saving the world. He won't remember when he wakes the glorious battle he fought  in the deep. Did the hero win? Hubby mumbles and nudges me waking me once again.  The cell phone dings and we  can't ignore the beep or blip or ring, no matter where or when.  Even with my glasses, too bleary eyed to read. It's not an emergency. It's nothing, I say,   just the stupid phone with a mind of its own. Gracie nudged me in the  back  purring like a tribble. Images of Star Trek space battles  coalesce and thoughts start to roam  from here to there and everywhere.  Who'd let the damn cat in?  Unable to sleep, I rise to write   and characters interject, telling me what to say. I give in and let them guide the pen. The story works when I get out of their way. When all is said and done,  tired, yet w...

Welcome back IDW Sonic fans, its time for a double review. During mah review of IDW Sonic as a whole during year 2, I kinda skipped over the 2019 Annual. Now, with 2020 out, Ima gonna actually review BOTH! Lets do it to it, starting with Annual 2019, ok? Do not fear, I will cover Annual 2020 after that. So, what are the IDW Sonic Annuals about? Well, for starters, they're a collection of stories that are ALL canon to the IDW Sonic comic universe and a lot of talent from the writers and artists is put to work, they all pour their heart and soul into making these stories. Without delay, let's start with... Bond of Friendship : This one set up the events of the Tangle and Whisper miniseries as somewhat of a pilot episode, pilot episodes are episodes that set up a series by introducing the characters. However, this is a comic we're talking about. The story involves Whisper visiting Tangle in her hometown and the two of them teaming up to deal with the Babylon Rogue...

We are halfway through this crazy year so I decided to check in and see how I'm doing with my reading challenges.  Plus I'm checking out the changes Google has made to blogger to see if it is possible to post properly without entirely hating the new format.   Here's the scoop. Ten books in ten categories and the winners so far are:  (4) Answer me this - writing craft and other non fiction  Girl with Seven Names - Hyeonseo Lee  ( 322e) It's All Relative - A.J. Jacobs (352) Reading Like a Writer - Francine Prose ( 273) When Books Went to War - Molly Manning ( 288) (5) Clocks and Corsets (Steampunk)  Trace of Copper - Anne Renwick (, 202, e) Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare (#1 Infernal Devices, 497,e) Golden Spider - Anne Renwick (#1 Elemental Chronicle, 486, e) Iron Fin - Anne Renwick (#3 EC, 520, e) The Silver Skull - Anne Renwick (#2 EC, 492, e) (7) Dragons and other fantastical Creatures  Dragon Bones - Patricia Briggs ...

Hallo, Mario fans and movie lovers, welcome-a back to-a CrazyGamerHistorian1999's Reviews. Its-a me, CrazyGamerHistorian1999 and-a today we're-a here to review-a the famous 1990s video game movie that people like to-a love and-a hate, THE SUPER MARIO BROTHERS MOVIE! So, video game movies, people love 'em, a few hate 'em. Some are successful, some are-a total failures and-a some are-a just average. So, where-a to start, eh? Ho ho! As you can-a guess-a, this film came out in 1993 when the Mario franchise was just, oh, 8 years old (technically 12 if you-a count Donkey Kong). It starred Bob Hopkins (who was in Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and the late Dennis Hopper. When the movie came out, it recieved some negative reviews and was a big failure. It was so bad that Nintendo basically put the kibosh on movies (and partially comics) based on their own properties. How many times have I seen this-a movie? Oh, 7-8 times now. I watched it multiple times in the summer of 2012 after ge...

Howdy, howdy, howdy folks. Today, its time to review the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, the long awaited video game movie adaptation starring SEGA's blue mascot himself voiced by the lovable Ben Schwartz and starring alongside Jim Carrey and James Marsden. We've already talked about the loooooooong development and behind the scenes issues surrounding production of this masterpiece, I just saw the film recently, so its time to do it to it. "Gotta go fast!" -Sonic Summary/Plot: The film kicks off in San Francisco where Sonic is being pursued by Doctor Robotnik. What, already? What the heck is happening? During the chase, Sonic pauses to narrate as many of you possible non Sonic fans are wondering "why is this handsome hedgehog being chased by a mustached madman from the Civil War". The hedgehog says it feels like he's been running his whole life and, for the sake of simplicity, a rewind begins. The movie REALLY starts on Sonic's world on what i...

Greetings Star Wars fans, the time has come... to review the seventh and final season of Star Wars The Clone Wars , which aired on Disney Plus and finally brought closure to an epic TV show after a decade long run, wrapping up twelve years worth of crazy cool stories. Now, I hear you say, "Clone Wars season seven? I thought the show was cancelled after seasons five and six." Yes, production stopped, but the show went on a seemingly indefinite hiatus until Disney and Lucasfilm decided to continue the show and give the fans what they wanted. So, whats in season seven. Three story arcs, of course. We have The Bad Batch  arc, Ahsoka's Walkabout  and The Siege of Mandalore , the latter of three happening to be the series finale. Boy they're really good, likable at best. Why don't we get started eh... The Bad Batch Arc What is Clone Force 99 aka the Bad Batch? They're a group of mutated clones who basically make up an elite clone squad named in honor of a d...

Salutations once more, dear Sonic fans and bloggers, today we will be looking at some Sonic-related literature. But we're not looking at fanfiction or comics, we're looking at books featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends, these are Sonic books: Sonic And The Tales Of Deception and Sonic And The Tales Of Terror, all of which feature some interesting stories, so lets talk about them. If you've been dreaming of reading Sonic books that aren't comics and wanted to get your hands on some Sonic books capable of telling fun stories featuring the blue blur himself, then you're in luck. In 2018, Penguin Young Readers and SEGA came together and delivered two books within the same year. The books are what we're talking about. Sonic And The Tales of Deception along with Sonic And The Tales of Terror are three chapters long separately and tell their own stories, from Sonic fighting nanobots inside Knuckles' body to dealing with a fake future version of the bl...

Good Morning!  Since I seem to be more in a sipping mood lately rather than feasting on one book, I came up with a bookish quest.  Find the oldest or an older book, meaning purchased more than a couple years or so ago, whether it be physical or e form and read it or at least start reading it this week. For Kindle, the oldest books in my virtual stacks are  Tent Life in Siberia , a nonfiction book of essays about Siberian travel adventures and survival and David Baldacci’s  The Innocent . On my nook, is K.M. Weiland’s  A Man Called Outlaw .   I already started sipping Michael Chabon’s  Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay  last week which has been lounging on my physical shelves for quite a while.   Think I’ll look through my  bookshelves  and pull another oldie but goodie out as a secondary.   I checked Audible and discovered a few started but unfinished books, so going with the oldest which is James Rollin...

I found my next read since I finished Trevor Hudson's Pauses for Lent : 40 words for 40 days.  It should have been a no brainer but it took me a while to come back round to it.  Pauses for Pentecost:50 words for 50 days . "Pentecost is a holy day when Christians commemorate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the early followers of Jesus Christ. Originating from a Greek word meaning "50th day," Pentecost occurred 50 days after Christ's resurrection. Before the events of Pentecost, Jesus had followers, but there was no movement that could really be called the church. Pentecost is considered the birthday of the church. In Pauses for Pentecost, Trevor Hudson leads readers to focus on one word and scripture verse each day. He invites us to pause for just a few minutes to read the brief daily reflection and do a simple practice. The beauty of this book is its simplicity, and the thoughtful meditations guide us to a deeper understanding of the meaning of...

Josephine Wall I learned I learned to fly  sitting on a swing,  pumping my legs  until I touched the sky. I learned to read  books filled with  rhyme and reason, sitting on my daddy’s knee I learned to sigh  reading romantic novels  full of tragic heroines and muscular gentlemen  who filled their lives. I learned to laugh  in a house full of love,  and dance and sing along with the phonograph I learned to live as life is quite fragile and you never know  when it is going to end.

So many takeaways from A Year of Writing Dangerously .  Something I have to remember and practice is that no matter what is going on around me, I shouldn't let it stop me from writing it all out.  Instead of internalizing, which I still have a habit of doing, get it all out on the page. Just write. "Did you dive into the past and write the things you were told never to air in public?" Actually I did when I was leading the Flash Nonfiction course on WVU.  I bled on the page, experiences with parents, siblings, friends, life, all out there for everyone in the class to see.  Not only was it cathartic for me, but it opened the way for the other writers in the class to release their inner editor, their inhibitions and write.   "Did you find some humor in the chaos in your life?"  Most certainly.  Stupidly getting a sunburn the day before I donned a cookie monster outfit to entertain kids for a PBS event.  Was it worth getting sick? ...

Country Charm Coloring Book

This week is my short week at work so I actually get to relax a bit and get some things done.  Naturally that doesn't always happen.   Our schedule has remained pretty much the same with both hubby and I alternating days at the shop.  What hasn't remained the same is I feel like I'm going to the grocery store every other day to pick up more water, more milk.  It kind of defeats the purpose of the stay at home order when stores limit certain products to one item. Our town has horrible tap water and Brita has failed me more than once. Crystal Geyser has saved me and thankfully, the grocery store I frequent weekly knows me so they don't limit how many I get each week. Buying it in the store is much cheaper than delivery.  Unfortunately this local food store isn't at the top of the food chain and has been out of paper products for a month and eggs go pretty quickly. Sunday I went to Food Source for the first time and found what we needed along with multi...

Freedom In The Cross by  Olivia Lakis Published: April 2017 There's something that occurred on that evening at Calvary that created such a lavish stir in all of history. Upon that old rugged cross our Savior bared it all and offered himself a sacrifice to overspread humanity's fall. The sacred blood that was spilled wiped clean the sinner's slate. Christ paid the price for everyone and carried our weight. A willing heart endured the pain, and purpose paved His way. He opened the eyes of every man To whom He came to save. Though the tragedy of that day will be mourned by those around, our joy is found three days later when He arose from the very ground. And through that selfless act of love, we were given new life in Him, set loose from our bondages to experience true freedom within.