A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole Dunces is the funniest book ever written, the kind of funny so smart and profound and forceful that half the time you can’t even laugh because what’s happened is bigger than laughter can hold. I’ve read it half a dozen times and on this occasion read it…
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March 2020 Books Read Standouts: False Value/Rumble, Vol. 1
Rivers of London #8: False Value – Ben Aaronovitch I love the Rivers of London books first and foremost because they are Good; they’re about a Black, British cop who discovers that A.) Magic is real and B.) There is an entire, if skeletonized, branch of the Metropolitan Police (known as the Folly) that handles it, and that…
February 2020 Books Read Standouts: The Outsider/A Witch's Printing Office, Vol. 1
The Outsider – Stephen King In the introduction to Pet Sematary, Stephen King said that before it was published, he was afraid it would be the one that finally went too far, that the public simply wouldn’t let him tell this story about the intersection of death and children. WELL THEY DID, and I’m glad of it…
January 2020 Books Read Standouts: Little House On The Prairie/Gideon Falls, Vol. 1
Little House On The Prairie – Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House is one of my very favorite shows, and has become a large part of my personal mythology. I came to it reluctantly, buying the boxed set for my wife one Christmas because she loved it when she was a kid, prepared to sit through what I…
Das Subway/Wheezin’ Ed, Or: Dog Lamaze (Hey Arnold, S1.E12)
Thony and Casey decided to watch every episode of Hey Arnold! and make a podcast about it. These are their underground railroad stories. The Gerald Field Report is created by Thony Moore and Casey Hills. Like all of our shows it can be found at semiautomagicinc.com and at @TheGFReport.
Books Read 2020
Books Read 2020 Key: -(R) = Re-read -(B) = Read To My Wife At Bedtime – No Author = Comic January (1st) Joe Golem: Occult Detective, Vol. 2: The Outer Dark (2nd) Joe Golem: Occult Detective, Vol. 3: The Drowning City (3rd) Five Ghosts, Vol. 1: The Haunting Of Fabian Gray (R) Five Ghosts,…
Arnold’s Christmas (Hey Arnold, S1.E20)
Thony and Casey decided to watch every episode of Hey Arnold! and make a podcast about it. These are their Christmas stories. The Gerald Field Report is created by Thony Moore and Casey Hills. Like all of our shows it can be found at semiautomagicinc.com and at @TheGFReport.
Chanukah (Rugrats, S4.E1)
Thony and Casey decided to watch every episode of Hey Arnold! and at least one episode of Rugrats and make a podcast about it. These are their holiday stories. The Gerald Field Report is created by Thony Moore and Casey Hills. Like all of our shows it can be found at semiautomagicinc.com and at @TheGFReport.
Benchwarmer/Cool Jerk, Or: Tempt The Gipper From His Grave (Hey Arnold, S1.E11)
Thony and Casey decided to watch every episode of Hey Arnold! and make a podcast about it. These are their jellybean-factory-inheritance stories. The Gerald Field Report is created by Thony Moore and Casey Hills. Like all of our shows it can be found at semiautomagicinc.com and at @TheGFReport.
Mr. Smith/Arnold As Cupid, Or: Music For Dames To Walk Into My Office By (Hey Arnold, S1.E10)
Content Warning: There is a brief, cartoonish shotgun kaboom in an obvious joke set-up in this episode. No hosts were harmed. Thony and Casey decided to watch every episode of Hey Arnold! and make a podcast about it. These are their spy stories and love stories. The Gerald Field Report is created by Thony Moore…